Dr. Mahmoud Zayed came to the United States after completing Medical School at Cairo University Medical School in Cairo, Egypt.  He began his postgraduate training at programs associated with Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Yale University Medical School an finally his Interventional Cardiology fellowship at the western campus of Tufts University in Massachusetts.

 

Dr. Zayed has been in Ocean Springs for the last ten years.  He is Board Certified in International Cardiology and has offices in Biloxi and Pascagoula as well.

Darrell Martin -

Darrell Martin is a native Mississippian who began his communing with the native flora while wandering the many forests and creeks of the pristine area of the Homochitto national forest.  He was born in 1951 and his great Grandmother Doushna Hutchinson was a Cherokee Medicine woman who was know for her tinctures.  His Grandmother Balam Smith also imbibed in him this love of plants at an early age.

At the age of 19 Darrell became a Bhakti Yoga practitioner and was one of the founders of the Hare Krishna farm in Hancock County.  It was here while practicing Yoga that he became immersed deeply in the identification and applications of our native plants.  Gradually he became recognized as a very reliable source of plant medicines.  All using the plants in our forests and fields.

Darrell spends his time developing the Blue Boy Healing center and educating others in this art of Herbalism.  His teaching reflects his understanding that everything has a purpose and the secrets to these purposes are unlocked by devotion and desire to help others.  He is a strict vegetarian for over 35 years and has a wonderful family.  His wife is Linda Martin.  He has four daughters and a son.