In this Malay name, there is no surname or family name. The name Awang is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by their given name, Yahya.
Yang Berbahagia Tan Sri Dato' Dr.
Yahya Awang
PSM DPMJ DSAP DMPN KMN FRCS
Born
(1950-09-07) 7 September 1950 (age 73)
Colony of Singapore
Citizenship
Malaysian
Known for
Performing coronary artery bypass surgery on Mahathir Mohamad Performing the first heart transplant in Malaysia
Spouse
Suraiya Hani Tun Hussein
Relatives
Awang Hassan and Khadijah Abdul Rahman (parents, both deceased) Hishammuddin Hussein (brother-in-law) Hussein Onn and Suhailah Noah (parents-in-law, both deceased) Ismail and Suleiman Abdul Rahman (maternal uncles, both deceased) Zubaidah Abdul Rahman (maternal aunt and stepmother, deceased) Abu Bakar Suleiman (maternal first cousin)
Medical career
Profession
Medical doctor
Sub-specialties
Cardiothoracic surgery Heart transplantation
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]
^School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia|SEARCH 78|Tun Datuk Dr. Haji Awang bin Hassan |9 January 2007
^MHTC (25 March 2019). "Dr Yahya Awang: The man behind the heartbeats of over 5,000 people, including Dr M". Malaysia Healthcare Travel Council (MHTC).
^Monash University|Prominent alumni|Tan Sri Dato' Dr Yahya Bin Awang
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