Neurosurgeon Charlie Teo has lashed out at the disciplinary procedures against him over allegations of unsatisfactory professional conduct, saying it was driven by enemies and business rivals jealous of his “superior skills”
Of the 14 neurosurgeons and related specialists interviewed on that occasion, not one questioned Teo’s surgical skills. Instead, they raised serious questions about his judgment, narcissistic behaviour and charging financially-stressed people exorbitant fees when some surgeries could be done for free in a public hospital.stories encouraged complaints from “all the colleagues who are sitting back there jealous and fuming and wanting to destroy me.
Teo told the podcast that medical authorities “can always hide behind this feigned altruism or public safety concept” and that the real reason he could no longer operate in Australia was that his colleagues were resentful of his ability to “take out tumours that other people have called inoperable.” He also disputed claims of excessive charging, saying a mentor had once advised him to charge what you think you deserve. “I haven’t really wanted this to be known, but I’ll tell you now…more than half my patients I don’t charge,” he told Bouris.
that Rebecca Anderson, a nurse at his own hospital, was facing in excess of $30,000 for her operation in 2009. When she approached Teo in a hospital corridor to discuss her fears about the surgery, Teo fired her as a patient. “I don’t speak to anyone, why should I speak to you? You’re nothing special.” He then told her she had “bad karma” and he was cancelling her surgery.
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