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In modern neurosurgery Madjid Samii is considered to be one of the leading experts in vestibular schwannoma surgery.

Professor Madjid Samii was born in 19 June 1937 in Tehran, Iran and was grown in a scientific family. After finishing his high school education in Iran, he moved to Germany and started his medical study at University of Mainz. Regarding his achievements during his medical study and his final university scores as receiving the highest achievable score in the final medical examination, he received the prize of Iranian Science Ministry for the best Iranian students in Europe. After graduation from the medical school and finishing a secondary study in biology, he started his specialty education in the field of neurosurgery in the University of Mainz and received his board of neurosurgery in 1970.

In April 1970 and in the age of 32, he started his career as associate professor and vice director of neurosurgical department at university of Mainz. One year later, in 1971, he became the professor of neurosurgery. In this year he received an offer from the “National University” of Iran to become professor and chairman of neurosurgical department. He refused such an important position in order to continue his scientific career in the University of Mainz. In 1977 he became the Chairman of Neurosurgical Department in Hannover, Germany (Nordstadt Hospital); a position that he possessed till 2003. After several calls for the chair of neurosurgery from universities of Leiden (Netherland) and Mainz (Germany), he finally accepted the chair of neurosurgery in Hannover School of Medicine (MHH), Germany in 1988. Since 1996, he acted as the chairman of both Neurosurgical Departments in Nordstadt Hospital and Hannover School of Medicine. In 2000, Professor Samii founded the International Neuroscience Institute (INI) in Hannover and was nominated as its President. In 2003 he was retired from the chairs of Neurosurgical Departments in Nordstadt Hospital and Hannover School of Medicine and devoted himself to further development of International Neuroscience Institute. In 2004, Professor Samii also accepted the presidency of China International Neuroscience Institute at the Capital Medical University in Beijing, China. In 2010 “Iran International Neuroscience Institute” in Tehran has been planned and the construction procedure has been started. Professor Madjid Samii is founder and president of Iran INI, which will be inaugurated in near future.

A major aspect of Professor Samii’s scientific career was his devotion to education and enhancement of neurosurgery. From the beginning of his career as the professor of neurosurgery, he put a major emphasis on education of neurosurgeons from all over the world. He held regular annual or biannual courses in microneurosurgery in the University of Mainz since 1971. In 1979, Professor Samii established the world’s first educational course in skull base surgery in Hannover. Aside from his regular courses in Germany, he started to plan similar educational courses in many countries all over the world to enhance the knowledge of neurosurgery. In 2004, as the president of INI-China, he organized a permanent annual international course in clinical neurosurgery. Also in 2004 the directory board of Iranian social security organization has offered Professor Samii the chairmanship of neurosurgical department in Milad hospital in Tehran. Under his leadership, a very strong educational program for the staff has been planned and performed. The department is now one of the most developed neurosurgical centers. Since 2006 professor Samii established continues international neurosurgical symposiums in Tehran under his direction.

Professor Madjid Samii was the founding president and founding member of several national and international foundations and societies. During his scientific life, Professor Samii received many honorary professorships, honorary doctorates and visiting professorships from all over the world. Has has also given many honorary and memorial lectures. Professor Samii is honorary member of many national academies of medical science and national, international and continental societies of neurosurgery. He has received several prestigious national and international awards, honors and medals. He was also guest of honor in many neurosurgical meetings and had given more than 1000 lectures as special and invited lecturer in international congresses.

After being elected as the president of German society of neurosurgery, German society of skull base surgery, International skull base society, international skull base study group and German society of plastic and reconstructive surgery, he was elected as the president of the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies (WFNS) from 1997 to 2001. Since 2001 he acted as the honorary president of WFNS and honorary president of WFNS foundation. In 2011 WFNS has appointed Professor Madjid Samii as ambassador for Africa. He has created in this position the project of “Africa 100”.

Professor Madjid Samii Professor Samii is Editor, member of editorial board and honorary editor of many medical journals. He has ever published 17 books in the field of neurosurgery. His scientific works are also published in more than 500 scientific articles.

One of the most important achievements of professor Samii is education of more than a thousand neurosurgeons around the world. Most of these neurosurgeons are in leading positions in their countries. In 2002, his pupils and friends founded an international neurosurgical society under the name of “Madjid Samii Congress of International Neurosurgeons (MASCIN)” which was later changed its name to “Madjis Samii Society of International Neurosurgeons (MASSIN)”.

In 2011 the World Federation Of Neurosurgical Societies (WFNS) in an unprecedented action named its medal of honor after Professor Madjid Samii. The “Madjid Samii Medal of Honor” will be awarded every two years along with a prize of 10000 euros to the most prominent neurosurgeon world wide and is a high honor for the recipient. The first medal and prize ceremony was held in 2011 in Brazil along with the WFNS meeting and the winner was Maurice Chox, the professor of Marseille university in France.

Professor Samii married to Mahshid Samii since 1961 and has two children. His daughter, Amireh Samii, studied economy and his son, Professor Amir Samii, is a famous professor of neurosurgery and currently acts as the vice-director of the neurosurgical center at INI-Hannover.

Madjid Samii, M.D., Ph.D. President of the International Neuroscience Institute (INI) at Otto-von-Guericke-University President of China INI Chairman (Retired) of Neurosurgical Departments Hannover School of Medicine and Klinikum Hannover Nordstadt Honorary President of the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies

International Neuroscience Institute (INI) Rudolf-Pichlmayr-Str. 4 D-30625 Hannover Phone: ++49-511-27092-700 Fax: -706 e-mail: SAMII@INI-HANNOVER.DE

CURRICULUM VITAE

19 June 1937 born in Tehran, Iran 1957 – 1963 Medical School University of Mainz, Germany, including second study of biology 1964 – 1970 Resident at Neurosurgical Department, University of Mainz, Germany 1970 Board of Neurosurgery 1970 Associate Professor 1970 Vice Director of Neurosurgical Department, University of Mainz 1971 Professor of Neurosurgery Since 1977 Chairman of Neurosurgical Department Nordstadt Hospital Hannover 1983 First Medical World Telecommunication Conference (over the 5 continents) 1986 Call for the Chair of Neurosurgery at University of Leiden, The Netherlands Sept. 1987 Olivecrona Lecture, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden Dec. 1987 Call for the Chair of Neurosurgery, University of Mainz April 1988 Call for the Chair of Neurosurgery, Hannover School of Medicine (MHH) -Accepted May 1988 * Federal Republic of Germany Merit Cross First Class Award from the President of the Federal Republic of Germany for the scientific and practical development of neurosurgery and special efforts for the international scientific cooperation in this field. 1988 + Award of the Prize of Science of Lower Saxony 1988 Award of Honorary Professor by the Medical School of Military Academy, Beijing, China 1988 Keith Professorship University of Toronto, Canada 1986 – 1988 President of the International Society of Skull Base Study Group 1989 President of the German Society for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery 1989 Visiting Professor for at Medical Faculty of University of California (UCLA) Los Angeles, USA, and Visiting Director of the Skull Base Center at Neurosurgical Clinic of UCLA. 1989 Guest of Honor at the 2nd Annual Neurosurgery in the Rockies Meeting at the University of Colorado, Denver, Colorado, USA 1989 Obrador Lecture and Medal, Madrid, Spain 1990 Penfield Lecture, Banff, Canada 1990 – 1992 Re-election as President of the International Skull Base Study Group 1991 Sano Lecture, Tokyo, Japan 1991 Founder Member and 1st President of the German Society of Skull Base Surgery 1991 Founder Member and 1st President of Neurobionics Foundation Hannover 1991 Founder President of the Board of Trustees of the Foundation AWD, Children’s Aid, Hannover 1991 Jamieson Memorial Lecture and Medal, Australia 1992 Guest of Honor of the North American Skull Base Society 1992 Memorial lecture of Ginde oration - India 1992 Traffic Security Award „Non disputare, sed agere“ by Traffic Guard of Lower Saxony 1992 Lars Leksell Lecture, Charlottesville, USA 1992 President of International Skull Base Society 1992 President of 1st International Skull Base Congress 1992 Award of Honorary Professor by Medical School of University of Uruguay Sept. 1993 The 1st Edward Laws Jr. M.D. Lecture, George Washington University, Washington D.C. 1994 Honorary Citizenship of the City Osario, Argentina

1994 Doctor Honoris Causa (Honorary Doctor) awarded by Catholic University, Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil

1994 President elect of the German Society of Neurosurgery 1995 Honorary President of the German Society of Skull Base Surgery 1996 Award of Honorary Professor by Peruvian University Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru 1995 Member of Board of Trustees „EXPO 2000 Hannover“ 1995 Award of Honorary Professor by the National University, Lima, Peru 1996 President of the German Society of Neurosurgery 1996 – 1998 Since 1996 Chairman of the Neurosurgical Departments at Hannover School of Medicine, (since 1996) and Klinikum Hannover Nordstadt (since 1977) 1997 Sir Charles Balance Memorial Lecture and Medal, London, England 1997 Dedication of Elyseu Paglioli’s 100th birthday anniversary symposium by Porto Alegre University to Professor Madjid Samii, Porto Alegre, Brasil July 1997 President of the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies (WFNS), 1997 – 2001 May 1998 Award of Honorary Professor by the Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotà, Colombia June 1998 Award of the „Aristoteles Gold Medal“ by the University of Thessaloniki, Greece March 1999 Award of Honorary Professor of Neurosurgery by The University of

Alexandria,Egypt.

April 1999 The Sixth Annual Loyd C. Megison, Jr. Visiting Professorship Louisiana State University Medical Center, Shreveport, Louisiana, USA 1999 1st Honorary member of the Central European Neurosurgical Society April 2000 Award of Courtesy Professor in the Department of Neurological Surgery at the University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, USA July 2000 President of the International Neuroscience Institute (INI), Inauguration on 21 July, 2000 July 2000 Congress President of the „World Congress on Medicine and Health“ 21 July – 20 August, 2000 - Hannover August 2000 Award of Doctor Honoris Causa of the University of Antioquia, Medellin, Colombia Sept. 2000 European Lecture for Neurosurgery, Opio-Nice, France Dec. 2000 Award of the Rudolf Frey Prize for extraordinary achievements in the field of pain therapy June 2001 Honorary President of CURAC (German Society for Computer- and Robot-assisted Surgery) Sept. 2001 Honorary President of the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies 2001 Guest of Honor during the 50 years anniversary of the Italian Society of Neurosurgery January 2002 Award of Honorary Professor by Harbin Medical University, China 19 June 2002 Award of the Decoration in Gold to celebrate Prof. Samii’s 65th birthday and 25th anniversary as a neurosurgeon in Hannover by Traffic Guard of Germany 19 June 2002 Award of a Prize by the Brazilian Society of Neurosurgery 25 Feb. 2003 Foundation of an international neurosurgical society of former pupils and friends under the name MASCIN (Madjid Samii Congress of International Neurosurgeons e.V.) March 2003 Honorary President during the Winter Congress of the Italian Society of Neurosurgery, Madonna di Campiglio, Italy April 2003 John L. Kemink, M. D. Memorial Lecture, University of Michigan, USA

April 2003 The Richard C. Schneider Lecture, American Association of Neurological Surgeons, San Diego, USA 2003 Inauguration of his statue in the public garden of the capital city of Gilan in Rasht, Iran in acknowledgement of his life-work 2003 In recognition of Prof. Samii’s 25 years chairmanship of the Neurosurgical Clinic, City of Hannover, the lecture hall of the hospital has been dedicated to his name (Madjid Samii-Auditorium) 2003 McLaughlin-Gallie Visiting Professorship of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada with the award of $10,000. For the first time since 1960 this prize was given to a German and world-wide to a neurosurgeon. 2003 Paul C. Bucy Award for outstanding contributions to neurosurgical education by the University of Chicago, USA July 2004 Nomination as President of the China International Neuroscience Institute at the Capital University of Medical Sciences in Beijing, China 7 Sept. 2004 1st Honorary Ring of the City of Hannover (Garbsen) for outstanding contribution to the fame of the city worldwide 1 Oct. 2004 Honorary Membership of the Austrian Society of Neurosurgery during the 40 years Annual General Meeting of the society in Vienna, Austria 21 Oct. 2004 Honorary Membership and Medal of Recognition of the Polish Society of Neurosurgery by the occasion of 50 years Anniversary of the society in Krakow, Poland Nov. 2004 Guest of Honor at the 4th International Skull Base Congress, Sydney, Australien 25 Nov. 2004 Nomination as Honorary Professor by the Capital University of Medical Sciences in Beijing, China 25 Nov. 2004 In recognition of his worldwide contribution to the skull base surgery the new established skull base training center at the XuanWu University Hospital of the Capital University of Medical Sciences in Beijing, China has been dedicated to him (Samii Skull Base Surgery Training Center) 24 Apr. 2005 “Walk of Fame”, Hannover (Garbsen)

May 2005 Honorary president of the 7th Congress of the European Skull Base Society / 13th Congress of the German Society of Skull Base Surgery 18 May 2005 Kurt Schürmann Lecture of the German Society of Skull Base Surgery, Fulda 11 Nov. 2005 Honorary Membership of the Bangladesh Society of Neurosurgeons Dec. 2005 Honorary Member of the Society of Nervous System Surgery in Istanbul, Turkey 2005 Founding Chair of the Accreditation Committee for WFNS Board of Neurosurgery June 2006 Honorary Member of the Association of Russian Neurosurgeons in Moscow, Russia 29 June 2006 Matson Memorial Lecture, Harvard University of Boston, USA 2006 Honorary Member of the Charity Society for School Constructions in Iran 2006 In recognition of Prof. Samii´s worldwide achievement two schools in Isfahan and Rasht, Iran were named after him (Prof. Madjid Samii School) 2006 Guest of Honor of the Brazilian Society of Neurosurgery at the „26th Brazilian Congress of Neurosurgery“, Florianópolis, Brazil 13 Nov. 2006 Iranian scientific award “Chehrehaye Mandegar“ for medicine 2006, Tehran, Iran March 2007 In recognition of Prof. Samii´s outstanding and valuable contribution to the education and development of Neurosurgery in Morocco and Africa he was honored by the University Rabat/Morocco during an international conference 28 Apr. 2007 Fedor-Krause-Medal of the German Society of Neurosurgery and Fedor-Krause-Memorial Lecture at the 58th Annual Meeting in Leipzig, Nomination as Honorary Member of the German Society of Neurosurgery May 2007 Nomination as Honorary Member of the Czech Neurosurgical Society May 2007 Honorary President of the „8th Congress of the European Skull Base Society & 15th Annual Meeting of the German Society of Skull Base Surgery” in Prague, Czech Republic Aug. 2007 Honorary Guest of 1st MASCIN Congress, Tübingen 2 Sept. 2007 Nomination as Honorary Professor by the Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 1 Oct. 2007 Chinese Friendship Award 2007 in Beijing, P. R. China. This Friendship Award is the highest Chinese honor for foreigners who have contributed through their activity a lot to the further development of China 15. Dec. 2007 Celebration of 30th Anniversary in Hannover, organized by Lord Major of City of Hannover, Lower Saxony and signature in the “Golden Book” of Hannover. This is a unique recognition for a non political citizen. For this award the Laudation was held by Former Chancellor of Federal Republic of Germany, Dr. Gerhard Schröder 01. June 2008 Cornerstone Ceremony of China INI at Xuanwu Hospital, ADRESSE 12. Sep. 2008 Guest of Honour of the 5th International Skull Base Congress of the World Federation of Skull Base Societies & 19th Annual Meeting of the North American Skull Base Society 10. Oct. 2008 Guest of Honour 10th Annual Conference of Skull Base Society of India 24. Oct. 2008 Vilhelm Magnus Memorial Lecture at the Norwegian Neurosurgical Annual Meeting in Oslo. 28. Oct. 2008 Special lecturer at the XXXIII. Latin American Congress of Neurosurgery (CLAN) in Bogota, Columbia 31. Oct. 2008 Special guest of the Anniversary Meeting “85 Years of Neurosurgery in Serbia and 55 Years of Institute for Neurosurgery” 07. Nov. 2008 Special lecturer at the Asian Oceanian Skull Base Society of the AOSBS 2008, in Busan, Korea 28. Nov. 2008 President of 2nd International Neurosurgical Symposium in Tehran, Iran. 12. Dec. 2008 Nomination as Honorary Professor by the Burdenko Institute in Moscow, Russia. 13. Dec. 2008 Special lecturer at the Annual Congress of the Italian Skull Base Society

in Bergamo, Italy

23. Jan. 2009 Special lecturer at the Consensus Conference on Pediatric Neurosurgery at the 1st Interim Meeting of the European Society of Pediatric Neurosurgery in Rome, Italy September 2009 Honorary Member of the Neurosurgical Association of Serbia as well as Visiting Professor of the Serbian University of Belgrade January 2010 Guest of Honour at the Annual Meeting of the Neurosurgical Society of Venezuela, Caracas, Venezuela. February 2010 Orator of the Annual Sarveshwari Memorial by the 12th Annual Microneurosurgery Workshop in New Delhi, India. March 2010 Guest of Honour at the 35th International Annual Meeting of the Egyptian Society of Neurological Surgeons in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt. 13/04/10 Awarded the Gold Medal by the 63rd Annual Meeting of the Neurosurgical Society of America at Pebble Beach, California, USA. For the first time this award was granted to a non-American scientist. April 2010 Honorary President of the 3rd International Neurosurgery Symposium at the Milad Hospital, Tehran, Iran. May 2010 Special Invited Lecturer at the International Conference “ Modern Aspects of Spinal Surgery” in Moscow, Russia. June 2010 Special Invited Lecturer at the 7th Meeting of Asian Society for Neuro-Oncology in Seoul, Korea. June 2010 Special Invited Lecturer at the 4th Academic Congress of International Chinese Neurosurgical Sciences in Chengdu, China. July 2010 President of the International Neurosurgical Congress on the occasion of the 10-year anniversary of the International Neuroscience Institute Hannover. November 2010 Special invited Lecturer at the 5th International Symposium on Microneurosurgical Anatomy in Istanbul, Turkey. November 2010 President of the 7th International Course on Clinical Neurosurgery in China February 2011 Guest of Honour at the 16 th Convention of Academia Eurasiana Neurochirurgica 2011 in Mumbai, India February 2011 Director of the 26th International Course on Clinical Neurosurgery at INI, Hannover, Germany March 2011 Invited speaker and special lecturer at the 2nd Congress of the African Federation of Neurosurgical Societies and the 4th Course of the WFNS Rabat Reference Centre, Rabat, Morocco April 2011 Special National Conference of the Bangladesh Society of Neurosurgeons in honour of Prof. Madjid Samii, 15-16.04.11, Dhaka, Bangladesh May 2011 Invited special lecturer at the International Neurosurgery Update, Mumbai, India June 2011 Invited special lecturer at the 11th Helsinki Life Course and Scandinavian Neurosurgery Congress, Helsinki, Finland July 2011 Honorary president of the 3rd International MASSIN in conjunction with WSANS Annual, Seattle, USA September 2011 Honorary lecturer at the 14th Interim Meeting of the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies and 15th Brazilian Congress of Continuous Education of BSNS 17 September 2011 WFNS awarded the 1st “Madjid Samii Medal of Honour” to Professor Maurice Choux from Marseille, France during the 14th Interim Meeting of the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies in Porto de Galinhas, Pernambuco,Brazil September 2011 President of the 4th International Neurosurgical Symposium, Tehran, Iran September 2011 Nomination as Ambassador for Africa by the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies (WFNS) 02. Oct. 2011 Nomination as an ordinary professor of the Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS) 03. Oct.2011 Nomination as an ordinary professor of the Isfahan University of Medical Sciences

November 2011 Honorary membership of the Bulgarian Society of Neurosurgery

November 2011 Guest of Honour at the 7th Black Sea Neurosurgical Congress, Sofia, Bulgaria December 2011 Special guest at the Asian-Australasian Society of Neurological Surgeons (AACNS), Taipei, Taiwan December 2011 Nomination as honorary member of the National Academy of Medical Societies, Moscow, Russia March 2012 first conference of Neurological Surgeons Society of India, Pune, India March 2012 Ginde Oration at the Bombay Hospital Institute of Medical Sciences, 20th anniversary, Mumbai, India March 2012 Invited speaker at the 5th South Asian Neurosurgical Congress, Kathmandu, Nepal April 2012 Special lecture by the Latin American Congress, Recife, Brazil April 2012 Interim Meeting of MASSIN; Recife, Brazil

May 2012 Guest of Honour of the 6th International Congress of the World Federation of Skull Base Societies. + 10th European Skull Base Society Congress, Brighton, United Kingdom 08. June 2012 Invited speaker of the Medical Chamber of the State Lower Saxony June 2012 Special invited speaker of the Algerian Neurosurgical Society, Algiers, Algeria June 2012 Guest of Honour of the 7th Central European Neurosurgical Societies Congress, Prague, Czech Republic 13. June .2012 Awarded with the Medal of Honour from the Medical Faculty of the Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic September 2012 Invited Special Lecturer of the 9th Asian Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Istanbul, Turkey 07 Sep 2012 Medal of Honour of Colombian Association of Neurosurgery for 50th anniversary of the Association, Bogota, Colombia September 2012 Invited Special Lecturer of the 29th Brazilian Congress of Neurosurgery, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil September 2012 Scientific director of the 9th international course on clinical neurosurgery and international symposium of the WFNS, Yunnan (Lijiang), China 27–30 Sep 2012 Invited special lecturer of the 8th International Congress of the Romanian Society of Neurosurgery, Bucharest, Romania 5-7 Oct 2012 President of the 5th international neurosurgery symposium, Tehran, Iran 5 Oct 2012 Inauguration of Professor Samii’s dedicated section in the National Museum of Medical Sciences History of Iran, Tehran, Iran 6 Oct 2012 Special invited lecturer of the Faculty of Management, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran 8 Oct 2012 Special lecturer of the Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran 8 Oct 12 Honorary professor of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran 2 Nov 2012 launching event for “Africa 100” project with participation of former president of the Germany and several ambassadors of African countries and members of directory board of Volkswagen company , Car City, Wolfsburg, Germany 8-11 Nov 2012 Special invited lecturer of the 5th WFNS Rabat reference center conference for African neurosurgeons and the celebration of the 10th anniversary of the WFNS Rabat reference center 19-21 Dec 2012 Invited special lecturer and memorial lecturer of Jacob Chandy oration of 61st Annual Conference of Neurological Society of India, the 1st Indo German friendship meeting (DGNC) and the 33rd Annual Conference of the Society of Indian Neuroscience Nurses (SINNCON 2012), New Delhi, India 27 Dec 2012 Honorary distinguished professor of Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Guilan, Iran 27 Dec 2012 Inauguration of Professor Madjid Samii Stamp by National Iranian Post Company 28 Dec 2012 Inauguration ceremony for the naming of “Professor Madjid Samii boulevard” in the capital city of Rasht, Guilan, Iran 28 Dec 2012 Cornerstone ceremony for the “Cultural and Research Foundation of Professor Madjid Samii” at Guilan University of Medical Sciences campus, Guilan, Iran 28 Dec 2012 Honorary citizen of the capital city of Rasht, Guilan, Iran 28 Dec 2012 Official visit to the Professor Madjid Samii high school, Rasht, Iran 28 Dec 2012 Honorary lecturer of the Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran 03 April 2013 Gold medal of scientific recognition from university of Messina: the president of Messina university awarded Professor Madjid Samii as a worldwide leader in neurosurgery and an outstanding scientist with the Gold Medal of recognition during an academic ceremony in Aula Magna of Universita Degli Studi di Messina 12-16 April 2013 Invited special lecturer of the 27th annual congress of Turkish Neurosurgical Society, Antalya, Turkey 14 April 2013 The first memorial lecturer of “Aykut Erbengi memorial lecture” of Turkish Neurosurgical Society, Antalya, Turkey 11 May 2013 Nominated as the winner of “Leibniz-Ring” award 2013 with Leibniz prize of 15,000 Euro, Hannover, Germany 14-17 May 2013 Guest of honor at 18th Conference of the Spanish Neurosurgery Society, Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain 14 May 2013 Awarded the gold medal of honor of Spanish Neurosurgery Society 15 may 2013 Awarded the gold medal of Columbian University of Antioquia 03 July 2013 Nominated as the winner of “Golden Neuron Award” from the World Academy of Neurological Surgery (WANS) 4-6 September 2013 Honorary president of the 4th MASSIN congress, Kobe, Japan 9-12 September 2013 Honorary lecturer of the 15th WFNS World Congress, Seoul, South Korea 9 September 2013 WFNS awarded the second “Madjid Samii Medal of Honor” to Professor Sir Lindsay Symon from Wiltshire during the 15th WFNS World Congress in Seoul, South Korea 25-26 October 2013 President of the 10th annual international course on neurosurgery, Xiamen, China 12 November 2013 Awarded the “Leibniz-Ring award 2013“ with Leibniz prize of 15,000 Euro, Hannover, Germany 12 November 2013 Issuance of Professor Madjid Samii postage stamp by Deutsche Post and Presse Club Hannover in the event of “Leibniz-Ring award 2013”, Hannover, Germany 22 December 20133 National Iranian award of “Quality Commitment” in the field of medicine, Tehran, Iran 18 January 2014 Organisation of the 20th anniversary of the International Neurobionics Institute in Hannover with awarding through Neurobionics awards, Hannover, Germany 02 March 2014 Distinguished national prize for science awarded by Iranian president during the 27th Khwarizmi International Award ceremony, Tehran, Iran 02 March 2014 WIPO Award (World Intellectual Property Organization) for best inventor, Tehran, Iran 03 March 2014 Nominated as the affiliate professor of Islamic Azad University of Iran, Tehran, Iran 03 March 2014 Issuance of Professor Madjid Samii honorary postage stamp in the event of nomination as the affiliate professor of Islamic Azad University of Iran by National Iranian Post Company, Tehran, Iran 14-18 March 2014 Honorary lecturer of the International Basic Neurosurgery Course, Antalya, Turkey 27–29 March 2014 Special invited lecturer of the 37th Annual Meeting of Egyptian Society of Neurological Surgeons (ESNS), Luxor - Egypt 27-30 March 2014 Special invited lecturer of “the 6th Course of the WFNS Rabat Reference Center-Mohammed V University Souissi Course for African Neurosurgeons”, Rabat, Morocco

16 June 2014 Honorary citizenship of Isfahan, the capital city of Isfahan province, Isfahan, Iran

17 June 2014 Honorary guest of Yazd; the capital city of Yazd province , Yazd, Iran 21 July 2014 Honorary professor of the National Center for Neurosurgery of the republic of Kazakhstan, Astana, Kazakhstan 30 August 2014 Honorary “Tabriz medal” and citizenship of Tabriz, the capital city of Tabriz province, Tabriz, Iran 11 October 2014 Winner of the “Golden Neuron Awards” of the World Academy Of Neurological Surgery, Vienna, Austria 12 October 2014 Honorary guest and lecturer of the 15th European Congress of Neurosurgery, Prague, Czech Republic 23 November 2014 Guest of honor of the Marmara University-Institute of Neurological Sciences meeting, dedicated to Professor Tuncalp Ozgen, Istanbul, Turkey 2 December 2014 Honorary member of the PAN Arab Neurosurgical Society Congress, Dubai, UAE 2-4 December 2014 Honorary guest of the 10th PAN Arab Neurosurgical Society Congress, Dubai, UAE 6-7 December 2014 President of the 11th International Course in Clinical Neurosurgery, Zhaoqing, China

29 December 2014 Honorary citizenship of the Shenzhen city, China

23 January 2015 Guest of honor at the 49th Annual meeting of the Neurosurgical Society of the Virginias, White Sulfur Spring, USA 6 February 2015 Visiting professor of Department of Neurosurgery and Neurooncology of Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic 6-8 March 2015 Honorary guest and speaker of the 4th Symposium of the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies, Taipei, Taiwan 12-15 April 2015 Honorary guest and lecturer of the 7th International Conference on Acoustic Neuroma, Shanghai, China 08 October 2015 Honorary Citizenship of Hamadan, the capital city of Hamadan province, Iran 08 October 2015 Honorary professor of Hamadan University of Medical SCience, Hamadan, Iran

Regular Lectures Chair of Neurosurgery at Hannover School of Medicine. Visiting Professor of Neurosurgery at various universities. More than 1000 lectures as Invited and/or Honoured Guest of numerous national and international congresses.

Nationality: Iranian and German

Married to Mahschid Samii (since 1961)

Two Children: - Daughter, born 1966 - Son, born 1970

Hobbies: Music, Golf.

Explanatory Notes:

* Federal Republic of Germany Merit Cross First Class: Imposed by the President for „outstanding services and achievements in the interest of the German people and the effort made to stimulate national and international cooperation in the field of neurosurgery“. Yearly, the President of the Federal Republic of Germany selects a few persons throughout the country, who have contributed exceptionally in their profession with outstanding work. On the day corresponding to the founding of the Federal Republic of Germany the President celebrates this event in his residence in Bonn and imposes personally the Merit Cross.

The Lower Saxony Prize 1988 for Science for „the dedication, work, achievements and research in the field of neurosurgery“. The Government of Lower Saxony honours every year one scientist among all sciences with the Prize of Lower Saxony for Science. An unbiased commission from all branches of public and social life proposes, based on the work, achievements and dedication, the candidate who has excelled in his field over the national boundaries, to the State Governor. It is therefore a very significant event that this prize is given to the medical field among all sciences. The award ceremony is hosted by the Governor, Minister of Science and several hundred outstanding local and national personalities. During the ceremony the biography of the recipient is highlighted and the event receives full coverage in the public media.

AWARDS

Federal Republic of Germany Merit Cross First Class Award from the President of the Federal Republic of Germany for the scientific and practical development of neurosurgery and special efforts for the international scientific cooperation in this field., Mai-1988 Award of the Prize of Science of Lower Saxony, 10-Oct-1988 Traffic Security Award „Non disputare, sed agere“ by Traffic Guard of Lower Saxony, 1992 Award of the Rudolf Frey Prize for extraordinary achievements in the field of pain therapy, Dec-2000 Awarded by the 3rd International Skull Base Congress, Foz de Iguacu, Brazil, 7-Nov-2000 Award of a Prize by the Brazilian Society of Neurosurgery, 19-Jun-2002 Award of Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, 2003 Paul C. Bucy Award for outstanding contributions to neurosurgical education by the University of Chicago, USA, 2003 Awarded the Avicenna Prize by Association of Iranian Physician and Dentists in Germany, 2-Sep-2006 Iranian scientific award “Chrehayeh Mandegar“ for medicine, Teheran, Iran, 13-Nov-2006 Chinese Friendship Award 2007 in Beijing, P. R. China, 1-Oct-2007 “INC Award” by Instituto de Neurologia de Curitiba, Curitiba, Brazil , Jun-2009 Nominated as the winner of “Leibniz-Ring” award 2013 with Leibniz prize of 15,000 Euro , Hannover, Germany, May 2013 Nominated as the winner of “Golden Neuron Award” from the World Academy of Neurological Surgery (WANS) , July-2013 27th Khwarizmi International Award, presented by the Iranian president, Tehran, Iran, 02 March 2014 WIPO Award (World Intellectual Property Organization) for best inventor, Tehran, Iran, 02 March 2014 Winner of the “Golden Neuron Awards” of the World Academy Of Neurological Surgery, Vienna, Austria, 11 October 2014

MEDALS

Nobel medal by the professor of neurosurgical department at Karolinska Institute and the member of the nobel prise committee, Stockholm, Sweden, 22-Sep-1987 Obrador Medal, Madrid, Spain, 1989 Jamieson Medal, Australia, 1991 Sir Charles Balance Medal, London, England, 1997 Aristoteles Gold Medal by the University of Thessaloniki, Greece, 1998 Decoration in Gold by Traffic Guard of Germany to celebrate Prof. Samii’s 65th birthday and 25th anniversary as a neurosurgeon in Hannover, 19-Jun-2002 Medal of Recognition of the Polish Society of Neurosurgery by the occasion of 50 years Anniversary of the society in Krakow, Poland, 21-Oct-2004 Fedor-Krause-Medal of the German Society of Neurosurgery, 28-Apr-2007 Medal of honor of China by the prime minister in the national day of china, Beijing, P. R. China, 1-Oct-2007 Gold Medal by the 63rd Annual Meeting of the Neurosurgical Society of America at Pebble Beach, California, USA , 13-Apr-2010 Awarded with the Medal of Honor from the medical faculty of the Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, 13-jun-2012 Medal of Honor of Colombian Association of Neurosurgery for 50th anniversary of the Association, 07-Sep-2012,Colombia Gold medal of scientific recognition from university of Messina: the president of Messina university awarded Professor Madjid Samii as a worldwide leader in neurosurgery and an outstanding scientist with the Gold Medal of recognition during an academic ceremony in Aula Magna of Universita Degli Studi di Messina, 03-April-2013, Messina, Italy Awarded the gold medal of honor of Spanish Neurosurgery Society, Spain, 14 May 2013 Awarded the gold medal of Columbian University of Antioquia, 15 May 2013

HONORS

Chief medical authority of president of the United States during his visit to Germany,1987 Honored by university of Belgrade during the 65th anniversary of neurosurgery in Yugoslavia and the 50th anniversary of the clinic of neurosurgery, Belgrade, Yugoslavia , 31-Oct-1988 Honorary Citizenship of the City Osario, Argentina, 1994 The only medical member of Board of Trustees of „EXPO 2000“ World's Fair, Hannover, Germany, 1995 Honored by International Skull Base society in 2nd International Skull Base Congress for his “foresight and leadership as president, 1992 - 1996, that prompted progress in the field of Skull Base Surgery.” , San Diego, California, USA, 29-Jun-1996

Award with nomination as Distinguished guest of the city of San Pedro Sula, Honduras, 8-Oct-1996

Honored by WFNS during the 11th international congress of neurological surgery, Amsterdam, Holland , 6-Jul-1997 Dedication of Elyseu Paglioli’s 100th birthday anniversary symposium by Porto Alegre University to Professor Madjid Samii, Porto Alegre, Brazil, 1997 Special honor by the Turkish Neurosurgical Society during its 12th scientific meeting, Ankara, Turkey , 15-May-1998 Honored by Brazilian Neurosurgical Society during the 12th Brazilian Neurosurgical Congress for 30 years of evolution in the Acoustic Nerve Tumor Surgery and in recognition for his friendship and support to the Brazilian Neurosurgical community, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 10-Sep-1998 Honored during the second annual meeting of Pan Arab Neurosurgical Society, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt October , 28-Oct-1998 Honored by the Turkish Neurosurgical Society, Istanbul, Turkey , 15-May-1999 Courtesy Professor in the Department of Neurological Surgery at the University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, USA, 2000 Honored during the 3rd congress of Pan Arab Neurosurgical Society in recognition for his continuous support for Pan Arab Neurosurgical Society, Beirut, Lebanon, 01 oct 2000 Honored by International Neurobionik Foundation for his generous personal commitment to the realization of the ultimate goal of “blind should see again, deaf should hear again, paralyzed should walk again”, 23-Jan-2000 Honored during the 70th anniversary of American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Toronto, Canada, 21-Apr-2001 Inauguration of his statue in the public garden of the capital city of Guilan in Resht-Iran in acknowledgement of his lifelong achievements, 2003 In recognition of Professor Samii´s 25 years chairmanship of the Neurosurgical Clinic of Hannover, the lecture hall of the hospital was dedicated to his name (Madjid Samii- Auditorium), 2003 Foundation of an international neurosurgical society of former pupils and friends under the name of MASSIN (Madjid Samii Society of International Neurosurgeons e.V.), 25-Feb-2003 Honored by Chinese Journal of Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery for His contribution to the journal, 1-May-2004 The first Honorary Ring of the City of Hannover (Garbsen) for outstanding contribution to the fame of the city worldwide, 7-Sep-2004 In recognition of his worldwide contribution to the skull base surgery the new established skull base training center at the XuanWu University Hospital of the Capital Medical University in Beijing, China, was dedicated to him (Samii Skull Base Surgery Training Center), 25-Nov-2004 “Walk of Fame”, Hannover (Garbsen), 24-Apr-2005 Honorary Member of the Charity Society for School Constructions in Iran, 2006 Honored by the president of Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey, for his contribution to neurosurgery, 3-Mar-2006 Honored by the Encyclopedia Iranica in recognition of his contribution to medical science, USA, 2006 In recognition of Prof. Samii´s outstanding and valuable contribution to the education and development of Neurosurgery in Morocco and Africa he was honored by the University of Rabat/Morocco (Mohammed V University- Souissi) during an international conference, 8-Mar-2007 Honored in the 13th WFNS interim and 12th Asian Australasian Congress of Neurological Surgery (AACNS) meeting, Nagoya, Japan with a special scientific session for his 70th years birthday anniversary, 18-Nov-2007 Celebration of professor Samii´s 30th year anniversary in Hannover, organized by Lord Major of City of Hannover, Lower Saxony and signing the “Golden Book” of Hannover., 15-Dec-2007 Foundation of Professor Samii International Health Institute, 20-Feb-2009 Honored during the 11th International Facial Nerve Symposium, Rome, Italy for his outstanding contribution to the treatment of facial nerve disorders., 25-Apr-2009 Honored by WFNS on the occasion of the 14th WFNS world congress of neurosurgery “in appreciation of exceptional and distinguished service to the federation and dedication to the highest goals of the worldwide neurological surgery”, Boston, USA, 30-Aug-2009 Naming a high school in the capital city of Rasht after Professor Madjid Samii “Professor Samii’s High school”, Rasht, Iran, 2010 Special 2-day National Conference of the Bangladesh Society of Neurosurgeons in honor of Prof. Madjid Samii, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 15-16 April 2011 WFNS awarded the 1st “Madjid Samii Medal of Honour” to Professor Maurice Choux from Marseille, France during the 14th Interim Meeting of the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies in Porto de Galinhas, Pernambuco,Brazil 17-Sep-2011 Nomination as Ambassador for Africa by the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies (WFNS), Sep-2011 Inauguration of Professor Samii’s dedicated section in the National Museum of Medical Science History of Iran, Tehran 5 Oct 2012 launching event for “Africa 100” project with participation of former president of the Germany and several ambassadors of African countries and members of directory board of Volkswagen company , Car City, Wolfsburg, Germany, 2 Nov 2012 Inauguration of Professor Madjid Samii Stamp by National Iranian Post Company, 27 Dec 2012 Inauguration ceremony for the naming of “Professor Madjid Samii boulevard” in the capital city of Rasht, Guilan, Iran, 28 Dec 2012 Cornerstone ceremony for the “Science and Knowledge Foundation of Professor Madjid Samii“ at Guilan University of Medical Sciences campus, Guilan, Iran, 28 Dec 2012 Honorary citizen of the capital city of Rasht, Guilan, Iran, 28 Dec 2012 Official visit to the Professor Madjid Samii high school, Rasht, Iran, 28 Dec 2012 Nomination as the “welfare ambassador” by the Welfare Organisation of Iran, Jan 2013 WFNS awarded the second “Madjid Samii Medal of Honor” to Professor Sir Lindsay Symon from Wiltshire during the 15th WFNS World Congress in Seoul, South Korea, 9 September 2013 “World Neurosurgery”, the official journal of WFNS has nominated Prof. Samii as “Neurosurgeon of the Year 2013” and dedicated the November issue to his life achievements, November 2013 Issuance of Professor Madjid Samii postage stamp by Deutsche Post and Presse Club Hannover in the event of “Leibniz-Ring award 2013”, 12 November 2013 Organisation of the 20th anniversary of the International Neurobionics Institute in Hannover with awarding through Neurobionics awards, Hannover, Germany, 18 January 2014 Issuance of Professor Madjid Samii honorary postage stamp in the event of nomination as the affiliate professor of Islamic Azad University of Iran by National Iranian Post Company, Tehran, Iran, 03 March 2014 Honorary citizenship of Isfahan, the capital city of Isfahan province, Isfahan, Iran, 16 June 2014 Honorary guest of Yazd; the capital city of Yazd province , Yazd, Iran, 17 June 2014 Honorary “Tabriz medal” and citizenship of Tabriz, the capital city of Tabriz province, Tabriz, Iran, 30 August 2014 Honorary citizenship of the Shenzhen city, China, 29 December 2014 Honorary Citizenship of Hamadan, the capital city of Hamadan province, Iran, 08 October 2015

Pneumoenzephalo-Tomographie M. Samii; Ferdinand Enke-Verlag Stuttgart 1974 Aspects Modernes de la Chirurgie des Nerfs Périphériq M. Samii; Editions Médicales Pierre Fabre 1977 The Cranial Nerves M. Samii and P.J. Jannetta; Springer Verlag 1981 Traumatology of the Skull Base Springer M. Samii and J. Brihaye; Verlag 1983 Surgery in and around the Brain Stem and the Third Ventricle M. Samii; Springer Verlag 1986 Skull Base Surgery M. Samii and W. Draf; Springer Verlag 1989 Peripheral Nerve Lesions M. Samii; Congress Publication – Springer Verlag 1990 Surgery of the Sellar Region and Paranasal Sinuses M. Samii; Springer Verlag 1991 Surgery of Skull Base Meningiomas M. Samii and M. Ammirati; Springer Verlag 1992 Surgery of the Clivus M. Samii and E. Knosp Moderne Verfahren der Rekonstruktion von Knochenstrukturen, Gefäß- und Nervennaht sowie –Transplantation in der Plastischen und Wiederherstellungschirurgie Kongreßband anläßlich der 27. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Plastische und Wiederherstellungschirurgie, Oktober 1989 M. Samii and H. Rudolph; Hannover Verlag Karl Sasse KG 1992 Skull Base Surgery Proceedings of the 1st International Skull Base Congress June 14-20, 1992 M. Samii; Hannover Karger, October 1994 Atlas of Cranial Base Surgery M. Samii, M.L. Cheatham, D.P. Becker; W.B. Saunders, October 1994 Intracranial and Intralabyrinthine Fluids Basic Aspects and Clinical Applications A. Ernst, R. Marchbanks, M. Samii; Springer, Juni 1996 Syringomyelia – Diagnosis and Treatment J. Klekamp, M. Samii; Springer, 2001 Surgery of Spinal Tumors J. Klekamp, M. Samii; Springer , 2007 Surgery of cerebellopontine angle M. Samii, V. Gerganov; Springer Verlag

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