In 2007, he received the “Friendship Award”, from the Prime minister of China for his contribution to the medical progress of the country.He had earlier received the 2014 Leibniz Ring Prize in Berlin.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. The first awardee of this medal was Prof. Maurice Choux from France.
Majid Samii (born 19 June 1937) is a neurosurgeon and medical scientist.Samii was born in capital 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.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.
