Muhammad Bakr Ghbeis, MD | Boston Children's Hospital

Muhammad Bakr Ghbeis | Medical Services

Specialties

Cardiomyopathy

Programs & Services

Languages

Arabic
English

Muhammad Bakr Ghbeis | Education

Medical School

Damascus University Faculty of Medicine

2003, Damascus, Syria

Internship

Marshfield Clinic

2005, Marshfield, WI

Residency

University of Wisconsin, Marshfield Clinic

2009, Marshfield, WI

Fellowship

University of Minnesota

2015, Minneapolis, MN

Fellowship

Harvard Medical School

2016, Boston, MA

Muhammad Bakr Ghbeis | Professional History

Dr. Muhammad Bakr Ghbeis graduated from Damascus University Medical School in his home country, Syria. He joined the combined Internal Medicine and Pediatrics residency training program at the Marshfield Clinic, University of Wisconsin in Marshfield, WI, after which he joined as instructor of Medicine the Tufts University Baystate Medical Center campus until 2012. At that time, he decided to pursue further training in Pediatric Intensive Care at the University of Minnesota Children’s Hospital for three years, and then moved on to do a fourth year focusing on Cardiac Critical Care in children at Boston Children’s Hospital.

His research areas of interest include post-operative management of patients undergoing biventricular repair, long term outcomes for biventricular repair patients vs Fontan, anticoagulation management for patients in the cardiac critical care unit, as well as using tele-medicine for critically ill children at time of crisis.

Muhammad Bakr Ghbeis | Publications

Biventricular Repair of Univentricular Heart Lowers Risk of Liver Disease Compared With the Fontan Operation. JACC Adv. 2025 Jan; 4(1):101429. View Biventricular Repair of Univentricular Heart Lowers Risk of Liver Disease Compared With the Fontan Operation. Abstract
Early postoperative weight-based fluid overload is associated with worse outcomes after neonatal cardiac surgery. Pediatr Nephrol. 2023 09; 38(9):3129-3137. View Early postoperative weight-based fluid overload is associated with worse outcomes after neonatal cardiac surgery. Abstract
Assessment of fluid balance after neonatal cardiac surgery: a description of intake/output vs. weight-based methods. Pediatr Nephrol. 2023 04; 38(4):1355-1364. View Assessment of fluid balance after neonatal cardiac surgery: a description of intake/output vs. weight-based methods. Abstract
Acute Management of High-Risk and Intermediate-Risk Pulmonary Embolism in Children: A Review. Chest. 2022 03; 161(3):791-802. View Acute Management of High-Risk and Intermediate-Risk Pulmonary Embolism in Children: A Review. Abstract
Hemostatic Challenges in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine-Hemostatic Balance in VAD. Front Pediatr. 2021; 9:625632. View Hemostatic Challenges in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine-Hemostatic Balance in VAD. Abstract
Coagulation Monitoring Correlation with Bivalirudin Dosing in Pediatric Ventricular Assist Device Support. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2020 Apr; 39(4S):S467-S468. View Coagulation Monitoring Correlation with Bivalirudin Dosing in Pediatric Ventricular Assist Device Support. Abstract
Necrotizing Enterocolitis in Two Siblings and an Unrelated Infant with Overlapping Chromosome 6q25 Deletions. Mol Syndromol. 2018 May; 9(3):141-148. View Necrotizing Enterocolitis in Two Siblings and an Unrelated Infant with Overlapping Chromosome 6q25 Deletions. Abstract
Tele-Pediatric Intensive Care for Critically Ill Children in Syria. Telemed J E Health. 2018 08; 24(8):621-623. View Tele-Pediatric Intensive Care for Critically Ill Children in Syria. Abstract

Since my early years in medical school and training I was always fascinated by both cardiology and critical care medicine. My mentor during residency training was a cardiologist and I very well remember those nights at the pediatric critical care unit where we would care for critically ill cardiac patients. I enjoyed the physiology and anatomy understanding and their application to the bedside care. I recognized how rewarding it is to share my knowledge with cardiac patients and their parents and families. During my pediatric critical care fellowship, I encountered a wide variety of cardiac critical care cases. Many of these ranged from time of birth throughout different age groups, at time of diagnosis, critical management or after surgical procedures. This has only excited me more to further enrich my experience, and hence I pursued a dedicated fellowship training in pediatric cardiac critical care.