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#66 No other neurosurgeon is as polarising as Dr Charlie Teo

Straight Talk with Mark Bouris

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I Love Neurosurgery, but I Love It

I was so scared of neurosurgery that when I was at an opinion hospital I was a young intern. It's a very unforgiving specialty. You can't make mistakes or people die. And because I didn't understand it, I never had any sort of guidance and teaching about it. So I basically tried to steer away from it. Eventually I started doing pediatric surgery and because I love kids and I love doing things with my hands. But then sadly, the neurosurgery registrar at the hospital that I was working at, Phil Il, asked me to take up his call roster. So I was thrust into neurosurgery without any choice. He says: "This is something

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