De La Salle Medical & Health Sciences Institute

About De La Salle Medical & Health Sciences Institute

De La Salle Medical and Health Sciences Institute (DLSMHSI) is a full-complement medical and health allied institution that provides holistic, excellent, and premium medicine and health professions education, health care, and research services in a nurturing God-centered environment as it pursues its commitment of Nurturing life. The Institute has three major services: medical and health sciences education, health care through De La Salle University Medical Center, and the De La Salle Angelo King Medical Research Center. Its medical school provides the biggest scholarship program for students of medicine in the Philippines, providing not only free tuition but also housing, books, and food allowance to qualified students. DLSUMC is the biggest tertiary hospital in the region which provides the most advanced services and facilities for health care. It is also committed to making quality health care accessible to the poor. Its Charity Outpatient Department and Charity Ward provide free medical services to thousands of poor patients every year. The DLS AKMRC — which is capable of conducting clinical trials for FDA registration of food, drugs, and devices — performs the most number of clinical trials each year among private medical research institutions in the Philippines. It is the first in the country to have been chosen by the US NIH to be a clinical research site for a global study. De La Salle University Medical Center, a division of De La Salle Medical and Health Sciences Institute, is the largest tertiary hospital in Region IV-A committed to providing quality, holistic, and compassionate patient-centered care and services. It is the first ISO 9001 certified hospital in the Philippines. DLSUMC is owned by the De La Salle Brothers Philippines and administered by the Sisters of St. Paul de Chartres. It is nestled in approximately fifteen (15) hectares of sprawling grounds of the DLSMHSI in the City of Dasmariñas, Cavite. As part of its vision, it continuously upgrades its facilities and improves health delivery services in order to have the most complete amenities and advanced technology in CALABARZON.