Teen's desperate plea for lifesaving brain surgery no surgeon will perform in Australia except Charlie Teo - who's offered to operate for free - but no one will let him: 'Professional jealousy'

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Braydee Audrain needs urgent brain surgery but could be forced to seek treatment overseas because no Australian neurosurgeon has backed Dr Charlie Teo's involvement.

Published: 13:06 GMT, 11 November 2026 | Updated: 13:06 GMT, 11 November 2026

A West Australian teenager urgently needs brain surgery but cannot find a surgeon willing to operate in Australia, her family says, while Dr Charlie Teo has offered to do it for free if a fellow neurosurgeon backs him.

Braydee Audrain, 19, suffers seizures, debilitating migraines and visual disturbances linked to a brain tumour. She may have to travel to China for the high-risk operation if Dr Teo cannot perform it in Perth due to his ban on operating in Australia.

Her mother, Anita, said the family had exhausted every avenue to secure surgery locally and had been warned that each seizure could cause further damage to Braydee's brain.

Braydee has a low-grade glioma deep in the left mesial temporal lobe, a part of the brain involved in memory, emotion and learning. Dr Teo warned that her condition could be fatal if left untreated.

'You can die from seizures. You can certainly die from a brain tumour turning malignant so on two counts, it could be a fatal condition if left alone,' he said.

Dr Teo needs a written recommendation from an independent neurosurgeon and access to an operating theatre before he can operate in Perth but no neurosurgeon in Australia has been willing to provide that support.

As a result, he has been forced to perform surgeries in China, where desperate patients must travel overseas and endure long flights to access treatment.

Mrs Audrain has launched a GoFundMe campaign seeking $150,000 to take Braydee to China for Dr Teo to perform the surgery, if it cannot be arranged in Australia.

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