{"id":816,"date":"2015-02-05T11:25:57","date_gmt":"2015-02-05T11:25:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.andrewwickscreative.co.uk\/clients\/nsif-dev\/?post_type=news&#038;p=816"},"modified":"2026-03-17T13:22:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T13:22:07","slug":"nsif-celebrates-visit-darek-fidyka-dr-pawel-tabakow","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.andrewwickscreative.co.uk\/clients\/nsif-dev\/news\/nsif-celebrates-visit-darek-fidyka-dr-pawel-tabakow\/","title":{"rendered":"nsif celebrates a visit from Darek Fidyka &#038; Dr Pawel Tabakow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ever since the world heard about the incredible work being done on spinal cord injury in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.andrewwickscreative.co.uk\/clients\/nsif-dev\/research\/\">Poland<\/a>, funded by nsif, we have been waiting for a visit from the team there to celebrate their achievements.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday night, at an event generously sponsored by Mandarin Oriental, the charity was able to host its patrons and long-time supporters along with the lead scientists \u2013 Geoffrey Raisman and Pawel Tabakow \u2013 and the first patient, Darek Fidyka. It was a rare opportunity for people supporting the charity to see and hear about its work from the people who are benefitting today.<\/p>\n<p>The atmosphere in the room was electric as David Nicholls, Prof. Raisman and Dr. Tabakow spoke about the project\u2019s future. They were joined at the lectern by Wagih el Masri, president of the International Spinal Cord Society, who also appeared in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/b04mm8zl\">2014 Panorama documentary<\/a>. Prof. el Masri, one of the world\u2019s pre-eminent authorities on spinal cord injury, gave an impromptu speech in support of the project.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the day, Dr. Tabakow and Darek had visited the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/b05102t1\">BBC Today programme<\/a> studio to discuss the past and future of the project in Poland. Darek described the moment he regained sensation as \u201cjust an amazing feeling\u201d. Dr. Tabakow said the aim of the surgical procedure he is developing, based on Prof. Raisman\u2019s technique, is to \u201cincrease the quality of life\u201d of spinal injured-people through improvements in sensation, movement and basic functions.<\/p>\n<p>Dedicated patrons of the charity including Claire Lomas, Frank Gardner, Jennifer and Eddy Shah, Gary Lineker, his wife Danielle and his brother-in-law Kaid, Lord Powell of Bayswater, Lord &amp; Lady Leitch of Oakley, Ieuan Evans and Richard Shepherd were all in the audience on the night. Organisations including the Grocers\u2019 Charity and BBC Panorama were also represented.<\/p>\n<p>And as a final, though not inconsequential, bonus, the wine, canap\u00e9s and service supplied by Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park were \u2013 as one would expect from this luxury hotel group \u2013 exceptional.<\/p>\n<p>nsif wishes to send a huge thank you to everybody who helped make the event such a special evening!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"class_list":["post-816","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>nsif celebrates a visit from Darek Fidyka &amp; Dr Pawel Tabakow - Nicholls Spinal Injury Foundation<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.andrewwickscreative.co.uk\/clients\/nsif-dev\/news\/nsif-celebrates-visit-darek-fidyka-dr-pawel-tabakow\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"nsif celebrates a visit from Darek Fidyka &amp; Dr Pawel Tabakow - Nicholls Spinal Injury Foundation\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ever since the world heard about the incredible work being done on spinal cord injury in Poland, funded by nsif, we have been waiting for a visit from the team there to celebrate their achievements. 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