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About Us

The World Surgical Foundation Philippines (WSFP), Inc. is a non-stock, non-profit charitable foundation organized and committed to enhancing the surgical health care capacity in the Philippines. WSFP’s mission is to eliminate barriers hindering Filipino indigent patients to access quality, sustainable, and equitable surgical healthcare.

Brief History

For the past 20 years, the World Surgical Foundation (WSF, based in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) led by its American-Filipino founder, Dr. Domingo T. Alvear, had been conducting annual surgical outreach activities in the Philippines until its pioneer local medical outreach volunteers decided to organize themselves.

Having been inspired by Dr. Alvear and his group’s mission, the pioneer medical outreach volunteers in the Philippines headed by Dr. Marcus Lester R. Suntay, together with co-founders Eliseo Jojo L. Prisno, Candy Emnas-Prisno, and Arlene C. Keh, incorporated the World Surgical Foundation Philippines on June 30, 2017, as a distinct and independent foundation from WSF. Indeed, the World Surgical Foundation Philippines (WSFP), Inc. has been living up to its vision, continuously providing quality medical and surgical services to the Filipino needy.

Our Vision

Quality surgical healthcare for marginalized communities

Our Mission

In collaboration with the partners and advocates of WSFP, provide accessible, quality, and sustainable healthcare to marginalized communities.

Core Values

The Core Values of WSFP are encapsulated in the motto: Care. Cure. Collaborate.

  • Care stands for the human dimension of WSFP’s activities – that aims to impart a uniquely Filipino experience of warmth, healing, and community in all its surgical outreach activities and engagements.

  • Cure stands for the desire of WSFP to ensure that all its activities are geared towards providing appropriate surgical care, with focus on disadvantaged areas and communities. This core value also includes the efforts of WSFP to provide them the access to the best surgeons and specialists, and to state-of-the-art facilities, procedures, and instruments.

  • Collaborate stands for the desire of WSFP to engage sustainably with stakeholders, and partners in government and the private sector, in order to deliver the best possible service for its patients.

Care. Cure. Collaborate.
Board of Trustees
  • Ms. Arlene C. Keh – Chairperson (Co-Founder)

  • Dr. Lester R. Suntay – President (Co-Founder)

  • Dr. Henrique Samuel S. da Roza –Vice President for External Projects

  • Dr. Rhoderick C. De Leon – Vice President for Internal Projects

  • Ms. Cathline D. Avellano – Trustee / Secretary

  • Mr. Edgardo T. Tantoco – Trustee / Treasurer

  • Ms. Mayo G.  Santiago –  Trustee / Assistant Treasurer

  • Atty. Raoul C. Creencia – Trustee / Legal Counsel

  • Dr. Beda R. Espineda – Trustee

  • Mr. Manuel R. Salak III – Trustee

  • Mr. Edgardo T. Tantoco – Trustee 

  • Dr. Don Eliseo L. Prisno III – Trustee / Research

  • Mr. Erven M. Manzano –  Trustee

  • Mr. Allan Cueva – Trustee

  • Dr. Domingo Alvear – Adviser / Global Founder WSF Int'l

  • Mr. Joseph Emnas – Adviser

  • Mr. Augusto M. Cosio, Jr. – Adviser

Our Team
  • Ms. Kristelle D. Pascual – Executive Director

  • Ms. Crisyl A. Ursabia – Program Coordinator, Direct Surgical Support Programs

  • Mr. Eidelbert C. Santiago – Program Officer, Health Systems Capacity Building Programs

  • Mr. Emmanuel G. Prisno  Program Assistant, Direct Surgical Support Programs

  • Ms. Syhra L. Fabula  Administrative Officer

  • Mr. Redan C. Abayon – Administrative Assistant

  • Ms. Jesusa Shallan T. Santos - Volunteer Finance Officer

  • Ms. Maria Elizabeth Ann P. Marasigan - Volunteer Program Assistant

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