{{Short description|Malaysian cardiothoracic surgeon}} {{Malay name|Yahya|Awang}} {{Infobox medical person |honorific_prefix = Yang Berbahagia Tan Sri Dato' Dr. |name = Yahya Awang <br> {{nobold|يحيى أواڠ}} |honorific_suffix = PSM DPMJ DMPN DSAP KMN SMJ FRCS |image = |image_size = |caption = |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1950|9|7|df=y}} |birth_place = Colony of Singapore |death_date = |death_place = |profession = Physician |spouse = Suraiya Hani Hussein |specialism = Cardiothoracic Surgery<br>Heart Transplantation |research_field = |known_for = Performing coronary artery bypass surgery on Mahathir Mohamad<br>Performing the first heart transplantation in Malaysia |years_active = |work_institutions = |prizes = |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.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.medic.usm.my/~telehealth/Articles2005/MalayDocs/Search%2051-100/SEARCH%2078.htm |title=School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia{{!}}SEARCH 78{{!}}Tun Datuk Dr. Haji Awang bin Hassan {{!}}9 January 2007 |access-date=26 March 2010 |archive-date=17 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160417003024/http://www.medic.usm.my/~telehealth/Articles2005/MalayDocs/Search%2051-100/SEARCH%2078.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> He performed two coronary artery bypass graft surgeries for Mahathir Mohamad, first in 1989 and another in 2007.<ref>{{Cite web |last=MHTC |date=2019-03-25 |title=Dr Yahya Awang: The man behind the heartbeats of over 5,000 people, including Dr M |url=https://www.mhtc.org.my/2019/03/25/dr-yahya-awang-the-man-behind-the-heartbeats-of-over-5000-people-including-dr-m/ |access-date= |website=Malaysia Healthcare Travel Council (MHTC) |language=en-US |archive-date=30 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221130174721/https://www.mhtc.org.my/2019/03/25/dr-yahya-awang-the-man-behind-the-heartbeats-of-over-5000-people-including-dr-m/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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 transplantation in Malaysia there.<ref>[http://www.monash.edu.au/alumni/prominent-alumni/yahya-awang.htm Monash University|Prominent alumni|Tan Sri Dato' Dr Yahya Bin Awang]</ref>
==Honours and awards== ===Honours of Malaysia=== * {{flag|Malaysia}} ** 50px Commander of the Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia (PSM) – '''Tan Sri''' (2002) ** 50px Officer of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (KMN) (1990) * {{Flag|Johor}} ** 50px Knight Commander of the Order of the Crown of Johor (DPMJ) – '''Dato'''' (1992) ** 50px Companion of the Order of the Crown of Johor (SMJ) (1988) * {{Flag|Pahang}} ** 50px Knight Companion of the Order of Sultan Ahmad Shah of Pahang (DSAP) – '''Dato'''' (1996) * {{Flag|Penang}} ** 50px Companion of the Order of the Defender of State (DMPN) – '''Dato'''' (1994)
===Awards=== * {{flagu|Malaysia}} ** Merdeka Award (2014)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.merdekaaward.my/Recipients/By-Year/2013/Tan-Sri-Dato%E2%80%99-Dr-Yahya-Awang.aspx|title=RECIPIENT / PROFILE :Tan Sri Dato' Dr Yahya Awang}}</ref>
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