The Asian Hospital and Medical Center, established on March 15, 2002 with Jorge Garcia, MD, an alumnus of the Faculty of Medicine & Surgery of the University of Santo Tomas, as its founding chairman, is the first private tertiary hospital built in the southern part of Metro Manila. It currently stands on a land area within the vicinity of Filinvest Corporate City, Alabang, Muntinlupa City, Philippines, measuring 17,258-square meters that both includes the main hospital building and the hospital's medical offices. The hospital is fully operated, owned and managed by a registered Filipino company and is accompanied by the hospital Bangkok-based partner Bumrungrad International which is involved in the latest medical technological advancement, and provision of healthcare in Philippine national standards. Asian Hospital and Medical Center is formally linked with Bumrungrad Hospital in Bangkok, Thailand.