ROBOTIC SURGERY. St. Luke’s Medical Center President & CEO Dr. Dennis P. Serrano. He says the event celebrates the patients, robotic surgeons, and the hospital’s vision and commitment in advancing cutting-edge healthcare. (Photo: SDN)

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EDSA SHANGRI-LA MANILA, Mandaluyong City, Oct. 2, 2025 (SDN) — Technology innovations in healthcare have been increasing, including in robotic surgery.

To be clear, “robotic surgery” is done not entirely by machines or robots, but with a human being behind medical procedures

In the Philippines there are only as many, or as few, as five hospitals among hundreds if not thousands that have achieved this milestone of man-and-machine surgical procedures.

And at the lead is St. Luke’s Medical Center with already achieving a milestone of more than 2,500 robotic surgeries, “the highest number of robotic-assisted procedures performed by any hospital in the country,” a press statement from the medical institution revealed.

St. Luke’s announced this today here in a well-attended media event dubbed “Healing through Innovation: 2500+ Robotic Surgeries, Celebrating Precision Care for Every Patient”, describing the feat as “a groundbreaking achievement in Philippine healthcare” that breached the number 2,500.

For this singular feat among the country’s hospitals, the Device Technologies (DTG Medical, Inc.) certified St. Luke’s as it affirmed the hospital’s position for it’s highest number of robotic-assisted medical procedures in the country.

St. Luke’s is recognized as a pioneer in robotic surgery, introducing many of the nation’s first robotic-assisted procedures, and along the way set “new benchmarks for surgical innovation and patient care.”

Not surprisingly, Dr. Dennis P. Serrano, St. Luke’s Medical Center president and CEO, topped surgeons who were recipients of Robotic Surgery excellence with 346 cases.

St. Luke’s blazed the trail for robotic surgery in the Philippines when it achieved the pioneering innovative medical procedure back in 2010. And since then the hospital and its groundbreaking medical professionals did not look back, continuing its push for excellence.

Dr. Serrano carries with him 15 years of experience in robotic surgery.

Opening the activities, he said the evening is a triple celebration of the robotic surgery patients, the surgeons behind the procedures, and St. Luke’s vision and commitment in bringing innovative excellence in healthcare.

Feat transcends the Philippines as it also broke ground in Asia

In general surgery, the awardees included Dr. Hermogenes D. J. Monroy III with 60 robotic surgery cases in 14 years and Dr. Jeffrey Jeronimo P. Domingo, who performed 23 robotic surgery cases in 14 years.

In obstetrics & gynecology, the awardees are Dr. Jennifer Marie B. Jose, 248 robotic surgery cases in 14 years and Dr. Rebecca B. Singson, 229 robotic surgery cases as of September 2025.

In urology, the awardees aside from Dr. Serrano are Dr. Jason L. Letran, 232 robotic cases in 15 years; Dr. Josefino C. Castillo, 152 robotic surgery cases in 15 years; Dr. Jaime S. D. Songco, 83 robotic surgery cases.

The Rising Star Awardees in obstetrics & gynecology are Dr. Leo Francis N. Aquilizan, Dr. Camille Ann C. Abaya, and Dr. Aurora B. Tajan.

In general surgery, the awardees are Dr. Gilmyr Jude G. Maranon, Dr. Samuel Victor C. Tan, and Dr. Marie Abigail C. Chan-Tan.

The medical institution said the milestone is a reaffirmation of its commitment to advancing healthcare that leverages cutting-edge innovation and medical excellence.

Obviously proud of its groundbreaking feat, St. Luke’s pat its back with a well-deserved milestone celebration today, Thursday, here in this five-star hotel, a fitting tribute to achieving excellence in medical innovation.

The event honored the battery of robotic doctors, groundbreaking achievements, and patients whose lives were transformed through robotic-assisted care.

At the program the medical institution featured the recognition of its pioneering and top-performing robotic surgeons, as well as the presentation of trailblazing and groundbreaking procedures, acknowledgement of rising stars from St. Luke’s – Quezon City.

Milestones in Robotic Surgery at St. Luke’s follow below:

• 2010 – First in the Philippines to acquire the Da Vinci Si Robotic Surgery System, First Robotic-assisted Nissen Fundoplication in the Philippines
• 2011 – First Robotic-assisted Thyroidectomy in the Philippines
• 2013 – First Robotic-assisted Esophagectomy in the Philippines
• 2016 – First Robotic-assisted Tonsillectomy in the Philippines
• First Robotic-Assisted Thoracic Surgery in the Philippines – Reached 500 robotic surgeries, setting a national benchmark
• 2019 – Crossed the 1,000 robotic surgery mark
• 2023 – Performed Southeast Asia’s and Philippines’ First Robotic-Assisted Kidney Transplant, a breakthrough in minimally invasive transplant surgery
• 2024 – First in the Philippines to acquire the latest Da Vinci Xi Robotic Surgery System – First Robotic-Assisted Cardiac Surgery in the Philippines and Southeast Asia using the latest robotic surgical system
• 2025 – Completed more than 2,500 robotic surgeries
• Officially certified as the hospital with the MOST NUMBER of Robotic-Assisted Procedures in the Philippines

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