Milton High Senior Brings Students, Medical Professionals to Honduras

Shaun Verma, a Milton High School senior, has led a group of fellow students and medical professional from around the country to Honduras this week, on a medical mission by MDJunior, the organization he formed to bring medical mentors and students together.

From Twitter on April 1:

GYSD #MDJunior Youth & Healthcare mentors landed in Toncontin one of the most dangerous airports! Go #Delta! twitter.com/mdjr_org/statu… 6:59 PM Apr 1st  Reply  Retweet  Favorite

MDJunior @mdjr_org   #GYSD #MDJunior Global Medical-Mentor Mission landed in Honduras. Youth & mentors serving one of the poorest countries in Western Hemisphere

This week's Global Medical-Mentor Mission is part of MDJunior's "unique self-sustaining model of healthcare delivery to empower the local youth and communities," as the organization's website puts it.

Verma formed MDJunior in 2009 to engage students and keep them on track for graduation, encourage those students to enter medical fields to address shortages of professionals and to bring compassion and humility back to these students.

Some local chapters are at Taylor Road Middle, Hopewell Middle, Webb Bridge Middle and Milton High. Others chapters are starting at Chattahoochee, Alpharetta, Fulton Science School and Fulton Science High. Lassiter and South Forsyth High are other nearby schools with MDJunior chapters.

The honors have poured as Verma traveled across the country to help start new chapters and to spread his mission of "Inspiring Selfless Service Through Leadership."

• The Huffington Post named Shaun Verma the "Greatest Person of the Day"
• Student-Led Group Plans Medical Mentor Mission to Honduras

This week those efforts have paid off with the trip to Honduras as the students and medical professionals practice Verma's sustainable model of global health.