Yahya Awang Explained

Honorific Prefix:Yang Berbahagia Tan Sri Dato' Dr.
Yahya Awang
Honorific Suffix:PSM DPMJ DSAP DMPN KMN FRCS
Birth Date:7 September 1950
Birth Place:Colony of Singapore
Profession:Medical doctor
Spouse:Suraiya Hani Tun Hussein
Specialism:Cardiothoracic surgery
Heart transplantation
Known For:Performing coronary artery bypass surgery on Mahathir Mohamad
Performing the first heart transplant in Malaysia
Relations:Awang Hassan and Khadijah Abdul Rahman (parents, both deceased)
Hishammuddin Hussein (brother-in-law)
Ismail and Suleiman Abdul Rahman (maternal uncles, both deceased)
Zubaidah Abdul Rahman (maternal aunt and stepmother, deceased)
Abu Bakar Suleiman (maternal first cousin)
Citizenship:Malaysian

Yahya bin Awang (born 7 September 1950) is a Malaysian cardiothoracic surgeon; born to the former state governor (Yang di-Pertua Negeri) of Pulau Pinang from 1981 to 1989, Awang Hassan and Khadijah Abdul Rahman, sister of Ismail Abdul Rahman, the 2nd Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia.[1] She underwent two coronary artery bypass graft surgeries for Mahathir Mohamad, one in 1989 and another in 2007.[2]

He went on to help found and headed the National Heart Institute of Malaysia (Institut Jantung Negara) (IJN) in 1992 and in 1997 he performed the first heart transplant in Malaysia there.[3]

Honours and awards

Honours of Malaysia

Awards

Notes and References

  1. http://www.medic.usm.my/~telehealth/Articles2005/MalayDocs/Search%2051-100/SEARCH%2078.htm School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia|SEARCH 78|Tun Datuk Dr. Haji Awang bin Hassan |9 January 2007
  2. Web site: MHTC . 2019-03-25 . Dr Yahya Awang: The man behind the heartbeats of over 5,000 people, including Dr M . Malaysia Healthcare Travel Council (MHTC) . en-US.
  3. http://www.monash.edu.au/alumni/prominent-alumni/yahya-awang.htm Monash University|Prominent alumni|Tan Sri Dato' Dr Yahya Bin Awang
  4. Web site: RECIPIENT / PROFILE :Tan Sri Dato' Dr Yahya Awang.