Dr. Dean Chou MD
Neurosurgeon
400 Parnassus Ave. San Francisco CA, 94143About
Dr. Dean Chou, a neurosurgeon, specializes in complex spine surgery. He treats spinal deformities (scoliosis, kyphosis, kyphoscoliosis, flatback syndrome), spinal tumors, and degenerative conditions of ...
Education and Training
University of California 1996
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Treatments
- Spondylolisthesis
- Neck Pain
- Back Pain
- Scoliosis
- Herniated Disc
- Spinal Stenosis
- Degenerative Disc Disease (ddd)
Fellowships
- Barrow Neurological Institute 2004
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