Research Summary

Dr. Dean Chou is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Neurosurgery at UCSF.

Education

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

Honors & Awards

  • 1990
    UC Berkeley Honor Students Society
  • 1990
    American Heart Association Research Fellowship
  • 1991
    Golden Key National Honor Society
  • 1992
    UCSF School of Medicine Dean's Summer Research Fellowship
  • 1993
    UCSF Travel Award to Western Student Medical Research Committee Meeting in Carmel, CA
  • 1993
    American Federation for Clinical Research Award for Excellence in Research
  • 1994
    Howard Hughes Medical Institute Research Training Fellowship
  • 1995
    Lucien J. Rubinstein Award for Best Paper in Neuro-Oncology, American Association of Neuropathologists Annual Meeting
  • 2000
    AANS Neurosurgery Research and Education Foundation (NREF) Grant
  • 2004
    Cover Article, Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine
  • 2007
    Who's Who in American Teachers and Educators
  • 2007
    Who's Who in Science and Engineering
  • 2007
    Harold Rosegay Neurosurgery Resident Teaching Award
  • 2009
    Best Doctors in America
  • 2009
    Cover Article, Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine
  • 2010
    Outcomes Committee Award, AANS/CNS Joint Section on Disorders of the Spine and Peripheral Nerves
  • 2010
    Cover Article, Journal of Neurosurgery: Spine

Selected Publications

  1. Yang E, Schonfeld E, Boyett D, Mummaneni PV, Chou D, Bydon M, Bisson EF, Shaffrey CI, Glassman SD, Foley KT, Potts EA, Yen CP, Coric D, Knightly JJ, Park P, Wang MY, Fu KM, Slotkin JR, Asher AL, Virk MS, Haid RW, Chan AK Does back pain catastrophizing influence 60-month surgical outcomes for patients with degenerative lumbar spondylolisthesis? A Quality Outcomes Database study.  View on PubMed
  2. Yang E, Howell H, Mummaneni PV, Chou D, Bydon M, Bisson EF, Shaffrey CI, Gottfried ON, Asher AL, Coric D, Potts EA, Foley KT, Wang MY, Fu KM, Virk MS, Knightly JJ, Meyer S, Park P, Upadhyaya CD, Yen CP, Uribe JS, Tumialán LM, Turner JD, Haid RW, Chan AK Defining cervical spondylotic myelopathy surgical endotypes using comorbidity clustering: a Quality Outcomes Database cervical spondylotic myelopathy study.  View on PubMed
  3. Barbanti Brodano G, Griffoni C, Salamanna F, Noli LE, Monetta A, Luzzati A, Disch AC, Lazary A, Barzilai O, Laufer I, Gokaslan ZL, Fehlings MG, Verlaan JJ, Chou D, Rhines LD, Shin JH, Teixeira WGJ, Sciubba DM, Bettegowda C, Charest-Morin R, Boriani S, Goldschlager T, Weber MH, Clarke MJ, O'Toole JE, Netzer C, Goodwin CR, Mesfin A, Mummaneni PV, Dea N, Reynolds JJ, Sahgal A, Fisher CG, Gasbarrini A, AO Spine Knowledge Forum Tumor Evaluation of Adverse Events and the Impact on Health-Related Outcomes in Patients Undergoing Surgery for Metastatic Spine Tumors: Analysis of the Metastatic Tumor Research and Outcomes Network (MTRON) Registry Dataset.  View on PubMed
  4. Passias PG, Mir JM, Schoenfeld AJ, Yung A, Smith JS, Lafage V, Lafage R, Diebo B, Daniels AH, Line BG, Eastlack RK, Mundis GM, Kebaish KM, Mullin JP, Fessler RG, Mummaneni PV, Chou D, Hamilton DK, Lee SH, Soroceanu A, Scheer JK, Protopsaltis T, Kim HJ, Buell TJ, Hostin RA, Gupta MC, Klineberg EO, Riew KD, Burton DC, Schwab FJ, Bess S, Shaffrey CI, Ames CP, International Spine Study Group Quantifying the Importance of Upper Cervical Extension Reserve in Adult Cervical Deformity Surgery and Its Impact on Baseline Presentation and Outcomes.  View on PubMed
  5. Mir JM, Smith JS, Yung A, Onafowokan OO, Lafage R, Gum J, Line BG, Diebo B, Daniels AH, Hamilton DK, Agarwal N, Buell TJ, Scheer JK, Eastlack RK, Mullin JP, Mundis GM, Hosogane N, Yagi M, Anand N, Mummaneni PV, Chou D, Klineberg EO, Kebaish KM, Gupta MC, Kim HJ, Lenke LG, Ames CP, Schwab FJ, Lafage V, Hostin RA, Bess S, Burton DC, Shaffrey CI, Passias PG Impact of thoracolumbar inflection point on outcomes and complications in adult spinal deformity.  View on PubMed
  6. Agarwal N, Bisson EF, Bydon M, Asher AL, Chan AK, Wang MY, Haid RW, Knightly JJ, Gottfried ON, Shaffrey CI, Virk MS, Shaffrey ME, Park P, Foley KT, Coric D, Upadhyaya CD, Potts EA, Tumialán LM, Fu KG, Lavadi RS, Johnson SE, Chou D, Mummaneni PV Gain of care independence following surgical intervention for cervical spondylotic myelopathy: a Quality Outcomes Database study.  View on PubMed
  7. Porche K, Sherrod BA, Rosero S, Chan AK, Shaffrey CI, Gottfried ON, Bydon M, Asher AL, Coric D, Potts EA, Foley KT, Wang MY, Fu KM, Virk MS, Knightly JJ, Meyer S, Upadhyaya CD, Shaffrey ME, Uribe JS, Tumialán LM, Turner JD, Chou D, Haid RW, Mummaneni PV, Park P, Bisson EF A comparative study on the effect of age on Neck Disability Index improvement at 24 months after surgical intervention for cervical spondylotic myelopathy: a Quality Outcomes Database study.  View on PubMed
  8. Berlin C, Ibrahim S, Mummaneni PV, Chan AK, Chou D, Fu KM, Bydon M, Bisson EF, Shaffrey CI, Gottfried ON, Asher AL, Coric D, Potts E, Foley KT, Wang MY, Virk MS, Knightly JJ, Meyer S, Park P, Upadhyaya C, Tumialán LM, Turner J, Uribe J, Haid RW, Yen CP, Shaffrey ME Are There Differences in 2-Year Outcomes Between Two-Level Anterior Cervical Diskectomy and Fusion Versus Single-Level Anterior Cervical Corpectomy and Fusion to Treat Cervical Myelopathy? A Quality Outcomes Database Study.  View on PubMed
  9. Jian Q, Da W, DePhillips J, McGuckin JP, Lachcik IT, Myers NA, Mahoney JM, Chou D, Bucklen BS A Biomechanical Comparison of Alternatives to C2 Pedicle Screws.  View on PubMed
  10. Ambati VS, Patel A, Dada A, Macki M, Chan AK, Chou D, Bisson E, Bydon M, Asher A, Coric D, Potts E, Foley K, Wang M, Fu KM, Virk M, Knightly J, Meyer S, Park P, Upadhyaya C, Tumialán L, Turner J, Uribe J, Gottfried O, Shaffrey C, Haid RW, DiGiorgio A, Mummaneni PV Do Patients With High ASA Grades Benefit From CSM Surgery?: A Report From the Quality Outcomes Database.  View on PubMed
  11. Tang AJ, Kim DK, Wright MA, Chou D, Rohde CH, Chan AK Sociodemographic and hospital-level predictors of muscle flap reconstruction in spinal fusion surgeries: a propensity score-matched analysis.  View on PubMed
  12. Bergin SM, Woo J, Johnson SE, Barrett C, Michalopoulos G, Bydon M, Bisson EF, Haid RW, Glassman SD, Chan AK, Chou D, Wang MY, Knightly JJ, Gottfried ON, Shaffrey CI, Virk MS, Fu KG, Shaffrey ME, Park P, Foley KT, Upadhyaya CD, Potts EA, Tumialán LM, Turner JD, Uribe JS, McGirt MJ, Kim PK, Mummaneni PV, Than KD Impact of the day of the week on clinical outcomes following anterior cervical discectomy and fusion surgery.  View on PubMed
  13. Winans NJ, Ayloo B, Chou D, Chan AK Minimally invasive surgery lateral percutaneous sacroiliac joint fusion in a patient with radicular-type pain: case report and review of the literature.  View on PubMed
  14. Chan AK, Upadhyayula PS, Tang AJ, Chou D Minimally invasive transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion for scoliosis: surgical technique for focal treatment of the lumbosacral fractional curve.  View on PubMed
  15. Shabani S, Lavadi RS, Agarwal N, Letchuman V, Le VP, Jamieson AB, Chan AK, Johnson SE, Wang MY, Haid RW, Knightly JJ, Gottfried ON, Shaffrey CI, Virk MS, Shaffrey ME, Park P, Foley KT, Coric D, Upadhyaya CD, Potts EA, Uribe JS, Turner JD, Tumialán LM, Chou D, Fu KG, Asher AL, Bisson EF, Bydon M, Mummaneni PV. Urinary control in cervical myelopathy: does it improve postsurgery? A Quality Outcomes Database study. J Neurosurg Spine. 2025 Feb 28; 1-10.  View on PubMed
  16. Park C, Bhowmick D, Shaffrey CI, Lavadi RS, Johnson SE, Bisson EF, Asher AL, Coric D, Potts EA, Foley KT, Park P, Wang MY, Fu KM, Virk MS, Knightly JJ, Meyer S, Upadhyaya CD, Shaffrey ME, Schupper AJ, Uribe JS, Tumialán LM, Turner JD, Chan AK, Chou D, Haid RW, Mummaneni PV, Bydon M, Gottfried ON. Does smoking status affect baseline symptom severity and patient-reported outcomes and satisfaction in patients with cervical myelopathy at 24 months? A Quality Outcomes Database study. J Neurosurg Spine. 2025 Feb 14; 1-8.  View on PubMed
  17. Laflamme M, Gasbarrini A, Rhines LD, Lazary A, Gokaslan ZL, Reynolds JJ, Luzzati A, Disch AC, Chou D, Clarke MJ, Wei F, Bettegowda C, Rampersaud YR, Boriani S, Shin JH, Lord E, Sciubba DM, Laufer I, Sahgal A, Fisher CG, Dea N, AO Spine Knowledge Forum Tumor. Surgical Adverse Events for Primary Tumors of the Spine and Their Impact on Outcomes: An Observational Study From the Primary Tumors Research and Outcomes Network. Neurosurgery. 2025 Feb 05.  View on PubMed
  18. Da W, Jian Q, Evan J, Chan AK, McCormick PC, Mandigo CE, Neira JA, Angevine PD, Li X, Chou D. Quantitative Analysis of Relationship between Paraspinal Muscle Degeneration and Degree of Degenerative Lumbar Spondylolisthesis. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2025 Feb 03.  View on PubMed
  19. Zeitouni D, Johnson SE, Ibrahim S, Bisson EF, Mummaneni PV, Haid RW, Chan AK, Chou D, Wang MY, Knightly JJ, Meyer S, Gottfried ON, Shaffrey CI, Virk MS, Fu KG, Shaffrey ME, Park P, Foley KT, Upadhyaya CD, Potts EA, Turner JD, Uribe JS, Tumialán LM, Coric D, Bydon M, Asher AL. Patient-reported outcome trajectories the first 24 months after surgery for cervical spondylotic myelopathy: a Quality Outcomes Database study. J Neurosurg Spine. 2025 Jan 10; 1-9.  View on PubMed
  20. Eastlack RK, Kumar JI, Mundis GM, Nunley PD, Uribe JS, Park PJ, Tran S, Wang MY, Than KD, Okonkwo DO, Kanter AS, Anand N, Fessler RG, Fu KG, Chou D, Mummaneni PV. The impact of lower thoracic versus upper lumbar upper instrumented vertebra in minimally invasive correction of adult spinal deformity. J Neurosurg Spine. 2025 Jan 10; 1-8.  View on PubMed

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