Assistant Professor, Neurological Surgery, UCSF School of Medicine

Neurosurgery

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

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• 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

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• University Of California San Francisco School Of Medicine

Procedures Preformed

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• 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

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• Brain and Nervous System Cancer (incl. Gliomas, Astrocytoma, Schwannoma, Medulloblastoma, Chordoma)
• Brain Aneurysm
• Brain Cancer
• Cerebral Artery Thrombosis
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Doctors Specialties

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• Neurosurgery

Accepted Insurances

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Awards

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• 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

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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

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National Provider Identifier [NPI]	1023066834
Last Name Of The Provider	CHOU
First Name Of The Provider	DEAN
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