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    Madjid Samii, MD, PhD

    President
    International Neuroscience Institute 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


    Curriculum Vitae

    1957 – 1963 Medical School University of Mainz, Germany, including second study of biology

    1970 Associate Professor and Vice Director of Neurosurgical Department,
    University of Mainz

    1964 – 1970 Resident at Neurosurgical Department, University of Mainz, Germany

    1971 Professor of Neurosurgery

    1977 - 2002 Director of Neurosurgical Department Nordstadt Hospital Hannover

    1996 – 1998 President of the German Society of Neurosurgery

    1996 - 2002 Director of the Neurosurgical Departments at Hannover School of Medicine
    and Klinikum Hannover Nordstadt

    1997 – 2001 President of the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies (WFNS)

    1998 – 2005 Founder and first President of WFNS Foundation

    July 2000 President of the International Neuroscience Institute (INI)
    Inauguration on 21 July, 2000

    June 2001 Honorary President of CURAC (German Society for Computer- and Robot-assisted Surgery)

    Sept 2001 Honorary President of WFNS

    July 2004 Nomination as President of the China International Neuroscience Institute at the Capital University of Medical Sciences in Peking, China

    Since 2005 Honorary President of WFNS Foundation

    2011 Founder and President of the Iran International Neuroscience Institute

    Since 2012 WFNS-Ambassador for Africa

    Honorary doctors and professors of 18 universities

    Honorary and/or corresponding member of 71 national and international scientific societies.

    His major contribution for medicine was the introduction of micro neurosurgery in neurosurgery already in 1966 which was a turning point for modern neurosurgery. Also, with his untiring distribution of his own discoveries through all over the world, he additionally has created and inaugurated a new surgical field in medicine as interdisciplinary Skull Base Surgery. With this new specialty now worldwide, every year thousands of patients who had no chance of treatment in the past, could be saved.
    The World Federation, which is representing around 200 countries has created the Madjid Samii Medal of Honor to award every 2 years the most prominent Neurosurgeon for his lifetime contribution and achievement in Neurosurgery. With the creation of this Medal of Honor, the WFNS wanted to make a historical documentation for his more than half a century unique achievement in medicine of benefit on the human being.

    Editor of 17 neurosurgical books and more than 500 publications on peripheral nerves, spinal tumors and syringomyelia, skull base pathology , brain tumors, cranial nerve disorders, pain
    More than 1000 lectures as Invited and/or Honoured Guest of numerous national and international congresses.


    Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

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