Javad Heyat

Javad Heyat
Born(1925-05-24)24 May 1925
Tabriz, Iran
Died12 August 2014(2014-08-12) (aged 89)
Baku, Azerbaijan
NationalityIranian, Azerbaijani
Alma materIstanbul University
Scientific career
FieldsSurgery, writing

Javad Heyat (Persian: جواد هیئت; 25 May 1925 – 12 August 2014) was an Iranian surgeon and writer. He performed the first open heart surgery in Iran and was Ayatollah Khamenei's personal physician when the latter was President of Iran in the 1980s.[1] Heyat was the publisher and founding editor of Varliq, which he established in 1979 in Tehran.[2] He was the recipient of numerous honorary degrees from universities in Turkey and the Republic of Azerbaijan.

  1. ^ Riaux 2018, p. 121.
  2. ^ Bainbridge (28 October 2013). Turkic Peoples Of The World. Taylor & Francis. p. 140. ISBN 978-1-136-15362-4. Retrieved 6 September 2014.