Special Clinical Focus
- Microneurosurgery
- Neuroendoscopy
- Intraoperative MRI (Brainsuite®)
- Neuronavigation
- Minimally invasive procedures
The International Neuroscience Institute - Hanover is a world-famous neurosurgical institute with internationally renowned neurosurgeons and highly specialized modern equipment for diagnostics and therapy. Due to its expertise, the INI-Hannover is a reference center of the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies for the training of neurosurgeons from all over the world. The INI's patients come from the Hanover region, Germany and in 50% from abroad. Therefore, the institute is internationally oriented in every respect.
The architecturally extraordinary building of the INI in the shape of a brain has a capacity of 96 normal inpatient beds on 4 wards for the accommodation of patients. There are 14 beds in the intensive care unit. The institute has a total of 6 operating theaters with cutting edge technology for all types of neurosurgical interventions. This also includes 2 hybrid operating rooms with intraoperative MRI (Brainsuite®), as well as with intraoperative CT and a biplane angiography system. The operating theaters provide the most modern surgical microscopes, endoscopes, navigation systems and neuro-monitoring units.
Following the interdisciplinary philosophy of the institute, all relevant specialist areas are anchored in the institute in addition to neurosurgery, e.g. neurology, anesthesia, orthopedics, internal medicine, oncology, ENT, ophthalmology and dentistry. This
enables diagnostics and therapy from “one hand” for the benefit of the patient. The institute is certified as a center for skull base surgery according to the GSB guidelines.
The International Neuroscience Institute - Hanover also offers the possibility of modern computer and robot-assisted neurorehabilitation in combination with neuromodulation (TMS and electrical).
The INI is located in the heart of the Medical Park in Hanover and thus has a direct clinical, scientific and infrastructural connection to the institutions represented here.
Prof. Dr. med. Amir Samii was born in 1970 in Mainz, Germany. He has graduated from Hannover Medical School in 1995 and received his neurosurgical and neuroscience training at the Department of Neurosurgery at Charité - Humboldt University at Berlin, at the Brain Research Institute and Division of Neurosurgery at the University of California Los Angeles and at the Department of Neurosurgery at Nordstadt Hospital Hannover.
After his full board certification as neurosurgeon he joined the International Neuroscience Institute - Hannover as an attending neurosurgeon under the chairmanship of Prof. Madjid Samii, in 2003. He was nominated as Vice President and Deputy Medical Director of the International Neuroscience Institute-Hannover in 2008.
Presently he serves as Vice President of the China International Neuroscience Institute in Beijing, Head of the “Intraoperative Mapping and Visualization of the Human Brain” Program of the Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology-Magdeburg and as Professor of Neurosurgery at Hannover Medical School where he received the venia legendi for experimental neurosurgery and became Privatdozent (Associate Professor) already at the age of 31.
Prof. Samii has published more than 150 peer reviewed scientific papers, numerous book chapters and he has editorial functions in several important neurosurgical journals. He is a fellow of the Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology in Magdeburg, received the Honorary Membership from several international neurosurgical societies and is Honorary Professor of the renowned Burdenko Institute in Moscow. He has served as invited speaker in scientific conferences and educational courses all over the world and made more than 250 presentations in the last 15 years. Prof. Samii has been Visiting Professor at distinguished international universities. Since 2013 he is elected member of the administrative council of the World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies.
Prof. Samii dedicated his early scientific work to experimental evaluations of the pathophysiology and neurometabolism of traumatic brain injury. During the last 25 years he has focused increasingly on the surgical integration and scientific evaluation of image-guided surgery and intraoperative visualization. In this context he developed cutting-edge concepts for hybrid operating rooms at INI-Hannover and in China together with industrial partners. In the last two and a half decades with several thousands of surgeries he has specialized in complex skull base surgery, in neuro-oncological surgery and minimal-invasive and complex spine surgery. Prof. Samii’s clinical and scientific contributions extended moreover into the field of hearing restoration with neurobionic implants (auditory midbrain and auditory nerve implants). In an interdisciplinary and multi-institutional effort he has received significant funding with national and international grants.
PROF. DR. MED. AMIR SAMII
CURRICULUM VITAE
Birth Date 1970
Birth Place Mainz, Germany
EDUCATION
1989 | Abitur, Hannover, Germany |
1995 | MD, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover (Hannover Medical School), Germany |
1996-2003 | Residency in Neurosurgery |
1/96-6/97 | Department of Neurosurgery, Charité – Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany |
7/97-7/99 | Brain Research Institute and Division of Neurosurgery, UCLA, Los Angeles, USA |
9/99-3/03 | Department of Neurosurgery, Klinikum Hannover, Germany |
BOARD CERTIFICATION
4/2003 | Full board certification in neurosurgery with national license Ärztekammer Niedersachsen, Hannover, Germany (Medical Association of Lower Saxony) |
ACADEMIC & SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES
since 7/2014 | Head Intraoperative Mapping and Visualization of the Human Brain-Program,Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology, Magdeburg, Germany |
since 4/2009 | Professor of Neurosurgery Hannover Medical School, Germany |
since 1/2008 | Co-Director Clinical Neuroscience Lab (CNS-LAB) International Neuroscience Institute-Hannover, Germany |
5/2005-3/2009 | Associate Professor of Neurosurgery Hannover Medical School, Germany |
6/2002 | Appointment as Examiner for the Medical Licence by the State of Lower Sxony,Germany |
4/2002 | Habilitation (professorial thesis) in Experimental Neurosurgery at Hannover Medical School receiving the venia legendi and the academic title of Privatdozent |
2/1996 | Defense of Dissertation receiving the academic degree of Dr. med. (doctor medicinae) at Hannover Medical School |
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
since 09/2019 | Vice President China-INI, XuanWu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing,China |
since 1/2008 | Vice-President and Deputy Medical Director International Neuroscience Institute-Hannover, Germany |
since 2/2008 | Residency Program Director for Neurosurgery (Licensed by the Medical Association of Lower Saxony) International Neuroscience Institute-Hannover,Germany |
since 7/2007 | Co-Director Image Guided Surgery and Intraoperative MRI Center International Neuroscience Institute-Hannover, Germany |
5/2005-7/2014 | Vice-Chairman Department of Neurosurgery International Neuroscience Institute-Hannover, Germany |
5/2003-4/2005 | Attending Neurosurgeon (Oberarzt) International Neuroscience Institute (INI) – Hannover, Germany |
FURTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
since 01/2018 | Member of the Hospital Management Committee of Shenzhen Samii Medical Center, Shenzhen, China |
since 09/2017 | Member of the Administrative Council (Treasurer) World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies (WFNS) |
since 09/2017 | Chairman of the Finance Committee World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies (WFNS) |
since 09/2017 | Member of the Executive Board World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies – Foundation |
since 2015 | Member of the Board of Trustees Confidence for Children Foundation, Hannover, Germany |
since 2013 | Member of the Board of Trustees International Neurobionics Foundation, Hannover, Germany |
since 11/2011 | CEO and Co-Founder IIMS – International Innovative Medical Solutions GmbH |
9/2013-8/2017 | Member of the Administrative Council (Asst. Treasurer) World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies (WFNS) |
1/2007-9/2013 | Chairman “Neurosurgical Technology Committee” World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies (WFNS) |
9/2009-8/2017 | Member of the “Education and Training Committee” World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies (WFNS) |
9/2009-9/2013 | Member of the “Neuroendoscopy Committee” World Federation of Neurosurgical Societies (WFNS) |
Membership in professional associations and societies
German Society for Neurosurgery
(Deutsche Gesellschaft für Neurochirurgie)
German Skull Base Society
(Deutsche Gesellschaft für Schädelbasischirurgie)
Professional Association of German Neurosurgeons
(Berufsverband Deutscher Neurochirurgen)
German Society for Computer and Robot Assisted Surgery – Founding Member
(Deutsche Gesellschaft für Computer- und Roboterassistierte Chirurgie, CURAC)
Euroacademia Multidisciplinaria Neurotraumatologica – EMN
European Association of Neurossurgery (EANS)
Editorial Activities
2015 - present | Deputy Editor, International Neuroscience Journal |
2015 - present | International Advisory Board, Indian Journal of Neurosurgery |
2015 - present | Editorial Board, Iranian Journal of Neurosurgery |
2014 - present | Editorial Board, Archives of Neuroscience |
2013 - present | Section Editor, World Neurosurgery |
2011 - present | Advisory Board, Neurosurgical Review |
Ad hoc reviewer numerous journals
HONORS AND SPECIAL AWARDS
07/2017 | Honorary Member of the Italian Neurosurgical Society |
11/2016 | Honorary Membership for Croatian Society for cerebrovascular and endovascular neurosurgery |
10/2015 | Honorary Member of the Serbian Society of Neurosurgery |
07/2014 | LIN-Fellow at the Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology, Germany |
10/2013 | Honorary Member of the Southeast European Neurosurgical Society |
12/2013 | Honorary Professor, Burdenko Institute, Moscow, Russia |
01/2013 | Invited Member of the Chinese Medical Doctor Association |
01/2013 | Honorary Member of the Chinese Congress of Neurological Surgeons |
2012 | Top Abstract Award of the World Federation of Skull Base Societies 6th International Congress of Skull Base Societies |
2006 | David Mendelow Price |
“GLP-1 secreting mesenchymal alginate-encapsulated stem cells for neuroprotection after traumatic brain damage” (senior author)
Euroacademia Multidisciplinaria Neurotraumatologica
11th EMN Congress, 16.-18.03.2006, Warsaw, Poland
2005 | European Skull Base Society Award 7th European Skull Base Congress (senior author) |
1999 | Young Researcher Award |
Brain ’99 – Society of cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism
XIXth International Symposium on Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism
Copenhagen, Denmark, June 13-17, 1999
List of Peer Reviewed Publications
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