Majid Samii (, born 19 June 1937) is an

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neurosurgeon Neurosurgery or neurological surgery, known in common parlance as brain surgery, is the medical specialty that focuses on the surgical treatment or rehabilitation of disorders which affect any portion of the nervous system including the brain, ...

and medical scientist.

Biography

Samii was born in

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on 19 June 1937. After having completed his high school education in Iran, he moved to Germany, where he started his medical studies at the

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. He has been the president of the International Society for Neurosurgery and was elected as the founding president of ''MASCIN'' – "Madjid Samii Congress of International Neurosurgeons" in 2003. Samii received the "Physician" award by the north German city of

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. Former German chancellor

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hailed the 70-year-old Samii for his medical contribution to neuroscience as head of the International Neuroscience Institute (INI), based in Hanover. He is the president of the International Neuroscience Institute (INI). In 2007, he received the "Friendship Award", from the Prime minister of China for his contribution to the medical progress of the country. He had earlier received the 2014 Leibniz Ring Prize in Berlin. In 2011,

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coined a medal of honor bearing Samii's name which would be given to outstanding neurosurgeons every two years. The first awardee of this medal was Prof. Maurice Choux from France. In recent years, he accepted

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, Chief Justice of Iran, and Hossein-Ali Nayyeri, head of the disciplinary court of judges, in his private clinic in Hanover.

Present duties

Source: * President of the International Neuroscience Institute (INI) at Otto von Guericke University * President of the China INI at Capital University in Beijing * President of the Neurobionic Foundation * President of the Board of Trustees of AWD Children's Assistance Foundation * Director emeritus of the Neurosurgical Clinic, Nordstadt Hospital in Hannover * Honorary President of the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies (WFNS) * Honorary President of the

Endowment/Foundation (WFNS) * Honorary President of the German Society of Skull Base Surgery * Honorary President of CURAC - German Society of Computer and Robot-Assisted Surgery

Awards

* 2001: Honorary President of ''The World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies'' * 2005:

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Honorary Lecture and Visiting Professorship initiated and hosted by the Department of Neurosurgery of the

Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University Goethe University Frankfurt () is a public research university located in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. It was founded in 1914 as a citizens' university, which means it was founded and funded by the wealthy and active liberal citizenry of Frankfurt ...

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, Germany * 2006:

Iranian Science and Culture Hall of Fame Iranian Science and Culture Hall of Fame or Ever-lasting Names / People (; read as ''čehre-hā-ye māndegār'') is a formal ceremony to honor influential contemporary scientific and cultural Eminents. The title is awarded to those who "will rema ...

* World Physician 2007 * 2008:

Friendship Award The Chinese Government's Friendship Award () is the People's Republic of China's highest award for "foreign experts who have made outstanding contributions to the country's economic and social progress". The award was first established as the M ...

of the People's Republic of China. * 2010: Neurosurgical Society of America Medal Recipient. * 2013: Prize winner. *2013: Neurosurgeon of the Year: Elected by the World Neurosurgery journal. * 2014: World top neurosurgeon and Golden Neuron Award Winner. * 2017: Awarded Honorary Doctorate title by Uskudar University for his valuable global researches and clinical contributions in Neuroscience.

Notes

External links

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Curriculum Vitae of Majid Samii - up to 1988

"Samii's Essentials in Neurosurgery"www.radiozamaneh.com
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