In 2014 Dr.Steven Shu joined the “No-Scalpel Vasectomy International, Inc（NSVI.org)”, an international medical volunteer organization led by Dr. Doug Stein. He participates in the vasectomy mission through NSVI every year.

Dr. Shu’s personal experience led him to a larger vision, driven by a sense of individual responsibility and ideology. He realized that an individual’s strength is often limited. However, if individuals come together to build an organization, this organization’s power will be unlimited. There are more than 6,000 Chinese physicians in the United States, hundreds of thousands around the world, and much more in Mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong.

With the power of social media and social networking, overseas Chinese physicians should be able to set up an organization, such as MVI, to connect with people around the world to help those in need of medical aid. Through communicating with other Chinese physicians, Dr.Shu learned that many physicians share similar interests and goals, and are willing to be involved in medical volunteering, but most of them do not know how or where to start. He also learned that some physicians in North America are already at the forefront of such endeavors, Dr.Jun Xu, Dr. Junkui Zhang and Dr. Tiebo Fu have participated in medical volunteer activities in the west Africa and central America. Therefore, at the end of 2016, after careful and thorough consideration, Dr.Shu decided that the time for advocating overseas Chinese physicians to establish an international medical volunteer platform has come.

After discussion with other Chinese American physicians who showed great enthusiasm and support, a council of eleven members was formed. On January 29, 2017, MVI was established and started to recruit new members immediately. In the meantime, fund-raising efforts have begun.

• MVI was incorporated on February 8, 2017。

• By May 30, 2018, a total of 133 people joined the MVI with 93 official physician members。

• The MVI website Wechat both operate in the mid of march, 2017

• IRS approved the MVI’s 501 C3 tax exempt status in the March, 2017.