| Bothwell Anesu Mbuwayesango | |
| Nationality: | Zimbabwean |
| Field: | Medicine, Pediatric Surgeon |
| Work Institution: | University of Zimbabwe College of Health Sciences |
| Alma Mater: | University of Zimbabwe |
| Known For: | Separation of conjoined twins |
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]
Separating siamese twins in a low resource hospital [9]