Cerrah Mehmed Pasha (; died January 1604, Istanbul) was an Ottoman statesman. He was grand vizier of the Ottoman Empire from 1598 to 1599.Uzunçarşılı, İsmail Hakkı, (1954) Osmanlı Tarihi III. Cilt, 2. Kısım, XVI. Yüzyıl Ortalarından XVII. Yüzyıl Sonuna kadar), Ankara: Türk Tarih Kurumu (Altıncı Baskı 2011 ), p. 358

Mehmed Pasha was the palace surgeon prior to becoming grand vizier, hence his epithet cerrah ('surgeon'). The Istanbul neighborhood of Cerrahpaşa and one of the two medical faculties of Istanbul University, (the other being ), are named after him.

Family In 1579 he married Gevherhan Sultan, a daughter of Sultan Selim II and Nurbanu Sultan. He was her second husband. She was previously married to Piali Pasha, from 1562 until his death in 1578.

Mehmed Pasha had at least one son with her:According to some sources, Hatice Hanımsultan, Gevherhan's youngest daughter and Salih's elder half-sister, was also actually born by this marriage and was Cerrah Mehmed's daughter and Salih's full elder sister. Sultanzade Salih Bey. Governor of Klis.

See also List of Ottoman grand viziers

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