Dr. Macram Marcus Ayoub

Dr. Macram Marcus Ayoub, 82, of Macon, passed away on Thursday, December 3, 2020.  A graveside service will be held Tuesday, December 8, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. at Riverside Cemetery.  In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to The Navicent Health Foundation, 770 Hemlock St., Ste. A, Macon, GA 31201.

Dr. Ayoub was born in Cairo, Egypt and received his early education at the English Mission College.  He received his medical degree from Kasr-El-Medical School in Cairo and his Diploma of Surgery from Cairo University in 1961. He later emigrated to the United Kingdom where he served as the surgical house officer at multiple local hospitals located in the Midlands. During his time at Derby City Hospital, he met Sharman Downing, a student nurse, who became his wife in 1982.

He moved to the United States in 1976 where he completed additional surgical training at the Medical College of Ohio in Toledo and then later transferred to the Medical Center of Central Georgia (now The Medical Center Navicent Health) in 1978.  He completed his board certification on June 30, 1989 and accepted a position as full-time staff of the Department of Surgery, Medical Center of Central Georgia.

Dr. Ayoub was appointed Professor of Surgery of the Mercer University School of Medicine (MUSM) in 1995 and served with distinction.  He was well known throughout the medical community and his passion for education transcended his field as he endeavored to teach disciplines beyond his own. He won the Teaching Physician of the Year over ten times, so often that the Department of Surgery named it the Dr. Macram Ayoub Teacher of the Year award. He also won the Bibb County Medical Society’s Physician of the Year in 2016 and received the Navicent Health Educator of the Year Award in 2017.

Dr. Ayoub had a profound effect on surgical education as he has trained over 100 surgical residents and hundreds of medical students.  In addition to training multiple residents that practice in Georgia, his impact extends across the United States with his residents practicing in various places including Texas, Wisconsin, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, New York, South Dakota, Virginia and even as far as Ghana.

Dr. Ayoub was board certified by the American Board of Surgery in general surgery, trauma, and surgical critical care. He has been independently board certified and practiced in three different countries throughout his career. He was a fellow of the American College of Surgeons since 1985 and a member of the American Medical Association, Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Society, the Georgia Surgical Society, The Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and the Royal College of Surgeons of England.  Other society memberships include the Society of American Medical Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Surgeons, the Society of Critical Care Medicine, the Southeastern Surgical Congress, past president of the Macon Surgical Society and a founding member of the Will C. Sealy Surgical Society. For all who knew him, he truly loved his job and continued to perform surgery until October 2019 and fully retired in March of 2020.

Dr. Ayoub is survived by his wife, Sharman Ayoub of Macon; children, Dana Ayoub of Providence, Rhode Island and Evan Ayoub of Lexington, Kentucky; brother, Maher Ayoub of Encinitas, California; and sister, Mary Ayoub of Venice, Florida.

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Hart’s on Cherry Street, Hart's Mortuary and Cremation Center, 765 Cherry Street, Macon, GA 31201 has charge of the arrangements.

The Navicent Health Foundation
770 Hemlock St., Ste. A, Macon GA 31201
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