CHARLIE TEO

Charlie has used his many contacts and entrepreneurial skills to conceive, build and nurture several projects over his 38-year career. He was the Founder and Director of the Arkansas Neuro-oncology Clinic (APNOC), Little Rock, Arkansas, USA, the Centre for Minimally Invasive Neurosurgery (CMIN), Randwick, Australia, Cingulum Health Clinic, Rosebery, Australia and Co-Founder of Omniscient-Neuro, a software start-up company that utilises connectomics to improve the outcome of any patient with a brain disorder. Interestingly, Professor Teo has the unique characteristic of embracing and utilising many complimentary alternative treatments in his management of brain cancer. He holds a diploma in acupuncture, was the Director of the Acupuncture Clinic at Concord Hospital for several years before neurosurgery, uses manipulation of the microbiome in the management of many neurological disorders and recently is offering targeted/navigated transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) for the treatment of stroke, Parkinson’s Disease, dementia and mental health disorders. After giving a talk to a hostile audience on the importance of keyhole techniques to improve outcomes in neurosurgery, a detractor from the crowd suggested that “…your longer survival times may not be from the keyhole techniques…it might be that your patients worship you and that you’re just a ‘healer’.”…. rather than take offence, Charlie felt that this was one of his greatest compliments!! Sadly, Charlie has been the brunt of vilification and persecution from his colleagues and certain media outlets over the last 4 years and now works mostly overseas where he remains respected and in-demand for offering hope to those with challenging and high-risk brain tumours. Charlie is a father to four beautiful daughters and supports the rights of girls and young women in impoverished countries through various charities including his own Teo Family Foundation. He is a Patron for Voiceless, an Australian based charity that is dedicated to reducing cruelty to industry animals and an Ambassador for Zambi Wildlife, which gives a home to abandoned zoo animals and Australian fauna, Orangutan Foundation International (AUS), which works to preserve the habitat of our closest ancestors and Cambodian Children’s Trust, which improves the lives of children in Cambodia one village at a time.