David W. Chou

1.9k total citations · 2 hit papers
52 papers, 1.3k citations indexed

About

David W. Chou is a scholar working on Surgery, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Physiology. According to data from OpenAlex, David W. Chou has authored 52 papers receiving a total of 1.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 13 papers in Surgery, 9 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 8 papers in Physiology. Recurrent topics in David W. Chou's work include Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research (5 papers), Reconstructive Facial Surgery Techniques (5 papers) and Dermatological and Skeletal Disorders (5 papers). David W. Chou is often cited by papers focused on Obstructive Sleep Apnea Research (5 papers), Reconstructive Facial Surgery Techniques (5 papers) and Dermatological and Skeletal Disorders (5 papers). David W. Chou collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Netherlands. David W. Chou's co-authors include Jouni Uitto, Qiaoli Li, John P. Sundberg, Haitao Guo, Maurits Boon, Colin Huntley, Annerose Berndt, Karl Doghramji, Charles Shih and Peter Hull and has published in prestigious journals such as JAMA, PLoS ONE and Chemical Physics Letters.

In The Last Decade

David W. Chou

45 papers receiving 1.3k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Textbook of Clinical Chemistry

1986 427 citations David W. Chou profile →
Health IT and Patient Safety: Building Safer Systems for Better Care

2012 352 citations David W. Chou profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
David W. Chou United States	15	263	190	154	148	144	52	1.3k
Alison Steiber United States	23	259 1.0×	288 1.5×	212 1.4×	1.1k 7.1×	91 0.6×	96	2.3k
G. Daniel Martich United States	13	85 0.3×	176 0.9×	135 0.9×	82 0.6×	41 0.3×	14	1.2k
Xiling Lin China	12	37 0.1×	320 1.7×	218 1.4×	227 1.5×	100 0.7×	19	1.8k
George W. Bo‐Linn United States	11	72 0.3×	56 0.3×	229 1.5×	73 0.5×	86 0.6×	14	892
Yuji Nishizaki Japan	19	33 0.1×	125 0.7×	199 1.3×	88 0.6×	51 0.4×	150	1.2k
Hsiang‐Yin Chen Taiwan	24	33 0.1×	196 1.0×	135 0.9×	119 0.8×	43 0.3×	102	1.6k
Gernot Brunner Austria	22	50 0.2×	165 0.9×	341 2.2×	123 0.8×	197 1.4×	70	1.6k
Walton Sumner United States	19	59 0.2×	118 0.6×	68 0.4×	401 2.7×	72 0.5×	63	1.8k
Cheryl A. Thompson United States	15	59 0.2×	113 0.6×	112 0.7×	59 0.4×	23 0.2×	285	1.1k
Chu‐Lin Tsai Taiwan	29	42 0.2×	164 0.9×	192 1.2×	483 3.3×	58 0.4×	119	2.2k

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Huynh, Pauline P., et al.. (2025). Facial Feminization Surgery and Mental Health Resource Utilization: A Retrospective Institutional Review. Otolaryngology. 172(5). 1585–1593. 1 indexed citations

Eskandari, Soudabeh, et al.. (2025). Facelift Photo Quality on Social Media: Prevalence of Potentially Misleading Before-and-After Images. Facial Plastic Surgery & Aesthetic Medicine. fpsam20250043–fpsam20250043.

Chou, David W.. (2025). Augmented Reality-Assisted Surgery for Craniofacial Fibrous Dysplasia. Facial Plastic Surgery & Aesthetic Medicine. 27(6). 516–519.

Eskandari, Soudabeh, et al.. (2024). Quality and Consistency of Rhinoplasty Photos on Social Media: Prevalence of Potentially Misleading Before-and-After Images. Facial Plastic Surgery & Aesthetic Medicine. 27(2). 176–182. 1 indexed citations

Govindan, Aparna, et al.. (2024). Genetics of Nonsyndromic Microtia and Congenital Aural Atresia: A Scoping Review. Otolaryngology. 172(3). 811–820.

Saba, Elias S., David W. Chou, Jacob G. Eide, et al.. (2023). Microdebrider complications in sinus surgery: Analysis of the openFDA database. World Journal of Otorhinolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery. 9(4). 328–332. 1 indexed citations

Chou, David W., et al.. (2023). Augmented and Virtual Reality Applications in Facial Plastic Surgery: A Scoping Review. The Laryngoscope. 134(6). 2568–2577. 11 indexed citations

Waseem, S, Benjamin M. Davies, J Rawal, et al.. (2021). Low body mass index is associated with increased mortality in patients with pelvic and acetabular fractures. Injury. 52(8). 2322–2326. 5 indexed citations

Waseem, S, Sandeep Krishan Nayar, Peter Hull, et al.. (2020). The global burden of trauma during the COVID-19 pandemic: A scoping review. Journal of Clinical Orthopaedics and Trauma. 12(1). 200–207. 63 indexed citations

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Kandathil, Cherian K., et al.. (2020). The Health Burden of Transfeminine Facial Gender Dysphoria: An Analysis of Public Perception. Facial Plastic Surgery & Aesthetic Medicine. 23(5). 350–356. 3 indexed citations

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Chou, David W., et al.. (2020). Initial Facial Feminization Surgery Experience in a Multicenter Integrated Health Care System. Otolaryngology. 163(4). 737–742. 26 indexed citations

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Huntley, Colin, David W. Chou, Karl Doghramji, & Maurits Boon. (2018). Comparing Upper Airway Stimulation to Expansion Sphincter Pharyngoplasty: A Single University Experience. Annals of Otology Rhinology & Laryngology. 127(6). 379–383. 20 indexed citations

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Huntley, Colin, David W. Chou, Karl Doghramji, & Maurits Boon. (2017). Preoperative Drug Induced Sleep Endoscopy Improves the Surgical Approach to Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea. Annals of Otology Rhinology & Laryngology. 126(6). 478–482. 39 indexed citations

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Chou, David W., Colin Huntley, & David Rosen. (2017). Tympanic Membrane Perforation as a Complication of Continuous Positive Airway Pressure. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine. 13(6). 835–836. 2 indexed citations

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Varga, Péter, Zsolt Szövérfi, Z. Gokaslan, et al.. (2015). Surgical treatment of sacral chordoma: prognostic variables for local recurrence and overall survival. The Spine Journal. 15(3). S62–S62. 13 indexed citations

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Li, Qiaoli, et al.. (2014). Genetic modulation of nephrocalcinosis in mouse models of ectopic mineralization: the Abcc6 and Enpp1 mutant mice. Laboratory Investigation. 94(6). 623–632. 19 indexed citations

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Li, Qiaoli, Haitao Guo, David W. Chou, et al.. (2014). Mouse Models for Pseudoxanthoma Elasticum: Genetic and Dietary Modulation of the Ectopic Mineralization Phenotypes. PLoS ONE. 9(2). e89268–e89268. 19 indexed citations

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Li, Qiaoli, Haitao Guo, David W. Chou, et al.. (2013). Mutant Enpp1asj mice as a model for generalized arterial calcification of infancy. Disease Models & Mechanisms. 6(5). 1227–35. 78 indexed citations

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Hoofnagle, Andrew N., David W. Chou, & Michael L. Astion. (2006). Online Database for Documenting Clinical Pathology Resident Education. Clinical Chemistry. 53(1). 134–137. 15 indexed citations

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Stewart, Brent K., Sherrilynne S. Fuller, Judith Ramey, et al.. (2001). Tumor Conferencing Tools for Regional Collaborative Cancer Care Using the Next Generation Internet. Europe PMC (PubMed Central). 836–836. 1 indexed citations

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