Mr Mario Teo 2020-08-10 Person 5 5 0

After not being taken seriously and dismissed by my own neurologist, I was recommended to get in touch with Mr Teo in Southmead (I live in Wales!) and explain my symptoms. Within a few weeks of getting my Gp to refer me, I received an appointment with Mr Teo. He listened to all my concerns and understood what I was going through with my symptoms, and subsequently ordered scans to investigate the cause of them. Within a few weeks I had a scan, and then after a very short while, followed up with a call from Mr Teo himself to give me a diagnosis and an appointment to discuss my scans and options in length. Over the coming months my condition had worsened causing me to give up work and became debilitating to my every day life and affected my weight and I lost a dramatic amount in a few weeks! Mr Teo called me after a concerned email from my GP and booked me in for urgent surgery within a fortnight! Due to the severe pressure in my brain stem it was necessary to operate. He gave me every assurance that he would take care of me and that is exactly what he did! In July 2020 Mr Teo performed my neurosurgery for Chiari Malformation. (Foramen Magnum Decompression) He came to see me almost every day of my two week stay in Southmead Hospital, took time to listen and did an amazingly neat job of the surgery scar too!! I recovered within a few days and was discharged on the 5th day post op. I’ve continued to improve daily and cannot thank or recommend him enough!! He truly is an angel in disguise and has given me hope of regaining my life back. I can only say amazing things about Mr Teo and hope Southmead realises how lucky and privileged they are to have him as part of their consultant neurosurgical team!!