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David Chou

  • Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery
    Assistant Professor
  • david.chou@emory.edu
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Overview

David W. Chou received his MD degree from Thomas Jefferson University in 2017. His postgraduate medical training includes an Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery Residency at Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center (2022) and a fellowship in Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York (2023). His primary clinical focus is in Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. His publications can be found in leading journals including the "Facial Plastic Surgery & Aesthetic Medicine", "Laryngoscope", and "Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology." He now serves as a Head and Neck Surgeon within the Department of Otolaryngology based primarily at the Emory Clinic.

Academic Appointment

  • Assistant Professor, Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine

Education

Degrees

  • MD from Thomas Jefferson University
  • BS from Boston College

Research

Publications

  • Facial Feminization Surgery and Mental Health Resource Utilization: A Retrospective Institutional Review.
    Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg Volume: 172 Page(s): 1585 - 1593
    05/01/2025 Authors: Huynh PP; Kleinberger A; Brandstetter K; Chou DW; Pressman AR; Shih C
  • Genetics of Nonsyndromic Microtia and Congenital Aural Atresia: A Scoping Review.
    Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg Volume: 172 Page(s): 811 - 820
    03/01/2025 Authors: Govindan A; Fiest C; Chou DW; Saade M; Gray M; Cosetti M
  • Quality and Consistency of Rhinoplasty Photos on Social Media: Prevalence of Potentially Misleading Before-and-After Images.
    Facial Plast Surg Aesthet Med Volume: 27 Page(s): 176 - 182
    01/01/2025 Authors: Eskandari S; Mehta M; Sethna A; Chou DW
  • Rhytidectomy Incision Techniques and Scar Outcomes: A Scoping Review.
    Facial Plast Surg
    10/07/2024 Authors: Liu KY; Chou DW; Verma H; Sehgal G; Gregory JK; Gidumal S; Husain S; Kontis TC; Abraham MT
  • Augmented and Virtual Reality Applications in Facial Plastic Surgery: A Scoping Review.
    Laryngoscope Volume: 134 Page(s): 2568 - 2577
    06/01/2024 Authors: Chou DW; Annadata V; Willson G; Gray M; Rosenberg J
  • Artificial Intelligence Suggests Greater Visual Conformity with Affirmed Gender After Facial Feminization Surgery.
    Facial Plast Surg Aesthet Med Volume: 26 Page(s): 643 - 645
    01/01/2024 Authors: Chou DW; Huynh P; Gray M; Rosenberg JD; Brandstetter K; Kleinberger A; Shih C
  • The impact of frailty on facial nerve recovery following Bell's palsy.
    Am J Otolaryngol Volume: 45 Page(s): 104276
    01/01/2024 Authors: Ratna S; Annadata V; Chou DW; Rosenberg JD; Gray ML
  • Use of an Augmented Reality Ear Template to Augment Auricular Reconstruction.
    Facial Plast Surg Aesthet Med Volume: 26 Page(s): 740 - 741
    01/01/2024 Authors: Chou DW; Alfonso K
  • Microdebrider complications in sinus surgery: Analysis of the openFDA database.
    World J Otorhinolaryngol Head Neck Surg Volume: 9 Page(s): 328 - 332
    12/01/2023 Authors: Saba ES; Hoerter J; Chang J; Chou DW; Xiao C; Eide JG; Kshirsagar RS; Palmer JN; Adappa ND
  • Gender and Ethnic Diversity in Academic Facial Plastic Surgery.
    Laryngoscope Volume: 133 Page(s): 1869 - 1874
    08/01/2023 Authors: Chou DW; Layfield E; Prasad K; Shih C; Brandstetter K
  • Nasal Septal Mucocele Causing Saddle Nose Deformity.
    Perm J Volume: 26 Page(s): 144 - 148
    06/29/2022 Authors: Chou DW; Hoerter JE; Shih C; Tamplen M
  • Postoperative Pain and Opioid Use after Facial Feminization Surgery.
    Facial Plast Surg Volume: 38 Page(s): 240 - 244
    06/01/2022 Authors: Chou DW; Block-Wheeler NR; Kshirsagar R; Brandstetter K; Kleinberger A; Shih C
  • Head Over Wheels: Traumatic Head and Neck Injuries Secondary to Mountain Biking.
    Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol Volume: 131 Page(s): 52 - 58
    01/01/2022 Authors: Kshirsagar RS; Xiao C; Chou DW; Krishnan S; Christian AB; Labadie KP; Brodsky MA; Liang J
  • Quality of Life Outcomes After Facial Feminization Surgery.
    Facial Plast Surg Aesthet Med Volume: 24 Page(s): S44 - S46
    01/01/2022 Authors: Chou DW; Bruss D; Tejani N; Brandstetter K; Kleinberger A; Shih C
  • Response to Sazgar and Razfar re: "Novel Osteochondral Caudal Septal Extension Graft in Septorhinoplasty" by Chou et al.
    Facial Plast Surg Aesthet Med Volume: 24 Page(s): 313
    01/01/2022 Authors: Chou DW; Farrior E; Tamplen M
  • Novel Osteochondral Caudal Septal Extension Graft in Septorhinoplasty.
    Facial Plast Surg Aesthet Med Volume: 24 Page(s): 310 - 311
    01/01/2022 Authors: Chou DW; Farrior EH; Tamplen M
  • Psychological Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic Among Facial Feminization Surgery Patients.
    Perm J Volume: 26 Page(s): 80 - 84
    10/13/2021 Authors: Block-Wheeler NR; Chou DW; Brandstetter K; Kleinberger A; Shih C
  • The Health Burden of Transfeminine Facial Gender Dysphoria: An Analysis of Public Perception.
    Facial Plast Surg Aesthet Med Volume: 23 Page(s): 350 - 356
    09/01/2021 Authors: Nuyen B; Kandathil C; McDonald D; Chou DW; Shih C; Most SP
  • Otolaryngology Resident Wellness, Training, and Education in the Early Phase of the COVID-19 Pandemic.
    Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol Volume: 130 Page(s): 904 - 914
    08/01/2021 Authors: Chou DW; Staltari G; Mullen M; Chang J; Durr M
  • Otolaryngology Residency Interviews in a Socially Distanced World: Strategies to Recruit and Assess Applicants.
    Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg Volume: 164 Page(s): 903 - 908
    05/01/2021 Authors: Chou DW; Pletcher SD; Bruss D; Sung CK; Diaz RC; Liang J; Durr ML
  • Head and Neck Injuries from Rock Climbing: A Query of the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System.
    Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol Volume: 130 Page(s): 18 - 23
    01/01/2021 Authors: Chou DW; Kshirsagar R; Liang J
  • Initial Facial Feminization Surgery Experience in a Multicenter Integrated Health Care System.
    Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg Volume: 163 Page(s): 737 - 742
    10/01/2020 Authors: Chou DW; Tejani N; Kleinberger A; Shih C
  • Aspirin-exacerbated respiratory disease: longitudinal assessment of a large cohort and implications of diagnostic delay.
    Int Forum Allergy Rhinol Volume: 10 Page(s): 465 - 473
    04/01/2020 Authors: Kshirsagar RS; Chou DW; Wei J; Liang J
  • Surgical Reconstruction of Cocaine-Induced Cleft Lip: A Case Report.
    Perm J Volume: 24
    01/01/2020 Authors: Chou DW; Shih C
  • The Impact of Upper Airway Stimulation on Swallowing Function.
    Ear Nose Throat J Volume: 98 Page(s): 496 - 499
    09/01/2019 Authors: Huntley C; Vasconcellos A; Mullen M; Chou DW; Geosits H; Doghramji K; Boon M
  • Comparing Upper Airway Stimulation to Expansion Sphincter Pharyngoplasty: A Single University Experience.
    Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol Volume: 127 Page(s): 379 - 383
    06/01/2018 Authors: Huntley C; Chou DW; Doghramji K; Boon M
  • Tympanic Membrane Perforation as a Complication of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure.
    J Clin Sleep Med Volume: 13 Page(s): 835 - 836
    06/15/2017 Authors: Chou DW; Huntley C; Rosen D
  • Preoperative Drug Induced Sleep Endoscopy Improves the Surgical Approach to Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea.
    Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol Volume: 126 Page(s): 478 - 482
    06/01/2017 Authors: Huntley C; Chou D; Doghramji K; Boon M
  • Acrolein- and 4-Aminobiphenyl-DNA adducts in human bladder mucosa and tumor tissue and their mutagenicity in human urothelial cells.
    Oncotarget Volume: 5 Page(s): 3526 - 3540
    06/15/2014 Authors: Lee H-W; Wang H-T; Weng M-W; Hu Y; Chen W-S; Chou D; Liu Y; Donin N; Huang WC; Lepor H
  • Genetic modulation of nephrocalcinosis in mouse models of ectopic mineralization: the Abcc6(tm1Jfk) and Enpp1(asj) mutant mice.
    Lab Invest Volume: 94 Page(s): 623 - 632
    06/01/2014 Authors: Li Q; Chou DW; Price TP; Sundberg JP; Uitto J
  • Mouse models for pseudoxanthoma elasticum: genetic and dietary modulation of the ectopic mineralization phenotypes.
    PLoS One Volume: 9 Page(s): e89268
    01/01/2014 Authors: Li Q; Guo H; Chou DW; Berndt A; Sundberg JP; Uitto J
  • Atorvastatin counteracts aberrant soft tissue mineralization in a mouse model of pseudoxanthoma elasticum (Abcc6/).
    J Mol Med (Berl) Volume: 91 Page(s): 1177 - 1184
    10/01/2013 Authors: Guo H; Li Q; Chou DW; Uitto J
  • Mutant Enpp1asj mice as a model for generalized arterial calcification of infancy.
    Dis Model Mech Volume: 6 Page(s): 1227 - 1235
    09/01/2013 Authors: Li Q; Guo H; Chou DW; Berndt A; Sundberg JP; Uitto J
  • Warfarin accelerates ectopic mineralization in Abcc6(-/-) mice: clinical relevance to pseudoxanthoma elasticum.
    Am J Pathol Volume: 182 Page(s): 1139 - 1150
    04/01/2013 Authors: Li Q; Guo H; Chou DW; Harrington DJ; Schurgers LJ; Terry SF; Uitto J
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