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University of California Berkeley, 1991, B.A., Biochemistry
University of California, San Francisco, 1996, M.D., Medicine
The Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1996-1997, Intern, General Surgery
The Johns Hopkins Hospital, 1997-2002, Resident, Neurosurgery
The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Assistant Chief of Service, 2002-2003, Neurosurgery
Barrow Neurological Institute, Spine Fellow, 2003-2004, Spine surgery

Fike JR, Gobbel GT, Chou D, Wijnhoven BP, Bellinzona M, Nakagawa M, Seilhan TM. Cellular proliferation and infiltration following interstitial irradiation of normal dog brain is altered by an inhibitor of polyamine synthesis. International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, and Physics 1995 Jul 15, 32(4):1035-45.

Yong WH, Chou D, Ueki K, Harsh GR 4th, von Diemling A, Gusella JF, Mohrenweiser HW, Louis DN. Chromosome 19q deletions in human gliomas overlap telomeric to D19S219 and may target a 425kb region centromeric to the D19S112. Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology 1995 Sep, 54(5):622-6.

Yong WH, Ueki K, Chou D, Reeves SA, von Diemling A, Gusella JF, Mohrenweiser HW, Buckler AJ, Louis DN. Cloning of a highly conserved human protein serine-threonine phosphatase gene from the glioma candidate region on chromosome 19q13.3. Genomics 1995 Sep 20 29(2):533-6.

Chou D, Miyashita T, Ueki K, Kastury K, Druck T, von Diemling A, Huebner K, Reed JC, and Louis DN. The BAX gene maps to chromosome 19q but is not altered in human gliomas. Cancer Genetics and Cytogenetics 1996 Jun, 88(2):136-40.

Chou D, Sampath P, and Brem H. Hemorrhagic vestibular schwannomma: an unusual clinical entity. Neurosurgical Focus 1998 September 5(3): Article 9.

Conway JE, Chou D, Clatterbuck RE, Brem H, Long DM, and Rigamonti D. Hemangioblastomas of the central nervous system in von Hippel-Lindau syndrome and sporadic disease. Neurosurgery 2001 Jan;48(1):55-62.

Chou D, Storm PB, Campbell JN. Vulnerability of the subcostal nerve to injury from bone graft harvesting from the iliac crest. J Neurosurg Spine 2004 July 1:87-89.

Acosta FL, Chin CT, Quinones-Hinojosa A, Ames CP, Weinstein PR, and Chou D. Diagnosis and management of adult pyogenic osteomyelitis of the cervical spine. Neurosurgical Focus 17 (6):E2, 2004.

Chi JH, Manley GT, Weinstein P, Ames, CP, and Chou D. Pregnancy-related symptomatic vertebral hemangioma: review of literature and management algorithm. Neurosurgical Focus 19 (3):E7, 2005.

Chou D, Hartl R, and Sonntag VK. Conus medullaris syndrome without lower extremity involvement in L1 burst fractures. J Neurosurg Spine 2006 Mar;4(3):265-9

Chou D, Larios AE, Chamberlain RH, Fifield MS, Hartl R, Dickman CA, Sonntag VKH, and Crawford NR. A biomechanical comparison of three anterior thoracolumbar implants after corpectomy: are two screws better than one? J Neurosurg Spine 2006 Mar;4(3):213-8

Josephson SA, Pillai DR, Phillips JJ, and Chou D. Neurolisteriosis presenting as cervical myelitis in an immunocompetent patient. Neurology 2006 Apr 11;66(7):1122-3

Book Chapters, Monographs

Storm PB, Chou D, Tamargo RJ. Surgical management of cervical and lumbosacral radiculopathies: indications and outcomes. Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America. Phys Med Rehabil Clin N Am. 2002 Aug;13(3):735-59.

Storm PB, Chou D, Tamargo RJ. Lumbar spinal stenosis, cauda equina syndrome, and multiple lumbosacral radiculopathies. Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clinics of North America. Phys Med Rehabil Clin N Am. 2002 Aug;13(3):713-33, ix.

Chou D and Gokaslan ZL. Malignant Primary Vertebral Tumors of the Vertebral Column. In: Berger MS and Prados MD, (eds): Textbook of Neuro-Oncology, Saunders Elsevier, Philadelphia, 2005, pp. 517-520

Chou D and Dickman CA. Primary Malignant and Benign Tumors of the Vertebral Column. In: Kim D, Henn J, Vaccaro A, Dickman CA (eds): Surgical Anatomy and Techniques to the Spine, Saunders Elsevier, Philadelphia, 2006, pp. 441-448

Chou D, Acosta F, Schneider D, and Dickman CA. Secondary Metastatic Tumors of the Spine. In: Kim D, Henn J, Vaccaro A, Dickman CA (eds): Surgical Anatomy and Techniques to the Spine, Saunders Elsevier, Philadelphia, 2006, pp. 449-461

Chi J and Chou D. Mechanisms of injury in the cervical spine: concepts, pathomechanics, classifications, instability, and clinical applications. In: Kim D, Ludwig SC, and Vaccaro A (eds): Pediatric and Adult Spine Trauma, In Press

Abstracts

Chou D, Gobbel G, Wijnhoven B, Bellinzona M, and Fike JR. Radiation-induced brain damage and its modification with difluoromethylornithine (DFMO): histochemical analysis. Western Student Medical Research Committee Meeting. Carmel, CA, Feb 17-20th, 1993.

Chou D, Renz JF, Schoenfeld PF, and Gillon J. Alternative strategies in the therapy of HIV-associated nephropathy. Southwestern Surgical Congress Annual Meeting. Tucson, AZ, Feb 17-20th, 1994

Chou D, Yong WH, Ueki K, Buckler AJ, and Louis DN. Chromosome 19q deletions in human gliomas overlap distal to D19S219 and may target a 425kb region proximal to D19S112. XIXth Annual Massachusetts General Hospital Research Symposium and Poster Session. Boston, MA, Jan 18, 1995.

Chou D, Conway J, Clatterbuck RE, Rigamonti D. Von Hippel-Lindau disease. Presented at the International Congress on Genetics in Neurosciences, Terni, Italy, 1998

Chou D and Sampath P. Reconstruction of the temporalis muscle after pterional fronto-temporal craniotomy: a novel technical note using titanium plates. The American Association of Neurological Surgeons 67th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, April, 1999.

Chou D, Conway R, Clatterbuck R, Long D, and Rigamonti D. Spinal hemangioblastomas and von Hippel Lindau syndrome. The Congress of Neurological Surgeons Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, October 1999

Conway R, Chou D, Clatterbuck R, Long D, and Rigamonti D. Spinal hemangioblastomas and von Hippel Lindau Syndrome. American Neurological Association Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, 1999

Chou D, Espinoza A, Chamberlain RH, Fifield MS, Hartl R, Dickman CA, Sonntag VKH, and Crawford NR. Biomechanical comparison of three anterior thoracolumbar implants after corpectomy: are two screws better than one? The Annual Meeting of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, New Orleans, LA, April 2005

Chou D, Espinoza A, Chamberlain RH, Fifield MS, Hartl R, Dickman CA, Sonntag VKH, and Crawford NR. Biomechanical comparison of three anterior thoracolumbar implants after corpectomy: are two screws better than one? The Annual Meeting of the AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, Phoenix, AZ, March 2005

Hartl R, Chamberlain RH, Fifield MS, Chou D, Sonntag VKH, and Crawford NR. Biomechanical comparison of two new atlantoaxial fixation techniques versus C1-C2 transarticular screws/graft. The 2005 Annual Meeting of the AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves, Phoenix, AZ, March 2005

Huang K, Petti P, Smith V, Phillips T, Weinstein P, Ames C, Chou D, Chuang C, and Larson D. Adequacy of cyberknife radiosurgery dose plans versus number of adjacent vertebral bodies treated. Fifth Annual CyberKnife Users' Meeting, Carlsbad, CA January 2006

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