Embattled private neurosurgeon Charlie Teo warns says he will quit if criticism ...

Embattled brain surgeon Dr Charlie Teo has threatened to quit amid mounting criticism from colleagues who he claims are trying to force him out of his job. 

The Sydney-based neurosurgeon hit out against the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons on Saturday, accusing the organisation of 'persecuting' independent doctors. 

Teo, 61, has been under attack over his expensive procedures after a 12-year-old patient was forced to crowdfund $160,000 for a lifesaving surgery.  

The doctor told the Sydney Morning Herald the recent backlash was the most 'relentless and vicious' he had experienced in his career. 

'When the distractions become too great and I can't give my patients what they deserve, I will call it quits', Teo said.

Embattled brain surgeon Dr Charlie Teo has threatened to quit amid mounting criticism from colleagues who he claims are trying to force him out of his job

Embattled brain surgeon Dr Charlie Teo has threatened to quit amid mounting criticism from colleagues who he claims are trying to force him out of his job 

Teo, 61, has been under attack over his expensive procedures after a 12-year-old patient Milli Lucas was forced to crowdfund $160,000 for a lifesaving surgery

Teo, 61, has been under attack over his expensive procedures after a 12-year-old patient Milli Lucas was forced to crowdfund $160,000 for a lifesaving surgery 

'They will eventually get me. I know that sounds a bit fatalistic but I think it is probably true. A lot of good people have gone down to the system'. 

Teo attended the Health Professionals Australia Reform Association conference in Canberra this weekend where he slammed the governing medical bodies as the being the 'greater enemy' for allegedly employing tactics to 'purge' doctors. 

He claimed at least six other doctors have been pushed out of their jobs, the field, and even to suicide after they were shunned by their colleagues. 

He accused colleagues at

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