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DEAN CHOU
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DEAN CHOU

Listed Specialty: Neurological Surgery
400 PARNASSUS AVE., SAN FRANCISCO, CA, 94143-0332
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DR. DEAN CHOU,
Yearly Payment Breakdown:

2018 Payments At a Glance

48

payments

$101,991

payment total

9

companies paid this doctor

Payment Calendar in 2018

This doctor received a payment on days in 2018.

Each box below represents a single day during the disclosure period. A gray box indicates no payments. The darker the color, the more payments a doctor received that day.

2018

Types of Payments in 2018

Category Payments Payment Value
Royalty or License
 4 $36,404
Promotional Speaking/Other
 5 $28,160
Consulting
 4 $17,332
Travel and Lodging
 15 $15,706
Food and Beverage
 19 $2,390
Accredited Training
 1 $2,000

Drugs & Devices in 2018

Totals listed below account for all payments from that mention this product. Beginning in 2016, the government began classifying products as drugs, devices, biologics or medical supplies. Below, you will see drugs (drugs and biologics) and devices (devices and medical supplies). If a payment record mentions more than one product, the entire value will be included in each of those products. When no products are listed, they are not included in the list below.

Product Name Product Type Payments†
COALITION AGX

device

 $36,404
ALTERA

device

 $20,447
CREO

device

 $20,118
Payments with no listed product

N/A

 $12,523
O-ARM-ST

device

 $8,051
REFLECT

device

 $2,944
COUGAR

device

 $765
ANTEGRA

device

 $483
PIPELINE

device

 $483
SPOTLIGHT

device

 $483
MAGEC

device

 $196
VIPER

device

 $155
RISE

device

 $133
ANCHOR L

device

 $131
PIVOX OBLIQUE LATERAL SPINAL SYSTEM

device

 $105
CASCADIA

device

 $69
MOUNTAINEER

device

 $48
TPAL

device

 $43
† May not add up to dollar total at top of page, since a payment record may not be associated with any product or can be associated with several products.

Payment Details in 2018

When How Much Related To What For From Third Party Payee
Mar 31, 2018 $10,073 COALITION AGX Royalty or License GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
Dec 31, 2018 $9,863 COALITION AGX Royalty or License GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
Jun 30, 2018 $8,376 COALITION AGX Royalty or License GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
Sep 30, 2018 $8,093 COALITION AGX Royalty or License GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
Oct 24, 2018 $7,811 ALTERA Travel and Lodging GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
Mar 26, 2018 $7,760 O-ARM-ST Promotional Speaking/Other MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Jun 22, 2018 $6,800 CREO Consulting GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
Mar 22, 2018 $6,556 No Listed Product Consulting MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Oct 27, 2018 $6,375 ALTERA Promotional Speaking/Other GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
Oct 27, 2018 $5,525 ALTERA Promotional Speaking/Other GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
May 19, 2018 $5,100 CREO Promotional Speaking/Other GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
Jun 22, 2018 $3,613 CREO Consulting GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
May 19, 2018 $3,400 CREO Promotional Speaking/Other GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
Jun 21, 2018 $2,944 REFLECT Travel and Lodging GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
Apr 13, 2018 $2,000 No Listed Product Accredited Training SYNTHES GMBH
Mar 2, 2018 $1,062 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Aug 17, 2018 $999 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging SPINEART USA INC
Aug 17, 2018 $996 No Listed Product Food and Beverage SPINEART USA INC
May 19, 2018 $953 CREO Travel and Lodging GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
Oct 25, 2018 $364 No Listed Product Consulting MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Oct 27, 2018 $330 ALTERA Travel and Lodging GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
Dec 5, 2018 $278 COUGAR ANTEGRA SPOTLIGHT PIPELINE Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Oct 26, 2018 $267 ALTERA Travel and Lodging GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
Mar 3, 2018 $215 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Dec 5, 2018 $204 COUGAR ANTEGRA SPOTLIGHT PIPELINE Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Mar 2, 2018 $201 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Aug 15, 2018 $196 MAGEC Food and Beverage NUVASIVE, INC.
Dec 14, 2018 $191 COUGAR Travel and Lodging MEDICAL DEVICE BUSINESS SERVICES, INC.
Jun 22, 2018 $153 CREO Travel and Lodging GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
Jul 18, 2018 $133 RISE Food and Beverage GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
Jun 19, 2018 $131 ANCHOR L Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Apr 28, 2018 $111 ALTERA Food and Beverage GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
Nov 2, 2018 $107 VIPER Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
Sep 19, 2018 $105 PIVOX OBLIQUE LATERAL SPINAL SYSTEM Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Feb 1, 2018 $105 O-ARM-ST Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
May 19, 2018 $80 CREO Food and Beverage GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
Aug 17, 2018 $78 No Listed Product Travel and Lodging SPINEART USA INC
Feb 1, 2018 $70 O-ARM-ST Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Feb 1, 2018 $70 O-ARM-ST Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Nov 28, 2018 $69 CASCADIA Food and Beverage STRYKER CORPORATION
Oct 23, 2018 $48 COUGAR MOUNTAINEER VIPER Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
Feb 1, 2018 $46 O-ARM-ST Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Mar 13, 2018 $43 COUGAR TPAL Food and Beverage DEPUY SYNTHES SALES INC.
Oct 27, 2018 $28 ALTERA Food and Beverage GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
Mar 3, 2018 $21 No Listed Product Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
Jun 22, 2018 $20 CREO Travel and Lodging GLOBUS MEDICAL, INC.
Oct 8, 2018 $19 No Listed Product Food and Beverage ULRICH MEDICAL USA, INC.
Mar 3, 2018 $13 No Listed Product Food and Beverage MEDTRONIC USA, INC.
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This site includes data published by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services on June 28, 2019.