Bothwell Anesu Mbuwayesango | |
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| Nationality | Zimbabwean |
| Alma mater | University of Zimbabwe |
| Known for | Separation of conjoined twins |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Medicine, Pediatric Surgeon |
| Institutions | University of Zimbabwe College of Health Sciences |
Bothwell Anesu Mbuwayesango is a Zimbabwean pediatric surgeon who successfully led an all Zimbabwean team that separated conjoined twins in 2014 during an eight-hour operation at Harare hospital; it was the country's second successful separation, the first was in 1985. [1] [2] [3] The two-month-old male twins were joined at the chest and abdomen (including the liver - which can bleed heavily if cut). [4] In 2021 Mbuwayesango led another successful separation during an eighteen-hour surgery at the same hospital. [5] Mr Mbuwayesango was a Council member of the Medical and Dental Practitioners Council of Zimbabwe. [6] He has published articles in the medical literature. [7]