Adeesh Mishra of the Poplar Bluff High School Class of 2018 received both the Dr. Michael L. Laseter Memorial and the Mary Lynn Wolpers scholarships, valued at $2,500.

 

The Wolpers scholarship is designated for a PBHS senior and the Laseter scholarship is restricted to a PBHS senior majoring in the medical field.

 

Mishra said he plans to attend the University of Missouri at Kansas City where he will double major in biology and business, and then continue to medical school. His ultimate goal is to become an orthopedic surgeon and perhaps one day start his own practice.

 

“My aspiration is to integrate the urban provisions of health care in rural settings and spread the message of ‘treating patients, not ailments,’” Mishra wrote in his essay.

 

Donna Laseter presents Adeesh Mishra with the Dr. Michael L. Laseter Memorial scholarship in May.

 

Photo and article submitted by Tim Krakowiak, Communications/Marketing Director, Poplar Bluff R-I School District