Medical Advisory Board
Medical Co-ordinator
Gerard Basili (B.Pharm.,M.P.S.) is a practicing Pharmacist and member of the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia. After two years of research on projects in developing countries, Gerard came into contact with Sihanouk Hospital of HOPE in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. They were looking for a pharmacist with his experience to further educate staff and improve the operating systems of the hospital pharmacy.
Soon after starting his voluntary position at the hospital, he learnt of Tara Winkler's amazing story. After meeting Tara and learning of her struggles getting adequate and quality healthcare and advice for CCT's children and families, especially those with special needs, he volunteered to join CCT as their medical coordinator. Gerard's contacts at the Sihanouk Hospital have already proved invaluable. Several of the doctors there have been willing to assist with some of the more difficult situations, and protocols are being developed that will maintain the highest level of healthcare while reducing costs to CCT. Gerard is also now on the CCT's Board of Directors.
When Gerard is not working at the hospital, planting a vegetable garden at an orphanage or coordinating the medical requirements for CCT, you will find him enjoying life to its fullest. All Gerard's projects in Cambodia are fully self-funded.
Dr Michael Gliksman
Dr Michael Gliksman BMed(Hons) LLB MPH PhD FAFOEM FAFPHM(RACP) is an Occupational and Public Health Physician. Now in private practice in Sydney and currently Vice President of the AMA in New South Wales, he was Visiting Research Fellow at the Channing Laboratory, Harvard Medical School, and Physician at the Brigham & Women's Hospital in Boston.
Dr Charlie Teo AM
Dr Teo is an internationally acclaimed neurosurgeon and a pioneer in keyhole minimally invasive techniques. He has been invited to many distinguished universities in over 50 countries as Visiting Professor, including Johns Hopkins, Vanderbilt and Stanford Universities in the USA, Marburg University in Germany and the Karolinska Institute in Sweden. Dr Teo has over 100 publications in peer-reviewed journals and represents Australia on the Tumor Section of the AANS and CNS.
Charlie dedicates 3 months every year to pro bono work in developing countries, for which he has been recognised with awards from Rotary International, including the Paul Harris Fellowship (for contribution to World Health), and as a finalist in the NSW Australian of the Year awards in 2003 and 2009. In the 2011 Australia Day awards he was named as a Member of the Order of Australia (for contribution to the development of minimally invasive neurosurgery). Dr Teo founded the Cure for Life Foundation in 2003, which is now the largest funder of brain cancer research in Australia and which supports the Neuro-oncology wing of the Lowy Cancer Centre.
Charlie is a father to 4 beautiful girls and when not performing intricate brain surgery is proud to support his 2 favourite charities, Voiceless, which funds legislative reform for the prevention of cruelty to industrial animals and the Cambodian's Children's Trust.
Dr Andrew Hodder
Dr Betsy Williams
Dr Betsy Williams is a Canadian trained GP who has worked with indigenous communities in the Canadian North, as well as on humanitarian placements in Ghana, Ethiopia, Mozambique and the Amazon region of Brasil. Dr Betsy moved to Australia in 2000 and began work as a rural GP in Ceduna, SA, then, for the next five years, worked as a full time locum across all of South Australia and is now as a GP in Tumby Bay, SA.
Dr Betsy also works for RFDS and holds women's clinics in remote and rural communities that do not have a female GP. She became involved with Cambodian NGOs Sunrise and Green Gecko 3 years ago when she first traveled to Cambodia to visit Angkor Wat. Since then, Dr Betsy has returned each year to help in whatever way she can - first visiting CCT in June 2011 after learning about Tara Winkler through the Australian Story. She spent time in 2011 with Erin and Marnie, visiting the CCT ohildren's homes and transition houses, a number of the families that CCT supports as well as becoming familiar with some of their projects. Dr Betsy Williams says she is honoured to be part of CCT's medical advisory board and hopes to be back in Battambang in 2012.