In NSW, I attended Mooney Mooney and Liverpool West Primary Schools, then Trinity and Sydney Grammar Schools. From pretty early on I wanted to pursue a career in surgery, following in the footsteps of my grandfather who was an army surgeon. That desire crystallised following the deaths of two close family members from neurosurgical conditions. I graduated with Honours and the Peter Bishop Medal from the University of Sydney. After my surgical internship at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney, I was accepted for neurosurgery training at the Mayo Clinic, having visited there as a medical student a few years earlier. I lived in Rochester Minnesota from 1.
I graduated with Honours and the Peter Bishop Medal from the University of Sydney’s BSc(Med) Program in 1992, and with Honours and the Robert Craig Prize for. Science Behind the Medicine and Medical Advances: Neurosurgery for Psychiatric Disorders - Duration: 55:09. Vanderbilt University 695 views.
I completed my neurosurgical training and Ph. D. During my year in Phoenix, I co- wrote the book . My Australian neurosurgical experience includes being a Visiting Attending Neurosurgeon from 2. Royal Melbourne Hospital.
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My operative results across the range of cranial and spinal procedures that I carried out were independently peer- reviewed and are at the top end of national benchmarks. I am a member of the Neurosurgical Society of Australasia (NSA) and Congress of Neurological Surgeons (CNS . I am committed to patient welfare and Public health and to the advancement of medical research and education. Among the awards I have been fortunate to have received post- medical graduation are: the . I have also written a number of chapters for leading neurosurgery textbooks and an operative atlas, in addition to being an author of two neurosurgical books for patients and their carers, and am the principal inventor in two U. S. Patents in biomedicine. I am the Director of C.
N. S. Neurosurgery in Sydney, Canberra & Batehaven, and am a Partner at Neurological Surgery Victoria in Melbourne. I carry out all my surgeries at East Sydney Private Hospital, Sydney, and at Epworth Richmond Hospital, Melbourne. I am also a medical telehealth provider certified by the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons and an independent medical expert, consulting privately (Canberra, Melbourne & Sydney) and for MLCOA Canberra, with over 6. I have provided expert testimony in Australia. Vini Khurana staff photo. I and my wonderful staff.
Dean Chou MD - Department of Neurological Surgery. Professor of Neurological Surgery. Associate Director, UCSF Spine Center. Dr. Dean Chou specializes in the treatment of complex spinal disorders.
Chou completed his residency at The Johns Hopkins Hospital and then undertook a fellowship in complex spinal surgery at The Barrow Neurological Institute. He is board certified by the American Board of Neurological Surgery and has been elected by his peers for the past 8 consecutive years to “Best Doctors in America.”Dr. Chou is on the Advisory Board of the journal SPINE, the Editorial Board of the Global Spine Journal, and he also is an Associate Editor for the journal, Neurosurgery. He has served on the Scientific Program Committee for the AANS/CNS Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, as an abstract reviewer for such society meetings as the North American Spine Society (NASS) and the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, and as a faculty member for The American Association of Neurological Surgeons, The North American Spine Society, The Lumbar Spine Research Society, and the AANS/CNS Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves. Rubinstein Award for Best Paper in Neuro- Oncology.
American Association of Neuropathologists Annual Meeting. AANS Neurosurgery Research and Education Foundation (NREF) Grant 2. Who's Who in American Teachers and Educators. Who's Who in Science and Engineering. Harold Rosegay Neurosurgery Resident Teaching Award. Best Doctors in America. Best Doctors in America.
Best Doctors in America. Harold Rosegay Resident Teaching Award.
Best Doctors in America. Selected Recent Publications.
Lau D, Chou D, Mummaneni PV. Two- level corpectomy versus three- level discectomy for cervical spondylotic myelopathy: a comparison of perioperative, radiographic, and clinical outcomes. Posterior thoracic corpectomy with cage reconstruction for metastatic spinal tumors: comparing the mini- open approach to the open approach.
To the occiput or not? C1- c. 2 ligamentous laxity in children with down syndrome.
Evid Based Spine Care J 2. Maa J, Waterford S, Jahan T, Larson DA, Chou D. A novel use of foley catheters to prevent injury to the pelvic viscera during stereotactic radiosurgery for undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma of the sacrum. Perm J 2. 01. 4 Summer; 1.
Conversion of high sacral to midsacral amputation via S- 2 nerve preservation during partial S- 2 sacrectomy for chordoma. J Neurosurg Spine 2. Tran M, Wadhwa R, Ziewacz J, Mummaneni P, Chou D. Comparison between C1- 2 fixation with and without supplemental posterior wiring.
Evid Based Spine Care J 2. Chou D, Lau D, Roy E. Feasibility of the mini- open vertebral column resection for severe thoracic kyphosis. J Clin Neurosci 2. Minimally invasive extracavitary transpedicular corpectomy for the management of spinal tumors. Neurosurg Clin N Am 2.
Multilevel ACDF with and without rh- BMP- 2: A Comparison of Dysphagia Rates and Outcomes in 1. Spine (Phila Pa 1. Suppl): S1. 80- 8. Chou D, Samartzis D, Bellabarba C, Patel A, Luk KD, Kisser JM, Skelly AC. Degenerative magnetic resonance imaging changes in patients with chronic low back pain: a systematic review. Spine (Phila Pa 1.
Suppl): S4. 3- 5. Lu D, Chou D, and Mummaneni P.
A Comparison of Mini- Open and Open Approaches for Resection of Thoracolumbar Intradural Spinal Tumors. J Neurosurg Spine 2. Chou D, Lau D, Hermsmeyer J, and Norvell D.
Efficacy of interspinous device versus surgical decompression in the treatment of lumbar spinal stenosis: a modified network analysis. Evidence- Based Spine- Care Journal 2. Waldron JS, Oh MC, Chou D. Lumbar subdural hematoma from intracranial subarachnoid hemorrhage presenting with bilateral foot drop: case report.
Neurosurgery 2. 01. E8. 35- 9. Han SJ, Lau D, Lu DC, Theodore P, Chou D. Anterior thoracolumbar corpectomies: approach morbidity with and without an access surgeon. Neurosurgery 2. 01. Clark AJ, Lu DC, Richardson RM, Tihan T, Parsa AT, Chou D, Barbaro NM, Kunwar S, Weinstein PR, Lawton MT, Berger MS, Mc. Dermott MW. Surgical technique of temporary arterial occlusion in the operative management of spinal hemangioblastomas.
World Neurosurg 2. Hofstetter CP, Chou D, Newman CB, Aryan HE, Girardi FP, H. Posterior approach for thoracolumbar corpectomies with expandable cage placement and circumferential arthrodesis: a multicenter case series of 6. J Neurosurg Spine 2. Chou D, Lu DC. Mini- open transpedicular corpectomies with expandable cage reconstruction. J Neurosurg Spine 2.
Wang VY, Chou D, Chin C. Spine and spinal cord emergencies: vascular and infectious causes. Neuroimaging Clin N Am 2. Fisher CG, Dipaola CP, Ryken TC, Bilsky MH, Shaffrey CI, Berven SH, Harrop JS, Fehlings MG, Boriani S, Chou D, Schmidt MH, Polly DW, Biagini R, Burch S, Dekutoski MB, Ganju A, Gerszten PC, Gokaslan ZL, Groff MW, Liebsch NJ, Mendel E, Okuno SH, Patel S, Rhines LD, Rose PS, Sciubba DM, Sundaresan N, Tomita K, Varga PP, Vialle LR, Vrionis FD, Yamada Y, Fourney DR. A Novel Classification System for Spinal Instability in Neoplastic Disease: An Evidence- Based Approach and Expert Consensus From the Spine Oncology Study Group. Spine (Phila Pa 1. E1. 22. 1- 9. Lau D, Han SJ, Lee JG, Lu DC, Chou D.
Minimally invasive compared to open microdiscectomy for lumbar disc herniation . J Clin Neurosci. Acosta FL Jr, Sanai N, Cloyd J, Deviren V, Chou D, Ames CP. Treatment of Enneking Stage 3 Aggressive Vertebral Hemangiomas With Intralesional Spondylectomy: Report of 1.
Cases and Review of the Literature . J Spinal Disord Tech. Lu DC, Lau D, Lee JG, Chou D. The transpedicular approach compared with the anterior approach: an analysis of 8. J Neurosurg Spine 2.
Wang VY, Chin CT, Lu DC, Smith JS, Chou D. Free- hand thoracic pedicle screws placed by neurosurgery residents: a CT analysis. Eur Spine J 2. 01. Mummaneni PV, Lu DC, Dhall SS, Mummaneni VP, Chou D. C1 lateral mass fixation: a comparison of constructs. Neurosurgery 2. 01. Suppl): 1. 53- 6.
Polly DW, Chou D, Sembrano JN, Ledonio CG, and Tomita K. An Analysis of Decision Making and Treatment in Thoracolumbar Metastases. Spine 2. 00. 9; 3. Suppl): S1. 18- 2. Chou D, Wang VY, Storm PB.
Pedicle subtraction osteotomies for the correction of post- traumatic thoracolumbar kyphosis. J Clin Neurosci 2. Chou D, Eltgroth M, Yang I, Lu D, Manley G.
Rib head disarticulation for multilevel transpedicular thoracic corpectomies and expandable cage reconstruction. Neurol India 2. 00. Cloyd JM, Chou D, Deviren V, Ames CP. En bloc resection of primary tumors of the cervical spine: report of two cases and systematic review of the literature. Spine J 2. 00. 9; 9(1. Chou D, Wang VY, Gupta N.
Transpedicular corpectomy with posterior expandable cage placement for L1 burst fracture. Chou D, Acosta F, Cloyd JM, Ames CP. Parasagittal osteotomy for en bloc resection of multilevel cervical chordomas.
J Neurosurg Spine 2. Chou D, Wang VY, Khan AS.
Primary dural repair during minimally invasive microdiscectomy using standard operating room instruments. May; 6. 4(5 Suppl 2): 3. Hayden MG, Gephart R, Kalanithi P, Chou D. Von Hippel- Lindau disease in pregnancy: A brief review. J Clin Neurosci 2. Two- level en bloc spondylectomy for osteosarcoma at the cervicothoracic junction.
J Clin Neurosci 2. Anterior C1- 2 osteochondroma presenting with dysphagia and sleep apnea.
J Clin Neurosci 2. Lu DC, Wang V, Chou D.
The use of allograft or autograft and expandable titanium cages for the treatment of vertebral osteomyelitis. Neurosurgery 2. 00. Chou D, Wang VY. Trap- door rib- head osteotomies for posterior placement of expandable cages after transpedicular corpectomy: an alternative to lateral extracavitary and costotransversectomy approaches. J Neurosurg Spine 2. Sahgal A, Ames C, Chou D, Ma L, Huang K, Xu W, Chin C, Weinberg V, Chuang C, Weinstein P, Larson DA. Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy Is Effective Salvage Therapy for Patients with Prior Radiation of Spinal Metastases. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2.
Samdani A, Torre- Healy A, Chou D, Cahill AM, Storm PB. Treatment of osteoblastoma at C7: a multidisciplinary approach. A case report and review of the literature.
Rib- head osteotomies for posterior placement of expandable cages in the treatment of metastatic thoracic spine tumors. J Clin Neurosci 2. Chou D, Lu DC, Weinstein P, Ames CP. Adjacent- level vertebral body fractures after expandable cage reconstruction.
J Neurosurg Spine 2. Lu DC, Theodore P, Korn WM, Chou D. Esophageal erosion 9 years after anterior cervical plate implantation. Surg Neurol 2. 00. Chi JH, Acosta FL Jr, Aryan HE, Chou D, Ames CP. Partial spondylectomy: Modification for lateralized malignant spinal column tumors of the cervical or lumbosacral spine. J Clin Neurosci 2.
Acosta FL Jr, Sanai N, Chi JH, Dowd CF, Chin C, Tihan T, Chou D, Weinstein PR, Ames CP. Comprehensive Management of Symptomatic and Aggressive Vertebral Hemangiomas. Neurosurg Clin N Am 2. Wang VY, Potts M, Chou D. Sarcoma and the Spinal Column. Neurosurg Clin N Am 2. Sahgal A, Chou D, Ames C, Ma L, Lamborn K, Huang K, Chuang C, Aiken A, Petti P, Weinstein P, Larson D.
Image- guided robotic stereotactic body radiotherapy for benign spinal tumors: the university of california san francisco preliminary experience. Technol Cancer Res Treat 2.
Wang VY, Chou D. The Cervicothoracic Junction. Neurosurg Clin N Am 2. Neurosurg Clin N Am 2. Acosta FL Jr, Ames CP, Chou D. Operative Management of Adult High- Grade Lumbosacral Spondylolisthesis.
Neurosurg Clin N Am 2. Chou D, Smith JS, Chin CT. Spontaneous regression of a discal cyst. J Neurosurg Spine 2. Hartl R, Chamberlain RH, Fifield MS, Chou D, Sonntag VK, Crawford NR. Biomechanical comparison of two new atlantoaxial fixation techniques with C1- 2 transarticular screw- graft fixation. J Neurosurg Spine 2.
Josephson SA, Pillai DR, Phillips JJ, Chou D. Neurolisteriosis presenting as cervical myelitis in an immunocompetent patient. Neurology 2. 00. 6; 6.
Chou D, Hartl R, Sonntag VK. Conus medullaris syndrome without lower- extremity involvement in L- 1 burst fractures: report of four cases.
J Neurosurg Spine 2.