PATIENT SERVICES / PROGRAMS AND SERVICES
Center for Advanced Skills, Simulation and Training Innovation (CASSTI)
The Medical City’s Center for Advanced Skills, Simulation and Training Innovation (CASSTI) is a state-of-the-art multidisciplinary and surgical training facility that was officially launched on September 12, 2014. It aims to provide surgical expertise and the ideal environment for skills acquisition for healthcare professionals.
About Us
The Medical City’s Center for Advanced Skills, Simulation and Training Innovation (CASSTI) is a state-of-the-art multidisciplinary and surgical training facility that was officially launched on September 12, 2014. It aims to provide surgical expertise and the ideal environment for skills acquisition for healthcare professionals.
This modern facility is designed as an interactive environment for training and instruction and an ideal venue for helping medical professionals advance and improve their skills and proficiencies.
Services
CASSTI is a multispecialty training center that involves the following clinical disciplines through the use of varied simulation modalities (live animal, animal tissue, inanimate and virtual reality models):
• General Surgery
• Colorectal Surgery
• Head and Neck Surgery
• Airway Management
• Orthopedics
• Breast Surgery
• Ophthalmology
• Gynecology
• Gastroenterology
• Intensive Care/ICU
The center features five video endoscopic stations for live surgery on animal models as well as a virtual reality simulator – the first in the country. It has the capability for live operating room transmission to and from the operating suites and the center or from The Medical City (TMC) to remote locations such as any of the TMC hospitals (i.e. TMC Iloilo, TMC Clark or Guam Regional Medical City). It is equipped with video and teleconferencing capabilities that can be utilized for regular teleconferencing meetings by high-speed internet connection. With these capabilities tele-surgery as well as real time teleconferencing lectures and courses can be conducted.
CASSTI courses
The Center for Advanced Skills, Simulation and Training Innovation offers a line-up of short courses that are open to practicing clinicians, fellows and residents from The Medical City as well as from other training institutions. These courses are also open to Operating Room (OR) nurses, technicians, and medical students. The Center also welcomes consultants who seek to strengthen and refine their clinical and surgical skills.
Our Team
Consultant-Director
Deogracias Alberto G. Reyes, MD, MMAS, MBA-H, FPCS, FPSGS, FPALES
Consultant-Director, Center for Advanced Skills, Simulation and Training Innovation (CASSTI)
Chief of Section, Minimally Invasive Surgery, The Medical City
Chairman, AD HAC Committee on Revision of Curriculum, Philippine Society of General Surgeons
Associate Professor, Ateneo School of Medicine and Public Health
Course Directors
Ma. Cecilia Mayuga-Añes, MD, FPOGS, FPSREI
Gynecologic Surgery
Chief of Section, Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, The Medical City
Emmanuel R. Asedillo, MD, FPCS, FPOA
Orthopedic Surgery
Chief of Section, Joint Replacement, Department of Orthopedics, The Medical City
Assistant Residency Training Officer for Surgical Affairs, Department of Orthopedics, The Medical City
Carlo Angelo C. Cajucom, MD, FPSGS, FPCS, FPSCRS
Colorectal Surgery
Member, Board of Directors, Philippine Association of Training Officers in Surgery
Member, Board of Trustees, Philippine Society of General Surgeons
Training Officer, Quirino Memorial Medical Center
Peter Simon R. Jarin, MD, FPSO-HNS
Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery
Clinical Faculty, Ateneo School of Medicine and Public Health
Treasurer, Philippine Academy of Rhinology
Chief of Section, Rhinology, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The Medical City
PieretteY. Kaw, MD, MSc, FPCS, FPSGS
Breast Surgery
Clinical Faculty, Ateneo School of Medicine and Public Health
Secretary, Philippine Society of Ultrasound in Surgery
Marketing Liaison, Department of Surgery, The Medical City
Head, Research Committee, Department of Surgery, The Medical City
Liaison, Breast Center Unit, The Medical City
Enrique Ian S. Lorenzo, MD, FPUA, FPCS, FPALES
Urologic Surgery
Head of Training and Research, The Medical City Robotics Program
Jose Emmanuel M. Palo, MD, FCCM
Critical Care
Consultant Director, Intensive Care Unit, The Medical City
Chief of Section, Adult Critical Care, Department of Medicine, The Medical City
Michelle Marie B. Reyes, MD, FPBA
Airway Management and Critical Care
The Medical City
Jason D. Rosca, MD, FPCS, FPSGS,FACS
General Surgery
The Medical City