About Pawel Tabakow
Born 1975. Pawel Tabakow is a Polish and Bulgarian scientist, physician, surgeon and neurosurgeon.
Paweł Tabakow (born Pavel Ivanov Tabakov, ; 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. Tabakow has claimed that an Indian ambassador and other people from round the world have contacted him about performing similar treatments.
Biography Paweł Tabakow was born in Sofia, Bulgaria in 1975 and is a son of Bulgarian mathematician Ivan Tabakov. 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.
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Who is Pawel Tabakow?
Polish neurosurgeon
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Pawel Tabakow was born on 8 October 1975 in Sofia.
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Pawel Tabakow is a scientist, physician, surgeon and neurosurgeon.
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Pawel Tabakow is Polish and Bulgarian.
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