Western name for Ibn Sina (c 980-1027), whose Canon of Medicine was a standard textbook at medieval universities (8)

'980-1027 whose canon of medicine was a standard textbook at medieval universities' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot judge whether it can be defined by this definition.

'western name for ibn sina c' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'name' could be 'vi' and 'vi' is present in the answer.
'c' is found in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

Can you help me to learn more?