Dr. Godfrey Muguti

Professor Muguti is the President of the College of Surgeons of East, Central and Southern Africa (COSECSA). He is the Professor of Surgery and Professorial Chair in the Department of Surgery in the College of Health Sciences, University of Zimbabwe. He is also a Clinical Professor of Surgery in the Department of Surgery at Stanford University School of Medicine, USA and Medical Director of The Avenues Clinic in Harare, Zimbabwe. He trained in Zimbabwe, Edinburgh, United Kingdom and Sydney, Australia. He did a Fellowship in Hepatobiliary Surgery at Westmead Hospital University of Sydney, Australia. His clinical and research interests are in general surgery and plastic and reconstructive surgery. He established the Plastic Surgery training programme in Zimbabwe and has contributed substantially to the development of plastic and reconstructive surgery in the COSECSA region over the last 10 years in his role as Programme Director. He has worked as a Consultant Surgeon in Zimbabwe and the United Kingdom and has been Clinical Tutor at the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, United Kingdom. Professor Muguti has served as a Commissioner on the Zimbabwe Health Review Commission and Foundation President of the Surgical Society of Zimbabwe. He is past Editor - in - Chief of the Central African Journal of Medicine. In 2016 he was invited to deliver the annual Rowan Nicks lecture at the Annual Scientific Congress of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons and was awarded the College Medal. He was awarded the Honorary FRCS(Eng) by the Royal College of Surgeons of England in 1997.