Biography charlie teo brain cancer foundation
Biography charlie teo brain cancer foundation
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Charlie Teo
Australian neurosurgeon (born 1957)
Charles TeoAM[1] (Chinese: 張正賢; born 24 December 1957)[2] is an Australian neurosurgeon.
Early life and education
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.[3][4][5][6]
Career
Charlie Teo started in general neurosurgery at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital before moving to the United States.[7][8] He completed a fellowship in Dallas, Texas, where he became the only Australian neurosurgeon certified by a US medical board.[7][6][9] 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.[7][10][11]
Upon his