Dr. Ebeid

This is some information I found on Avery's cardiologist, Dr. Ebeid. I know that this does not even do him justice, because a lot of what I found was rather outdated. I know he has done so much more. Hopefully, I can get some newer information soon to post. Just know, that if it weren't for the close, careful supervision of Dr. Ebeid, our daughter wouldn't be here today. He demanded her last surgery, and when the surgeon got into the OR with Avery, he found that she was in even more desperate need of valve replacement. To put a long story short, he is an incredible pediatric cardiologist, and a nice and funny man to boot! I also have to mention his fabulous clinic nurse, Carley Garner. Nurse Carley is always loving, friendly, kind, and upbeat. She truly cares for her patients- that is very evident. I've never taken Avery to an appointment without Carley having something positive and sweet to say. She is a wonderful nurse to say the least!
We love you Dr. Ebeid and Nurse Carley!

Dr. Makram Ebeid



Cardiology, Cardiovascular Disease
UMC Division of Cardiology
2500 North State Street
Jackson, Mississippi 39216
Phone: (601) 984-5250
Fax: (601) 984-5283





Medical Education
• Ain shams Univeristy Faculty of Medicine, Cairo, Egypt , Dec 1979

Internship(s)
• , University of Miami, Miami, Florida, United States , Jul 1990 - Jun 1993
• , University of Mississippi School of Med., Jackson, Mississippi, United States , Jul 1989 - Jun 1990
• , University of Mississippi School of Med., Jackson, Mississippi, United States , Jul 1987 - Jun 1989
• , University of Mississippi School of Med., Jackson, Mississippi, United States , Jul 1986 - Jun 1987

Fellowship(s)
• , University of Miami, School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States , Jul 1990 - Jun 1993
• , University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, United States , Jul 1989 - Jun 1990

Professional Experience
• University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, United States , Jun 1997 -
• River Oaks Hospital, Jackson, Mississippi, United States , Oct 1997 - Dec 2011
• Woman`s Hospital at River Oaks, Jackson, Mississippi, United States , Oct 1997 - Dec 2011
• Rush Foundation
• Central Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, United States
• Forrest General Hospital, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, United States
• University of MS Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, United States
• MS Baptist Health System, Jackson, Mississippi, United States

License(s)
• Florida
• Mississippi
• Ohio

Board Certification(s)
• American Board of Pediatrics , Oct 1989 - Dec 1996
• American Board of Pediatrics/Pediatric Cardiology , Aug 1994 - Dec 2015






The following is an article from UMC news that dates back to 2007. This is Avery's cardiologist, Dr. Ebeid, whom we love! Sometimes I don't think UMC gets enough credit for its accomplishments, and there are many, many fantastic doctors in this facility.




REVOLUTIONARY PROCEDURE REPAIRS VSD WITHOUT OPEN HEART SURGERY


Dr. Makram Ebeid, associate professor of pediatrics, is among the first in the Southeast to close a hole in the lower pumping chamber of a child’s heart without performing open heart surgery.
An 8-year-old girl who was born with a hole in her heart or what is known as a ventricular septal defect (VSD) needed the hole repaired in the lower pumping chambers of the heart.
Ebeid is one of a very few physicians in the United States certified to close muscular VSDs using nonsurgical techniques.
In a healthy heart, a wall separates the left and right ventricles, the heart’s two pumping chambers. The left ventricle pumps oxygen-rich blood to the rest of the body. The right ventricle takes in the blood that has circulated through the body and sends it on to the lungs to be re-oxygenated.
However, only some of the oxygen-rich blood gets sent through the body when a VSD is present. The rest leaks through the hole, creating a dangerously inefficient loop from the left ventricle to the right ventricle to the lungs and back to the left ventricle again.
Because the child had open heart surgery just a few years ago and numerous other health problems, Ebeid said he believed she would be better served with this new procedure. But first, he had to have the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approve this special “compassionate use” of the new device, the Amplatzer Membranous VSD Occluder, to close the hole.
The FDA has not given approval for the device to become commercially available because there have not been enough clinical trials, Ebeid said. The procedure has not received FDA approval for regular use, but the FDA did agree that this was a better option for this child.
“We obtained special permission from the FDA to perform the procedure here because the child has other risk factors which make surgery of significant risk,” he said.
Ebeid deployed the occluder to expand each disc on either side of the defect, closing off the hole. He implanted the device using a catheter through the leg without opening the chest and avoiding the bypassmachine.
“Traditionally, the only way we could close it was with surgery - open heart surgery,” he said. “But this is a much safer procedure, especially for this patient.
“It also was a very long procedure, but it was done in the cath lab and the child was able to go home a few days later.”
It is estimated that up to one percent of babies are born with this condition, according to Ebeid.
“It is currently being tested in Europe, but it probably will not become commercially available for a few more years. However, we hope clinical trials will start soon in the United States.”
Until then, Ebeid said he will seek approval if there is not another option for a patient.
“We do have patients waiting for the device,” he said.
—Jenny Woodruff (5-14-07)