Majid Samii

Madjid Samii (Persian: مجید سمیعی, born 19 June 1937) is a distinguished German-Iranian neurosurgeon and medical scientist.

Professor Samii was born in Rasht, Iran and got his professor degree in neurosurgery at the age of 33. He has been the president of the International Society for Neurosurgery and was elected as the founding president for the Congress of International Neurosurgeons (MASCIN) in 2003.^[1] Majid Samii received the "World 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 world renowned International Neuroscience Institute (INI), based in Hanover. You have brought more internationality to the city. People from all over the world are coming to be treated by you," added Schröder in his speech to a high-profile crowd, among them ex-Indonesian president Jusuf Habibie and former German foreign minister Klaus Kinkel.

Schröder stressed that Samii has not only brought the world to Hanover but has also made the city world-famous. Deeply touched by the award ceremony, Samii said, "I am only a simple doctor, a great honor was bestowed upon me." Samii invited Schröder to China in 2008 for laying the foundation of the planned neuroscience clinic. Samii has built a great international neuroscience institute INI in cooperation with the University of Beijing. In 2007, he received Chinese top award, "Friendship Award", from Prime minister of China for his contribution to the medical progress of the country.^[2]

Awards

• 2001: Honorary President of The World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies^[3]
• 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^[4]
• World Physician 2007
• 2007: Friendship Award of the People's Republic of China

Notes

1. ^ EMN e.V. - News
2. ^ China to Honor prominent Iranian Neurosurgeon
3. ^ - World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies, List of Honorary Presidents, retrieved 30 September 2009
4. ^ [1] 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

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