Specialist Consultant Surgeon
Dr Edwin Gamba Muguti
MBChB · MMed (Surgery) · FCS (ECSA) · CLS
Lead surgeon at The Endoscopy Suite & Surgical Clinic and President of the Zimbabwe Society of General Surgeons. He sees every patient himself, from first consultation to follow-up.
- PresidentZimbabwe Society of General Surgeons (ZSGS)
- Executive memberSurgical Society of Zimbabwe (SSZ)
- Examiner in General SurgeryThree universities and COSECSA
9+ Harare hospitals where he can admit and operate
Qualifications
What the letters after his name mean.
His medical degree, from the University of Zimbabwe. It qualifies a doctor to practise medicine.
Several further years of supervised specialist training and examinations in surgery, at the University of Zimbabwe.
Recognition as a specialist surgeon by the regional college of surgeons.
Extra certified training in keyhole (laparoscopic) surgery: operating through a few small cuts with a camera, so you heal faster.
Roles in his profession
Serving the surgical profession.
Beyond his own patients, Dr Muguti helps lead and examine the surgeons of Zimbabwe and the region.
He leads the national society of general surgeons.
He sits on the executive committee of the national surgical society.
He examines doctors in surgery, including for the regional college that qualifies specialist surgeons.
- UZUniversity of Zimbabwe
- MSUMidlands State University
- NUSTNational University of Science and Technology
- COSECSACollege of Surgeons of East, Central and Southern Africa
The national association of doctors in Zimbabwe.
Biography
Four decades of surgery and teaching.
Dr Edwin Gamba Muguti is a specialist consultant surgeon, President of the Zimbabwe Society of General Surgeons, a former university lecturer in surgery and a former Deputy Minister of Health. He has served patients in Zimbabwe for more than four decades.
He leads The Endoscopy Suite & Surgical Clinic in Belvedere, Harare, where he examines the digestive tract with a camera, operates through keyhole incisions wherever it is safe, and manages complex gastrointestinal problems. When an operation needs a hospital, he admits and operates at many of Harare's hospitals, from Avenues Clinic to Parirenyatwa.
Clinical work
What he operates on.
Gastroscopy and colonoscopy with real-time video, biopsies and polyp removal.
Gallbladder and appendix removal, hernia repair and reflux surgery through small cuts.
The colon, rectum and back passage, including piles and bowel cancer.
Known as hepatopancreatobiliary (HPB) surgery: gallstones, bile duct problems and growths.
Operations on the hormone glands in the neck and above the kidneys.
Groin, navel and old-scar hernias, by keyhole or open repair.
Poor blood flow to the legs, and the diabetic foot.
Swollen, twisted leg veins that ache or cause ulcers.
Lumps, assessment and breast cancer operations.
Removing tumours in different parts of the body, planned with your other doctors.
Abdominal and chest injuries, stab and gunshot wounds, and acute appendicitis.
Where he operates
Hospitals where he can admit and operate.
Endoscopy and smaller procedures happen at the suite in Belvedere. If you need a larger operation or a stay in hospital, Dr Muguti can admit you and operate at these Harare hospitals, and others.
- Avenues Clinic
- 35 Fife Avenue Hospital
- St Anne's Hospital
- Milton Park Medical Centre
- West End Hospital
- West End Clinic
- Health Point
- Corporate 24
- Parirenyatwa Hospital
- and other Harare hospitals
Teaching and research
Training the next generation.
A former Lecturer in the Department of Surgery at the University of Zimbabwe, he examines doctors in general surgery for UZ, Midlands State University, NUST and COSECSA. He has numerous research publications, including work on:
Making palliative radiotherapy work better for women with breast cancer that has spread.
Testing risk scores such as POSSUM, which predict how likely complications are after an operation.
Treating penetrating injuries that cross the chest and abdomen, and necrotising fasciitis, a fast-spreading infection under the skin.
Career at a glance
From the lecture theatre to the operating theatre.
- TrainingMBChB, MMed (Surgery) and CLS
University of Zimbabwe. Fellowship of the College of Surgeons of East, Central and Southern Africa.
- From 1999Lecturer in Surgery
Department of Surgery, University of Zimbabwe. Now a former lecturer, he still examines doctors in general surgery.
- 2005 to 2009Deputy Minister of Health and Child Welfare
Government of Zimbabwe. Also served as a Member of Parliament.
- TodayPresident, Zimbabwe Society of General Surgeons
Executive member of the Surgical Society of Zimbabwe, and lead surgeon at The Endoscopy Suite & Surgical Clinic, Belvedere, Harare.
See Dr Muguti himself.
Every consultation, procedure and follow-up is with him personally.