Pawel Tabakow

Paweł Tabakow (born Pavel Ivanov Tabakov, Bulgarian: Павел Иванов Табаков; born October 8, 1975) is a Polish neurosurgeon who is known for prepared and performing the operation that allowed Darek Fidyka to recover sensory and motor function after the complete severing of his spinal cord.[1][2][3][4] Tabakow has claimed that an Indian ambassador and other people from round the world have contacted him about performing similar treatments.[5]

In this Eastern Slavic name, the patronymic is Ivanov and the family name is Tabakov.
Paweł Tabakow
BornOctober 8, 1975
Sofia, Bulgaria
NationalityBulgarian, Polish
Alma materWrocław Medical University
Known forPioneering spinal surgery
Scientific career
Fieldssurgery

Biography

Paweł Tabakow was born in Sofia, Bulgaria in 1975 and is a son of Bulgarian mathematician Iwan Tabakow. He graduated from the German High School in Sofia in 1994 and enrolled to study medicine in Wrocław, Poland.

He works in Department of Neurosurgery at Wrocław Medical University, and works at Wrocław University Hospital.[6]

See also

References
  1. "To walk again - the people behind the story". BBC News.
  2. "Paralyzed man recovers some function following transplantation of OECs and nerve bridge". EurekAlert!. 20 October 2014.
  3. Ben Quinn. "Paralysed man Darek Fidyka walks again after pioneering surgery". the Guardian.
  4. Tabakow, P; Jarmundowicz, W; Czapiga, B; Fortuna, W; Miedzybrodzki, R; Czyz, M; Huber, J; Szarek, D; Okurowski, S; Szewczyk, P; Gorski, A; Raisman, G (2013). "Transplantation of autologous olfactory ensheathing cells in complete human spinal cord injury". Cell Transplantation. 22 (9): 1591–612. doi:10.3727/096368912X663532. PMID 24007776.
  5. "Just two patients will get chance of 'spinal miracle'". The Times.
  6. "UCL research helps paralysed man to recover function". ucl.ac.uk.
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