Majid Samii

Majid Samii
Majid Samii
	Samii in 2019
Born	19 June 1937 (age 87); Tehran, Iran
Nationality	Iranian
Alma mater	University of Mainz
Spouse	Mahshid Samii (m. 1961)
Children	2
Awards	Rudolf Frey Award (2000); Paul C. Bucy Award (2003); Avicenna Award (2006); INC Award (2006); Iranian Science and Culture Hall of Fame (2006); Leibniz-Ring-Hannover Award (2013); WIPO Award (World Intellectual Property Organization) (2014); Golden Neuron Award (2014); Kharazmi International Award (2014)
	Scientific career
Fields	Neurosurgery
Institutions	International Neuroscience Institute

Majid Samii (Persian: مجید سمیعی, born 19 June 1937^[3]) is an Iranian^[4]^[5] neurosurgeon and medical scientist.^[6]

Biography

Samii was born in Tehran, Iran 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 University of Mainz.^[7]

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.^[8]

Samii received the "Physician" award by the north German city of Hanover. Former German chancellor Gerhard Schröder 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).^[9]

In 2007, he received the "Friendship Award", from the Prime minister of China for his contribution to the medical progress of the country.^[10]

He had earlier received the 2014 Leibniz Ring Prize in Berlin.^{[citation needed]}

In 2011, World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies coined a medal of honor bearing Samii's name which would be given to outstanding neurosurgeons every two years.^[11] The first awardee of this medal was Prof. Maurice Choux from France.^[12]

In recent years, he accepted Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi, Chief Justice of Iran, and Hossein-Ali Nayyeri, head of the disciplinary court of judges, in his private clinic in Hanover.^{[citation needed]}

Present duties

Source:^[13]

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 World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies 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^[14]
2005: Carl Zeiss Honorary Lecture and Visiting Professorship initiated and hosted by the Department of Neurosurgery of the Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany^[15]
2006: Iranian Science and Culture Hall of Fame
World Physician 2007
2008: Friendship Award of the People's Republic of China.
2010: Neurosurgical Society of America Medal Recipient.
2013: Leibniz-Ring-Hannover [de] Prize winner.^{[citation needed]}
2013: Neurosurgeon of the Year: Elected by the World Neurosurgery journal.^[16]
2014: World top neurosurgeon and Golden Neuron Award Winner.^[17]
2017: Awarded Honorary Doctorate title by Uskudar University for his valuable global researches and clinical contributions in Neuroscience.^[18]

Notes

^ "جوایز، مدالها و افتخارات". www.professormadjidsamii.com.
^ "عکس‌های خانوادگی و خصوصی پروفسور سمیعی در کنار همسر و دو فرزندش". سبک زندگی با تاپ ناز. 9 October 2016.
^ "Biography". Professor Madjid Samii - official website. Retrieved 27 January 2016. Professor Madjid Samii was born in 19 June 1937 (...)
^ "Complete CV - Professor Madjid Samii". Retrieved 27 January 2016. Nationality: Iranian and German
^ "Professor Majid Samii named world top neurosurgeon". Press TV. Payvand. 10 December 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2016. The 70-year-old scientist Professor Samii is known as Iranian-German neurosurgeon that has been the president of the International Society for Neurosurgery.
^ "Iran starts building Mideast largest oncology center in Rasht". payvand.com.
^ "Biography". Professor Madjid Samii - official website. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
^ "EMN e.V. - News". Archived from the original on 2012-02-09. Retrieved 2007-11-11.
^ "Home - INI Hannover EN". www.ini-hannover.de. Retrieved 2018-01-13.
^ "China to Honor prominent Iranian Neurosurgeon". Archived from the original on 2009-03-28. Retrieved 2007-11-11.
^ "Medal of Honor".
^ "maurice choux".
^ "MASSIN". madjidsamiisociety.org. Archived from the original on 2016-09-29. Retrieved 2013-11-15.
^ World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies, List of Honorary Presidents Archived 2009-11-15 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved 30 September 2009
^ "Volker Seifert: Description of the Carl Zeiss Honorary Lecture and Visiting Professorship, in: Department of Neurosurgery of the Goethe University Frankfurt, September 2007, retrieved 30 September 2009" (PDF).
^ Ramina, R. (2013). "Madjid Samii – Neurosurgeon of the year". World Neurosurgery. 80 (5): 472. doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2012.11.056. PMID 24296002.
^ Burak YILDIRIM. "Golden Neuron Award Winners". worldacademyns.org. Archived from the original on 2017-08-01. Retrieved 2014-10-11.
^ ÜNİVERSİTESİ, ÜSKÜDAR. "Üsküdar University's Honorary Doctorate Ceremony to World-Famous Neurosurgeon Prof. Madjid Samii".

External links

Media related to Majid Samii at Wikimedia Commons
Curriculum Vitae of Majid Samii - up to 1988
"Samii's Essentials in Neurosurgery"
www.radiozamaneh.com

[1] "جوایز، مدالها و افتخارات". www.professormadjidsamii.com.

[2] "عکس‌های خانوادگی و خصوصی پروفسور سمیعی در کنار همسر و دو فرزندش". سبک زندگی با تاپ ناز. 9 October 2016.

[3] "Biography". Professor Madjid Samii - official website. Retrieved 27 January 2016. Professor Madjid Samii was born in 19 June 1937 (...)

[auto-4] "Complete CV - Professor Madjid Samii". Retrieved 27 January 2016. Nationality: Iranian and German

[5] "Professor Majid Samii named world top neurosurgeon". Press TV. Payvand. 10 December 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2016. The 70-year-old scientist Professor Samii is known as Iranian-German neurosurgeon that has been the president of the International Society for Neurosurgery.

[6] "Iran starts building Mideast largest oncology center in Rasht". payvand.com.

[7] "Biography". Professor Madjid Samii - official website. Retrieved 27 January 2016.

[8] "EMN e.V. - News". Archived from the original on 2012-02-09. Retrieved 2007-11-11.

[9] "Home - INI Hannover EN". www.ini-hannover.de. Retrieved 2018-01-13.

[10] "China to Honor prominent Iranian Neurosurgeon". Archived from the original on 2009-03-28. Retrieved 2007-11-11.

[11] "Medal of Honor".

[12] "maurice choux".

[13] "MASSIN". madjidsamiisociety.org. Archived from the original on 2016-09-29. Retrieved 2013-11-15.

[14] World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies, List of Honorary Presidents Archived 2009-11-15 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved 30 September 2009

[15] "Volker Seifert: Description of the Carl Zeiss Honorary Lecture and Visiting Professorship, in: Department of Neurosurgery of the Goethe University Frankfurt, September 2007, retrieved 30 September 2009" (PDF).

[16] Ramina, R. (2013). "Madjid Samii – Neurosurgeon of the year". World Neurosurgery. 80 (5): 472. doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2012.11.056. PMID 24296002.

[burakyildirim-17] Burak YILDIRIM. "Golden Neuron Award Winners". worldacademyns.org. Archived from the original on 2017-08-01. Retrieved 2014-10-11.

[18] ÜNİVERSİTESİ, ÜSKÜDAR. "Üsküdar University's Honorary Doctorate Ceremony to World-Famous Neurosurgeon Prof. Madjid Samii".

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