Assistant Professor, Neurological Surgery, UCSF School of Medicine
Neurosurgery
Dr. Dean Chou, MD
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Dean Chou, MD practices Neurosurgery. He went to University of California San Francisco School of Medicine. University of California San Francisco School of Medicine is a top medical university. University of California San Francisco School of Medicine has a rank of 3 in research and a 3 in primary care He received awards:"CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification" and "Fellow (FAANS)". Dean Chou is also published. He has 30 publications published. The lastest publication: "Multi-level Corpectomy with Anterior Column Reconstruction and Plating for Subaxial Cervical Osteomyelitis.' He is registered with Medicare and accepts Medicare payments.
Publications
- Can a Minimal Clinically Important Difference Be Achieved in Elderly Patients with Adult Spinal Deformity Who Undergo Minimally Invasive Spinal Surgery?
- The Economic Impact of Revision Surgery for Proximal Junctional Failure after Adult Spinal Deformity Surgery: A Cost Analysis of 57 Operations in A 10-Year Experience ...
- Considerations When Contemplating Minimally Invasive Versus Open Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion.
- Comparison of minimally invasive transspinous and open approaches for thoracoLumbar intradural-extramedullary spinal tumors.
- Long-term outcomes in primary Spinal osteochondroma: a multicenter study of 27 patients.
- Factors predicting recurrence after resection of clival Chordoma using variable surgical approaches and radiation modalities.
- To the occiput or not? C1-c2 ligamentous laxity in children with down Syndrome.
- The effects of smoking on perioperative outcomes and pseudarthrosis following anterior Cervical corpectomy.
- Hospital Readmission Rates After Surgical Treatment of Primary and Metastatic Tumors of the Spine.
- Outcomes following attempted en bloc resection of cervical Chordomas in the C-1 and C-2 region versus the subaxial region: a multiinstitutional experience.
- Minimally Invasive Extracavitary Transpedicular Corpectomy for the Management of Spinal Tumors.
- Comparison between C1-2 Fixation with and without Supplemental Posterior Wiring.
- A novel scientific model for rare and often neglected neoplastic conditions.
- HoloSpinal epidural abscess.
- Feasibility of the mini-open vertebral column resection for severe thoracic kyphosis.
- Short-term and long-term outcomes of minimally invasive and open transforaminal Lumbar interbody fusions: is there a difference?
- Predictive Factors for Proximal Junctional Kyphosis in Long Fusions to the Sacrum in Adult Spinal Deformity.
- Intraoperative neuromonitoring with MEPs and prediction of postoperative neurological deficits in patients undergoing surgery for Cervical and cervicothoracic myelopathy.
- Is there a difference in range of motion, neck pain, and outcomes in patients with ossification of posterior longitudinal ligament versus those with Cervical spondylos...
- Surgical Site Infections in Spine Surgery: Identification of Microbiologic and Surgical Characteristics in 239 Cases.
- Hospital Readmission After Spine Fusion for Adult Spinal Deformity.
- Pathology of Spinal Ependymomas: An Institutional Experience Over 25 Years in 134 Patients.
- Multilevel anterior Cervical discectomy and fusion with and without rhBMP-2: a comparison of dysphagia rates and outcomes in 150 patients.
- The treatment of lumbar adjacent segment pathology after a previous lumbar surgery: a Systematic review.
- Terminology.
- Dynamic stabilization versus fusion for treatment of degenerative Spine conditions.
- Stereotactic body radiotherapy is effective salvage therapy for patients with prior radiation of Spinal metastases.
- The use of allograft or autograft and expandable titanium cages for the treatment of vertebral osteomyelitis.
- Multi-level Corpectomy with Anterior Column Reconstruction and Plating for Subaxial Cervical Osteomyelitis.
Schools
University Of California San Francisco School Of Medicine
Procedures Preformed
- CerebroSpinal Fluid (CSF) Shunt - Insertion, Repair or Removal
- Disc Replacement
- Dural Repair or Other Spinal Spinal Cord Repair
- Epidural Block, Facet Blocks
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Conditions Treated
- Brain and Nervous System Cancer (incl. Gliomas, Astrocytoma, Schwannoma, Medulloblastoma, Chordoma)
- Brain Aneurysm
- Brain Cancer
- Cerebral Artery Thrombosis
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Doctors Specialties
- Neurosurgery
Accepted Insurances
Awards
- CMS Meaningful Use Stage 1 Certification
- Fellow (FAANS)
Education
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Barrow Neurological Institute -
Johns Hopkins University -
University of California San Francisco School of Medicine
Hospital
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San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center -
San Francisco VA Medical Center -
UCSF Medical Center
Drug Facts
| NPI NUMBER | 1023066834 | |
| NPPES Provider LastName | CHOU | |
| NPPES Provider FirstName | DEAN | |
| NPPES Provider ZIPCode | 941430332 | |
| NPPES Provider State | CA | |
| Specialty Description | Neurosurgery | |
| Total Claim Count | 196.0 | |
| Distinct Opioid Count | 2.0 | |
| Opioid Claim Count | 56.0 | |
| Percent Opioid Claims | 28.57 |
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Medicare Facts
| National Provider Identifier [NPI] | 1023066834 |
| Last Name Of The Provider | CHOU |
| First Name Of The Provider | DEAN |
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