Yahya Awang, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Yahya Awang

Malaysian doctor

Date of Birth: 07-Sep-1950

Place of Birth: Muar, Johor, Malaysia

Profession: physician, surgeon

Nationality: Malaysia

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Yahya bin Awang (born 7 September 1950) is a Malaysian cardiothoracic surgeon; born to the former state governor (Yang Di Pertua) of Pulau Pinang Malaysia (1981–1989), Tun Datuk Dr Haji Awang bin Hassan and Toh Puan Khadijah Abdul Rahman, sister of Tun Dr Ismail Abdul Rahman, the 2nd Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia. 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.