Tan Sri Dato" Doctor Yahya bin Awang, originally from Muar Johor, is a Malaysian cardiothoracic surgeon; born to the former state governor of Pulau Pinang Malaysia, Tun Datuk Doctor Haji Awang bin Hassan and Toh Puan Khadijah Abdul Rahman, sister of Tun Doctor Ismail Abdul Rahman, the 2nd Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia.
Career
He became known for performing coronary artery bypass surgery on former Prime Minister Tun Doctor Mahathir Mohammad in 1989. He went on to help found and headed the National Heart Institute of Malaysia (Institut Jantung Negara) (IJN) in 1992 and in 1998 he performed the first heart transplant in Malaysia there.
