Yahya Awang
Yahya bin Awang is a Malaysian cardiothoracic surgeon; born to the former state governor 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. He performed two coronary artery bypass graft surgeries for Mahathir Mohamad, first in 1989 and another in 2007.
He went on to help found and headed the National Heart Institute of Malaysia in 1992 and in 1997 he performed the first heart transplantation in Malaysia there.
Honours and awards
Honours of Malaysia
- * Commander of the Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia – Tan Sri
- * Officer of the Order of the Defender of the Realm
- * Knight Commander of the Order of the Crown of Johor – Dato'
- * Companion of the Order of the Crown of Johor
- * Knight Companion of the Order of Sultan Ahmad Shah of Pahang – Dato'
- * Companion of the Order of the Defender of State – '''Dato''''