Charlie Teo

Teo was born to Chinese-Singaporean parents who immigrated to Australia. He attended The Scots College and the University of New South Wales, graduating with a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery in 1981.{{Cite web|title=UNSW Spotlight: Charlie Teo|url=https://www.arc.unsw.edu.au/blitz/read/unsw-spotlight-charlie-teo|website=Arc UNSW Student Life|access-date=2020-05-13}}{{Cite web|title=Dr Charlie Teo|url=https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/keywords/dr-charlie-teo|website=UNSW Newsroom|access-date=2020-05-13}}{{Cite web|title=Charles Teo, 2012|url=http://www.portrait.gov.au/portraits/2013.23/charles-teo/|website=National Portrait Gallery collection|access-date=2020-05-13}}

Charlie Teo started in general neurosurgery at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital before moving to the United States.{{Cite web|title=From the Archives, 2007: What drove Charlie Teo, the country's most controversial brain surgeon?|url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/from-the-archives-2007-what-drove-charlie-teo-the-country-s-most-controversial-brain-surgeon-20190905-p52o7v.html|last=Wyndham|first=Susan|date=2019-09-05|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|language=en|access-date=2020-05-13}}{{Cite web|title=Dr. Charlie Teo, a resident Neurosurgeon at Royal Prince Alfred...|url=https://www.gettyimages.com.au/detail/news-photo/dr-charlie-teo-a-resident-neurosurgeon-at-royal-prince-news-photo/1079010160|website=Getty Images|date=8 December 2018 |language=en-gb|access-date=2020-05-13}} He completed a fellowship in Dallas, Texas, where he became the only Australian neurosurgeon certified by a US medical board.{{Cite web|title=Controversial neurosurgery: Interview with Charlie Teo|url=https://www.neuro-central.com/controversial-neurosurgery-interview-charlie-teo/|date=2016-07-12|website=Neuro Central|access-date=2020-05-13}} Teo spent almost ten years in the United States where he was an associate professor of Neurosurgery and Chief of Pediatric Neurosurgery at the Arkansas Children's Hospital.{{Cite web|title=Why brain cancer is no match for neurosurgeon Charlie Teo|url=https://www.intheblack.com/articles/2016/06/01/why-brain-cancer-is-no-match-for-neurosurgeon-charlie-teo|website=www.intheblack.com|language=en|access-date=2020-05-13}}{{Cite web|title=Dr Teo's Australia Day address|url=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/australia-day-address-by-dr-charlie-teo/news-story/2d96757228b23a80c934147f34bd2394|date=2012-01-23|website=www.dailytelegraph.com.au|language=en|access-date=2020-05-13}}

Upon his return to Australia, he was self-appointed as the director of the Centre for Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery which he established at the Prince of Wales Hospital,{{cite news| url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/03/09/1047144875103.html | work=The Sydney Morning Herald | title=Life in his hands | date=10 March 2003}} and is the founder of Cure Brain Cancer Foundation (formerly Cure For Life Foundation), and the founder of the Charlie Teo Foundation.{{Cite web|title=Charlie Teo: The lessons my mother and daughters have taught me|url=https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/health-and-wellness/charlie-teo-the-lessons-my-mother-and-daughters-have-taught-me-20180412-p4z97p.html|last=Doreian|first=Robyn|date=2018-04-13|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|language=en|access-date=2020-05-13}}

Over the course of his career, Teo developed an international reputation in the field of minimally-invasive (or 'keyhole') neurosurgery.{{Cite web|title=Keeping an open mind towards complementary medicines: Dr Charlie Teo|url=http://www.blackmoresinstitute.org/news/keeping-an-open-mind-towards-complementary-medicines-dr-charlie-teo|last=Blackmores|website=www.blackmoresinstitute.org|language=en|access-date=2020-05-14}} Teo has been an invited speaker and visiting professor in more than thirty-five countries, associated with institutions such as Johns Hopkins University, Stanford University, Albert Einstein University, Marburg University and the Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix, Arizona. Teo has written more than thirty book chapters and numerous scholarly papers. While still teaching regularly in the US, he also teaches and sponsors the education of neurosurgeons from developing countries, including Peru, Vietnam, Bangladesh, and Romania; and he treats children from developing countries with neurological conditions.{{Cite web|title=Lunch with Charlie Teo|url=https://www.afr.com/policy/health-and-education/lunch-with-charlie-teo-20110520-iep5c|date=2011-05-19|website=Australian Financial Review|language=en|access-date=2020-05-14}}{{Cite web|title=Dr Charlie Teo|url=https://www.abc.net.au/qanda/dr/10644338|date=2018-12-20|website=Q&A |language=en-AU|access-date=2020-05-14}}

Some elements of the media{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/austory/content/2003/s932241.htm |title=The Trouble with Charlie |work=Australian Story |publisher=ABC Television |location=Australia |date=26 August 2003 |accessdate=18 October 2011}} have claimed Teo has worked miracles.{{Cite web|title='Miracle worker': Patient backs surgeon Charlie Teo in debate over medical fees|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-05-29/patient-raised-$100,000-for-surgery-on-brain-cyst-charlie-teo/11157862|date=2019-05-29|website=ABC News |location=Australia |language=en-AU|access-date=2020-05-21}}{{Cite web|title=Cancer patient of Charlie Teo to go overseas for further treatment|url=https://7news.com.au/news/health/charlie-teo-miracle-patient-milli-heads-to-germany-for-further-cancer-treatment-c-173541|date=2019-06-19|website=7NEWS.com.au|language=en|access-date=2020-05-21}} Notable patients of Teo include Jane McGrath,{{cite news|url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/jane-mcgrath-had-amazing-smile-attitude-says-dr-charles-teo/story-e6freuy9-1111116708112|title=Jane McGrath had 'amazing smile, attitude', says Dr Charles Teo|date=23 June 2008|work=The Daily Telegraph |location=Australia|accessdate=29 January 2011}} Dr Chris O'Brien,[http://www.harpercollins.com.au/books/Never-Say-Die-Chris-Obrien/?isbn=9780732288099 Chris O'Brien's autobiography "Never Say Die"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111011014940/http://www.harpercollins.com.au/books/Never-Say-Die-Chris-Obrien/?isbn=9780732288099 |date=11 October 2011 }} www.harpercollins.com.au and Stan Zemanek.{{cite news|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/obituary-stan-zemanek/story-e6frg6n6-1111113941873|title=Obituary: Stan Zemanek|last=Leech|first=Graeme|date=12 July 2007|work=The Australian |accessdate=29 January 2011}} Author Susan Wyndham detailed a story about Teo and the pianist Aaron McMillan, a patient, in her biography, Life in his Hands.{{cite web|last=Swan |first=Norman |url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/the-right-to-die-with-eyes-wide-open/story-e6frg8no-1111115944693 |title=Life in his Hands Susan Wyndham |work=The Australian |date=5 April 2008 |accessdate=18 October 2011}} Sally White, a patient of Teo's, wrote of her experiences in Three Quotes From A Plumber: How a Second Opinion Changed the Life of a Woman with a Brain Tumour.{{cite web |author=White, Sally |url=http://www.sallywhite.com.au/ |title=Three Quotes From a Plumber |publisher=Sally White |accessdate=18 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111211040259/http://www.sallywhite.com.au/ |archive-date=11 December 2011 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=http://www.southaustralia.barinya.com/book-reviews/book.php?id=44 |title=Three Quotes From A Plumber > Book Review |publisher=Southaustralia.barinya.com |accessdate=18 October 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110822070340/http://southaustralia.barinya.com/book-reviews/book.php?id=44 |archivedate=22 August 2011}} Teo was featured in several TV programs including the ABC's Q&A, Good Medicine, 60 Minutes,{{cite web |url=http://sixtyminutes.ninemsn.com.au/stories/peteroverton/269256/the-outsider |title=The outsider |work=60 Minutes |location=Australia |date=27 May 2007 |accessdate=18 October 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120222050031/http://sixtyminutes.ninemsn.com.au/stories/peteroverton/269256/the-outsider |archivedate=22 February 2012}}{{cite web |url=http://sixtyminutes.ninemsn.com.au/stories/peteroverton/263728/never-say-die |title=Never say die |work=60 Minutes |location=Australia |date=29 April 2007 |accessdate=18 October 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718193828/http://sixtyminutes.ninemsn.com.au/stories/peteroverton/263728/never-say-die |archivedate=18 July 2011}} Last Chance Surgery, Australian Story,{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/austory/content/2003/s933042.htm |title= The Trouble with Charlie |work=Australian Story |publisher=ABC |location=Australia |date=8 February 2010 |accessdate=18 October 2011}}{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/austory/specials/houruponthestage/default.htm |title=His Hour Upon the Stage |work=Australian Story |publisher=ABC |location=Australia |date=8 February 2010 |accessdate=18 October 2011}}{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/austory/specials/dzungsanatomy/default.htm |title=Dzung's Anatomy |work=Australian Story |publisher=ABC |location=Australia |date=8 February 2010 |accessdate=18 October 2011}}{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/austory/content/2006/s1751423.htm |title=Playing for Time |work=Australian Story |publisher=ABC |location=Australia |date=8 February 2010 |accessdate=18 October 2011}}{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/austory/content/2004/s1136463.htm |title= To the Test & A Small World |work=Australian Story |publisher=ABC |location=Australia |accessdate=18 October 2011}} Enough Rope{{cite web|title=ENOUGH ROPE with Andrew Denton – episode 185: Dr Charlie Teo (15/09/2008)|url=http://www.abc.net.au/tv/enoughrope/transcripts/s2364518.htm|date=15 September 2008 |work=Enough Rope |publisher=ABC |location=Australia |accessdate=18 October 2011}} and Anh's Brush with Fame.{{Cite web|url=https://episodecalendar.com/en/show/anhs-brush-with-fame|title=Anh's Brush with Fame - TV Episode Calendar|website=episodecalendar.com}} The 'Reader's Digest Most Trusted Australian' was an annual trust survey, where participants rated their level of trust of a high-profile Australian out of 10.{{Cite web|title=Surprising Facts About Australia's 10 Most Trusted People|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/fun-facts-that-might-surprise-you-about-australias-10-most-trusted-people-2013-6|last=Tay|first=Liz|date=2013-06-21|website=Business Insider Australia|language=en|access-date=2020-05-31}} Teo appeared first or in the Top 5 for several years; and was rated most trusted Australian in 2012, 2013, and 2014.{{Cite web|title=Australia's most trusted people|url=https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/australias-most-trusted-people-20110622-1gek5.html|date=2011-06-22|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|language=en|access-date=2020-05-31}}{{Cite web|title=Reader's Digest Australia Trusted People 2014 survey results|url=https://www.news.com.au/national/readers-digest-australia-trusted-people-2014-survey-results/news-story/69dbfe062f30510316d8a0ec27ab3537|date=2014-06-17|website=NewsComAu|language=en|access-date=2020-05-31}}{{Cite web|title=Rudd and Turnbull top trust poll|url=https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/6155141/rudd-and-turnbull-top-trust-poll/|last=Anderson|first=Stephanie|date=2013-06-18|website=The Canberra Times|language=en|access-date=2020-05-31}}

In 2011, Teo was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia for service to medicine as a neurosurgeon through the introduction of minimally invasive techniques, as a researcher, educator and mentor, and through the establishment of the Cure for Life Foundation.{{Cite web|date=2011-01-25|title=Brain surgeon, Ex-mayor among NSW honours|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-01-26/brain-surgeon-ex-mayor-among-nsw-honours/1918084|access-date=2020-05-12|work=ABC News|location=Australia|language=en-AU}}{{Cite press release|title=It's an honour|url=https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/social-affairs/it%C3%A2%E2%82%AC%E2%84%A2s-honour|date=2011-01-28|website=UNSW Newsroom|publisher=UNSW Sydney|access-date=2020-05-12}}{{Cite speech|title=Australia Day 2020 - Australia Day Address 2012 by Associate Professor Charlie Teo AM|author=Teo, Charlie|url=https://www.australiaday.com.au/events/australia-day-address/associate-professor-charlie-teo-am/|publisher=NSW Department of Premier and Cabinet|website=www.australiaday.com.au|language=en-AU|access-date=2020-05-12}} Teo gave the 50th Anniversary Errol Solomon Meyers Memorial Lecture at the University of Queensland in August 2007.{{cite speech|author=Teo, Charlie|url=http://uqms.org/content/view/213/1/|title=University of Queensland Medical Society – 2007 E.S. Meyers Memorial Lecture|publisher=University of Queensland Medical Society|date=August 2007|accessdate=18 October 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071121063541/http://uqms.org/content/view/213/1/|archivedate=21 November 2007}} Teo gave the 2012 Australia Day speech on 23 January 2012.{{cite speech|last=Teo|first=Charlie|title=Australia Day 2012 Address: Full Speech|url=http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/australia-day-2012-address-full-speech-20120123-1qdh9.html|accessdate=28 January 2012|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=23 January 2012}}

In May 2019, controversy arose when a prominent Australian urologist, Professor Henry Woo, commented on the large number of GoFundMe campaigns requesting considerable sums of money for patients to have surgery done by Teo when Australia's public health system should be performing any required surgery in the public system. Professor Woo also questioned the absence of peer-reviewed evidence that Teo's operative approach was beneficial to patients with incurable brain cancer.{{Cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/brilliant-adored-flawed-dr-charlie-teo-unmasked-20190904-p52nwi.html|title=Brilliant, adored, flawed: Dr Charlie Teo unmasked|first=Kate|last=McClymont|date=5 September 2019|website=The Sydney Morning Herald}}{{cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/health-and-wellness/harrowing-and-humbling-surgeon-in-the-eye-of-a-social-media-storm-speaks-out-20190601-p51tgd.html |title=Harrowing and humbling: surgeon in the eye of a social media storm speaks out |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |date=2 June 2019 |accessdate=14 December 2019}}{{cite news |author=McClymont, Kate |url=https://www.theage.com.au/national/nsw/charlie-teo-settled-claim-for-operating-on-wrong-side-of-sydney-woman-s-brain-20210827-p58mgp.html |title=Charlie Teo settled claim for operating on wrong side of Sydney woman's brain |work=The Age |date=28 August 2021 |access-date=30 August 2021 }}

In 2021, the NSW Medical Council conducted a special hearing into Teo's behaviours during surgical procedures;{{cite web |author=McClymont, Kate |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/controversial-brain-surgeon-charlie-teo-faces-uncertain-future-20210819-p58kah.html |title=Controversial brain surgeon Charlie Teo faces uncertain future |work=The Sydney Morning Herald |location=Australia |date=19 August 2021 |accessdate=19 August 2021}} and, following investigation, he was prevented from performing any "recurrent malignant intracranial tumour and brain stem tumour surgical procedures" unless he obtained written approval from an independent neurosurgeon, as approved by the NSW Medical Council.{{Cite web|last=McClymont|first=Kate|date=2021-08-24|title=Neurosurgeon Charlie Teo slapped with restrictions after urgent hearing|url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/neurosurgeon-charlie-teo-slapped-with-restrictions-after-urgent-hearing-20210824-p58lfa.html|access-date=2021-08-24|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|language=en}} Teo was also investigated by the Health Care Complaints Commission. After a lengthy investigation by the commission, Teo appeared before a hearing in September 2022. In July 2023, the Commission found Teo guilty of unsatisfactory professional conduct, for which he was reprimanded.{{Cite web |last=McClymont |first=Kate |date=2023-07-12 |title=Charlie Teo found guilty of unsatisfactory professional conduct |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/charlie-teo-found-guilty-of-unsatisfactory-professional-conduct-20230712-p5dnn1.html |access-date=2023-07-12 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}

In 2022, it was reported that Teo is performing surgeries in Spain, which is beyond the regulatory powers of the NSW Medical Council.{{Cite web |last=Juanola |first=Jackson Graham, Marta Pascual |date=2022-08-12 |title=Restricted Australian neurosurgeon Charlie Teo performing surgery in Spain |url=https://www.smh.com.au/healthcare/restricted-australian-neurosurgeon-charlie-teo-performing-surgery-in-spain-20220811-p5b8yh.html |access-date=2022-08-13 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}} On 23 October 2022, the Sydney Morning Herald described how Teo charged families extraordinary amounts of money and gave hope for a cure for ultimately futile operations that have catastrophically injured his patients. The article discussed two cases of operations on children with Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG), an inoperable tumour, which, despite Teo's reassurance to their families that these surgeries could cure DIPG, did not provide a cure.{{Cite web |last1=McClymont |first1=Kate |last2=Dikeos |first2=Thea |date=2022-10-23 |title=Charlie Teo, the profit of hope: how neurosurgeon left families with a terrible price to pay |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/charlie-teo-the-profit-of-hope-how-neurosurgeon-left-families-with-a-terrible-price-to-pay-20221021-p5brps.html |access-date=2022-10-23 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}} In an interview on A Current Affair, Teo sought to justify his interventions.{{Cite web |last=McClymont |first=Kate |date=2022-10-25 |title='I'm not sorry that I operated': Charlie Teo defends surgeries, apologises for outcomes |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/i-m-not-sorry-that-i-operated-charlie-teo-defends-surgeries-apologises-for-outcomes-20221025-p5bssd.html |access-date=2022-10-26 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}} In a podcast with Mark Bouris, Teo would claim that the accusations being levelled against him are from business rivals and personal enemies.{{Cite web |last=McClymont |first=Kate |date=2023-02-12 |title=Enemies jealous of my 'superior skills': Charlie Teo hits out ahead of hearing |url=https://www.theage.com.au/national/enemies-jealous-of-my-superior-skills-charlie-teo-hits-out-ahead-of-hearing-20230212-p5cjwh.html |access-date=2023-02-12 |website=The Age |language=en}} During the hearing, it was reported that Teo slapped a patient who was unconscious in front of the patient's family, while Teo downplayed the intensity of the slap, calling it a light tap through a pantomime. Teo's conduct has been criticised by other Australian neurosurgeons.{{Cite web |last=McClymont |first=Kate |date=2023-02-15 |title=Charlie Teo slapped unconscious patient across face in front of family, inquiry hears |url=https://www.theage.com.au/national/charlie-teo-slapped-unconscious-patient-across-face-in-front-of-family-inquiry-hears-20230215-p5ckul.html |access-date=2023-02-15 |website=The Age |language=en}}

Amidst the controversy, a number of neurosurgeons globally, as well as other medical colleagues, supported Teo. In letters of support to the Health Care Complaints Commission, Professor Yeo Tseng Tsai, head of neurosurgery at National University Hospital Singapore lauded Teo as 'a world class neurosurgeon of the first order'. Professor Paul Gardiner, neurosurgery director at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center described Teo as 'among a small set of gifted and dedicated surgeons who can offer the most complicated patients a chance where other (neurosurgeons) cannot'. Dr Robert L. Dodd of Stanford School of Medicine affirmed that Teo's 'skill as a surgeon is superb and his surgical outcomes were extraodinary'. Director of Brain Tumor and Skull Base Surgery at Providence Brain and Spine Institute Dr Gore writes in 'unequivocal support of Dr Charlie Teo ... his heightened skills in handling critical neural and vascular structures and differentiating tumor from non-neoplastic tissue put him in a position to perform surgery that many other neurosurgeons are not capable of'. Professor of Neurosurgery Nikolai J Hopf of University of Mainz, Germany, described Teo as 'one of the most important opinion leaders in the field of glioma surgery... his impact on modern surgical treatment of patients with gliomas and in particular complex gliomas is outstanding...', noting that if Teo's 'registration was suspended, cancelled, or otherwise restricted, patients as well as the Neurosurgical community would lose one of the most skillful glioma surgeons'.{{cite web | url=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/neurosurgeons-around-the-globe-pen-support-for-dr-charlie-teo/news-story/495b2944da60320e4a8ba582ed6f09cf?amp&nk=534e9ad99a54f2a649a8ae1f659469dd-1664154341#selection-2203.10-2203.26 | title=Experts write in support of 'master surgeon' | archive-url=https://archive.today/20220926010529/https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/neurosurgeons-around-the-globe-pen-support-for-dr-charlie-teo/news-story/495b2944da60320e4a8ba582ed6f09cf?amp&nk=534e9ad99a54f2a649a8ae1f659469dd-1664154341#selection-2203.10-2203.26 | archive-date=2022-09-26 }}

In August 2023, Teo and a former patient reached an out-of-court settlement just prior to a seven-day medical negligence hearing. Teo had operated twice on the patient, who had a grade 3 anaplastic astrocytoma. The patient subsequently lost movement down one side of his body, as well as having visual and cognitive impairment. He has limited life expectancy, possibly less than a year. Teo denied he had been negligent. In approving judgment for the patient, Supreme Court Justice Richard Cavanagh said "the settlement reflects the top of the range for the plaintiff".{{Cite web |last=McClymont |first=Kate |date=2023-08-20 |title='Top of the range' payout for negligence claim against Charlie Teo |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/top-of-the-range-payout-for-negligence-claim-against-charlie-teo-20230820-p5dxzb.html |access-date=2023-08-21 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}

In March 2025, Teo agreed to pay an undisclosed settlement amount to the family of a patient who died soon after he operated on her incurable brain tumour. He had previously been found guilty of professional misconduct over the operation in question.{{Cite web |last=McClymont |first=Kate |last2=Alexander |first2=Harriet |date=2025-03-11 |title=Charlie Teo's flawed operation results in payout to family |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/charlie-teo-s-flawed-operation-results-in-payout-to-family-20250311-p5line.html |access-date=2025-03-11 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}

Teo was married to Genevieve Teo (née Agnew); the couple have four daughters. They separated in 2018. Teo is engaged to former international model, Traci Griffiths.{{Cite web |url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/celebrity/the-glamorous-new-blonde-in-brain-surgeon-charlie-teo-s-life-20201008-p5635a.html| title=The glamorous blonde in brain surgeon Charlie Teo's life |first=Andrew|last=Hornery |date=9 October 2020 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald}} Traci Griffiths was diagnosed with a brain tumour in 2011. Teo was her treating surgeon.{{cite news |last1=Ellis |first1=Greg |title=Brain cancer survivor and international model Traci Griffiths devotes life to animals |url=https://www.illawarramercury.com.au/story/3663444/animals-the-best-therapy/ |publisher=Illawarra Mercury |date=16 Jan 2016 }}

Since 2009, Teo has been a patron of Australian animal welfare group Voiceless.{{Cite web|url=https://voiceless.org.au/ |title=Home |website=Voiceless |quote=Doctors may not have direct responsibility for the injustices of modern agriculture but we do have the power to help overcome them. We hold a privileged role in society; we are trusted as scientific minds and reliable carers. Our communities will listen when we explain the illness and suffering that lies hidden behind the closed doors of factory farms.}}

{{reflist}}

• [http://www.neuroendoscopy.info/ The Centre For Minimally Invasive Neorosurgery]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20070715150431/http://www.neuroendoscopy.info/theoIntro.asp Charles Teo's professional biography]
• [http://www.curebraincancer.org.au/ Cure Brain Cancer Foundation]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20100103201132/http://www.agog.org.au/team/cteo.html Resume summary]
• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hATwd6erMRY] UNSWTV profile

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