Dr Terry Teo

I have the pleasure to spend my summer of 2023 doing a fellowship with Dr Choi. Dr Choi being a well-established minimally invasive spine surgeon and a regular faculty at spinal courses internationally, one will not but expect a great training by him. His fellowship is well organized with clear pre-program communication and administration, allowing training to start immediately on day 1.

I furthered my spine training with Dr Choi through his consultations, pre- and postoperative case discussions, and high operative load. He teaches with clarity and patience, and always tailored the training to match the learning objectives.

Dr Choi is well known for minimally invasive deformity correction, one will be able to see anterior lumbar interbody fusion (ALIF), lateral ALIF, corpectomies, pre-psoas lumbar interbody fusion, percutaneous spinal instrumentation, robotic assisted spinal instrumentation, robotic interbody fusion, and single position surgeries. These procedures have been greatly adopted into my practice since his tutelage.

Dr Choi is the trailblazer of unilateral biportal endoscopic spine surgeries in Australia, I am able to learn this technique from him and to ensure that my learning is complete, he makes the effort to assist me through case discussions, visitations case observations and excellent courses. This is in addition to motion preservation procedures like cervical and lumbar disc replacements.

In my opinion, this is a great fellowship for aspiring young spine surgeons, practising spine surgeons who wished to expand their repertoire and any surgeons who wants to enhanced their existing practice.