Charles Teo

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Charles Teo is a high profile but controversial Australian neurosurgeon.

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[edit] Neurosurgery

Teo trained in Sydney, but worked for a decade in the United States, where he still teaches. His sub-speciality is pediatric neurosurgery. He is the director of the Centre for Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery at Prince of Wales Hospital.[1].

Teo has received much media attention[2][3] as something of a miracle worker, but members of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia, from which Teo resigned in 2003, have described him as falsely presenting himself as a pioneer of new techniques rather than as a competent practitioner of standard surgical techniques [4]. Neurosurgeons have claimed that he offers false hope by operating when there is little chance of a successful outcome. Teo argues that delaying the death even of terminally ill patients with an incurable disease is worthwhile. [1][2]

[edit] Personal life

Teo went to high school at The Scots College[1], and graduated with Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery from the University of New South Wales.

He is married to Genevieve Teo and the couple has four daughters.[1]

[edit] Notable patients

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d Life in his hands - smh.com.au
  2. ^ a b Australian Story - The Trouble with Charlie
  3. ^ The outsider
  4. ^ Surgeons lash out at TV darling | NEWS.com.au

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[edit] Personal experiences

  • Eight-year-old Roslyn Kratzmann (now deceased) [1]
  • David Stevens (now deceased) [2]
  • Lynette Waugh, Australian Cricketer Steve Waugh's wife [3][4]


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