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Majid Samii
Born (1937-06-19) 19 June 1937 (age 87)
Rasht, Iran[2]
NationalityIran
CitizenshipIran
Germany
Alma materUniversity of Mainz
SpouseMahshid Samii (m. 1961)[3]
ChildrenAmir and Amireh
AwardsRudolf Frey Award (2000)[1]
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)
Khwarizmi International Award (2014)
Scientific career
FieldsNeurosurgery

Majid Samii (Persian: مجید سمیعی, born 19 June 1937[4]) is a distinguished Iranian[5][6] neurosurgeon and medical scientist.[7]

Biography

International Neuroscience Institute (in Deutsch) in Hannover, founded by Samii

Samii was born in Tehran, Iran on 19 June 1937.[2] He is of Iranian Azerbaijani origin[8][9]and his ancestors migrated to Gilan. After having completed his high school education in Iran, he moved to Germany, where he started his medical studies at the University of Mainz.[10]

Prof. Samii in India in 2019

He has been the president of the International Society for Neurosurgery and was elected as the founding president of the Congress of International Neurosurgeons (MASCIN) in 2003.[11]

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).[12]

In 2007, he received the "Friendship Award", from the Prime minister of China for his contribution to the medical progress of the country.[13]

He had earlier received the 2014 Leibniz Ring Prize in Berlin.[14]

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.[15] The first awardee of this medal was Prof. Maurice Choux from France.[16]

Samii speaking at the 5th Symposium of World Federation of Neurology, Milad Tower, Tehran

Present duties[17]

  • 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

Notes

  1. ^ User, Super. "جوایز، مدالها و افتخارات". www.professormadjidsamii.com. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  2. ^ a b Super User. "Biography". professormadjidsamii.com. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  3. ^ "عکس های خانوادگی و خصوصی پروفسور سمیعی در کنار همسر و دو فرزندش". 9 October 2016.
  4. ^ "Biography". Professor Madjid Samii - official website. Retrieved 27 January 2016. Professor Madjid Samii was born in 19 June 1937 (...)
  5. ^ "Complete CV - Professor Madjid Samii". Retrieved 27 January 2016. Nationality: Iranian and German
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ "Iran starts building Mideast largest oncology center in Rasht". payvand.com.
  8. ^ http://pajoohe.ir/%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%B3%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%B9%DB%8C__a-41504.aspx Samii Family]
  9. ^ Professor Madjid Samii was awarded the medal of Tabriz Honorary Citizen
  10. ^ "Biography". Professor Madjid Samii - official website. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  11. ^ "EMN e.V. - News". Archived from the original on 2012-02-09. Retrieved 2007-11-11.
  12. ^ "Home - INI Hannover EN". www.ini-hannover.de. Retrieved 2018-01-13.
  13. ^ "China to Honor prominent Iranian Neurosurgeon". Archived from the original on 2009-03-28. Retrieved 2007-11-11.
  14. ^ a b c "PressTV-Iran scientist wins Golden Neuron Award". presstv.ir.
  15. ^ "Medal of Honor".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  16. ^ "maurice choux".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  17. ^ "MASSIN". madjidsamiisociety.org. Archived from the original on 2016-09-29. Retrieved 2013-11-15.
  18. ^ - World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies, List of Honorary Presidents Archived 2009-11-15 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved 30 September 2009
  19. ^ Volker Seifert: Description of the Carl Zeiss Honorary Lecture and Visiting Professorship, in: Department of Neurosurgery of the Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, September 2007, retrieved 30 September 2009
  20. ^ Ramina, R. (2013). "Madjid Samii – Neurosurgeon of the year". World Neurosurgery. 80 (5): 472. doi:10.1016/j.wneu.2012.11.056. PMID 24296002.
  21. ^ Burak YILDIRIM. "Golden Neuron Award Winners". worldacademyns.org. Archived from the original on 2017-08-01. Retrieved 2014-10-11.
  22. ^ ÜNİVERSİTESİ, ÜSKÜDAR. "Üsküdar University's Honorary Doctorate Ceremony to World-Famous Neurosurgeon Prof. Madjid Samii".
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