Samii was born in
Tehran,
Iran 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. 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. (
in Deutsch) in
Hannover, founded by Samii He is the president of the International Neuroscience Institute (INI). 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. ,
Tehran In recent years, he accepted
Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi, Chief Justice of Iran, and Hossein-Ali Nayyeri, head of the disciplinary court of judges, in his private clinic in Hanover. ==Present duties==