In the spotlight of celebrity,Charlie Teo became blind to his own faults
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In the spotlight of celebrity,Charlie Teo became blind to his own faults

In the end,hubris and vanity effectively cost the controversial neurosurgeon his career in Australia.

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Charlie Teo found guilty of unsatisfactory professional conduct

Charlie Teo found guilty of unsatisfactory professional conduct

The controversial neurosurgeon has been reprimanded by a professional standards committee following catastrophic outcomes for two of his patients.

  • byKate McClymont
Charlie Teo claims to have the backing of a PM – but which one?

Charlie Teo claims to have the backing of a PM – but which one?

The embattled neurosurgeon says fellow doctors and journalists are out to get him. But he has support from ‘the number one politician in Australia’.

  • byKishor Napier-Raman andNoel Towell
Charlie Teo hits celebrity speaker circuit spruiking discredited theories

Charlie Teo hits celebrity speaker circuit spruiking discredited theories

The controversial neurosurgeon is set to hit the celebrity speaker circuit spruiking dubious medical theories,including linking brain cancer to mobile phone usage.

  • byKate McClymont
Charlie Teo gets hero’s welcome at Mick Gatto’s charity gala

Charlie Teo gets hero’s welcome at Mick Gatto’s charity gala

The embattled neurosurgeon says he was driving Ubers to get by. But he still had a spare $10,000 for the underworld identity’s charity.

  • byKishor Napier-Raman andNoel Towell
Adulation and isolation:colleagues abandon Charlie Teo as supporters keep the faith

Adulation and isolation:colleagues abandon Charlie Teo as supporters keep the faith

When it came to support for the neurosurgeon at a disciplinary hearing,the chasm between his patients and his peers could not have been more vast.

  • byKate McClymont
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Charlie Teo unable to secure letter of support from Australian,NZ colleagues,hearing told

Charlie Teo unable to secure letter of support from Australian,NZ colleagues,hearing told

Not a single neurosurgeon in Australia or New Zealand has provided a letter of support for the embattled Sydney doctor,a disciplinary inquiry has heard.

  • byKate McClymont
Charlie Teo should be ‘rejected as a witness of credit’,hearing told

Charlie Teo should be ‘rejected as a witness of credit’,hearing told

The neurosurgeon gave untruthful evidence and “opportunistically” made up evidence or changed it as a disciplinary hearing unfolded,it has been claimed.

  • byKate McClymont
Charlie Teo says patient face tap wasn’t ‘a Will Smith-type slap’

Charlie Teo says patient face tap wasn’t ‘a Will Smith-type slap’

The neurosurgeon told a disciplinary hearing the only error he made was that it was witnessed by the patient’s daughter.

  • byKate McClymont
‘I made an error ... I went too far’:Angry Charlie Teo disputes claims in fiery evidence

‘I made an error ... I went too far’:Angry Charlie Teo disputes claims in fiery evidence

A disciplinary hearing has heard that a missing MRI scan has now been found amid a testy exchange over whether the prominent neurosurgeon cut too far into a patient’s brain.

  • byKate McClymont
Informed consent is at the heart of Teo case
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Informed consent is at the heart of Teo case

Were Charlie Teo’s patients and their families cognisant of the real risks they took when they paid up to go under his knife?

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