Silliman University Medical Center

Silliman University Medical Center
The University Hospital of Silliman University
Silliman University Medical Center Medical Arts Building
Geography
LocationAldecoa Drive,
Dumaguete, Negros Oriental, Philippines
Coordinates9°18′46″N 123°18′24″E / 9.31278°N 123.30667°E / 9.31278; 123.30667
Organization
Care systemPrivate
FundingNon-profit hospital
TypeTertiary, academic and teaching hospital
Affiliated universitySilliman University
Services
StandardsLevel III tertiary care
Emergency departmentYes
Beds300
History
Former name(s)
  • Dumaguete Mission Hospital
Opened
  • 1903; 117 years ago
Links
Websitewww.sumcfi.org

The Silliman University Medical Center, also known as Silliman Medical Center or simply referred to as SU Medical Center or SUMC, is a private tertiary, teaching and academic hospital in Dumaguete, Philippines. Established in 1903 as the Dumaguete Mission Hospital under the auspices of the Presbyterian Foreign Mission Board from the United States by the American missionary doctor Henry Langheim, it is the second oldest American and Protestant founded hospital in the country after CPU–Iloilo Mission Hospital (founded 1901) in Iloilo City, the university hospital of Silliman's sister school, Central Philippine University.

A Level III tertiary private and licensed hospital by the Department of Health, it serves mainly the surrounding community and as the academic, teaching and training hospital and facility of Silliman University in the medical fields and healthcare academic programs of Medical Laboratory Science (Medical Technology), Medical Social Work, Medicine, Nursing, Nutrition and Dietetics, Pharmacy and Rehabilitation Sciences. The hospital's chaplaincy program is served on the other hand by the Silliman University Divinity School.

At present, although owned by the Silliman University, the hospital is managed and administered by a board of trustees and corporation separate from the university, under the Silliman University Medical Center Foundation, Inc.

As originally founded by the Presbyterian missionaries, SU Medical Center is subsequently affiliated with the United Church of Christ in the Philippines but is independent and non-sectarian. SU Medical Center maintains collaborative ties with St. Luke's Medical Center.