David Chou

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University of Washington
School of Medicine
Laboratory Medicine
ProfessorAppointed: 2008
University of Washington
School of Medicine
Medical Education and Biomedical Informatics
Adjunct ProfessorAppointed: 2008
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Mailing Address

Box 357110
Seattle, Washington 98195
United States

Contact Information

Phone: (206) 598-6143
Fax: (206) 598-6189
dchou@u.washington.edu

Qualifications

Resident/Fellow, University of Minnesota, Lab Medicine and Pathology, 1980.
M.S., University of Minnesota, Computer Science, 1979.
M.D., University of Pittsburgh, 1974.
B.S., Carnegie-Mellon University, Chemistry, 1970.

Expertise and Research Interests

Clinical Laboratory Information Systems
Clinicial Laboratory Automation
Medical Informatics
Clinical Chemistry

Keywords

COS Keywords:

Clinical Chemistry, Medical Informatics.

Languages

(Reading, Writing, Speaking)

English: (Fluent, Fluent, Fluent)

Memberships

Academy of Clinical Laboratory Physicians and Scientists
American Association for Clinical Chemistry
American Medical Informatics Association
Association for Computing Machinery
College of American Pathologists
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

Previous Positions

1998-2008, Associate Professor, University of Washington, School of Medicine, Laboratory Medicine
1998-2008, Adjunct associate professor, University of Washington, School of Medicine, Laboratory Medicine
1984-1998, Staff, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Clinical Pathology
1980-1984, Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Medicine, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
1974-1976, Fellow, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Pharmacology

Funding Received

  • National Institutes of Health (NIH): Biomedical Applications of the Next Generation Internet, Phase I (NLM 467-MZ-802300), Adopting the Next Generation Internet as a Tool for Healthcare Delivery and Information Access: Assessment, Selection and Planning, co-investigator, 5% effort, Oct 14, 1998 to Jun 14, 1999.
  • National Institutes of Health (NIH): Biomedical Applications of the Next Generation Internet, Phase II (NLM 467-MZ-802300), Patient-centric Tools for Regional Collaborative Cancer Care Using the NGI (co-investigator), 10% effort, Oct 1, 1999 to Sep 30, 2002.

Publications

  • Chou D and Sengupta S. (2008) Practical Guide to Clinical Computing Systems: Design, Operations, and Infrastructure, T. Payne, editor, Infrastructure and Security (Chapter 4), New York, Elsevier - Academic Press
  • Chou D and Aller R, Informatics and Data Management (Chapter 32), in Kost G, editor, Principles & Practice of Point of Care Testing, 487-497, 2002
  • Fine J and Chou D, Importing of Laboratory Data (Chapter 4), in Norris T, Fuller SS, Goldberg HI, Tarczy-Hornoch P. (editors), Informatics for Primary Care Physicians, 35-52, 2002
  • Stewart BK, Fuller SS, Ramey JA, Lober WB, Chou D, Weghorst SJ, Langer SG, Martin KP, Ketchell DS, Robinson TA, Maberry R, Li H., Tumor Conferencing Tools for Regional Collaborative Cancer Care Using the Next Generation Internet, Proceedings of AMIA Annual Symposium, 836, 2001
  • Lober W, Li H, Trigg LJ, Stewart BJ, Chou D., Web tools for distributed case conferencing, Proceedings of AMIA Annual Symposium, 959, 2001
  • Stewart BK, Fuller SS, Ramey JA, Lober WB, Chou D, Langer SG, et al., Regional collaborative cancer care using the next generation Internet, RSNA 2001 supplement to Radiology, 221, 375, 2001
  • Mayer M, Chou D, Eytan T, Unit-independent reporting of laboratory test results, Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, 39(1), 50-52, 2001 Abstract
  • Schmidt R and Chou D, Full-text diagnosis searching is a rapid, low-cost technique that could obviate up-front automated SNOMED coding, presented at APIII 2000, Pittsburgh, PA, October 26-27, 2000, Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, 125, 1009, 2001
  • Chou D, Davis R, Moss P, and Stevens T, Laboratory Automation: Bar Codes for Specimen Container Identification; Standard Auto2-A, National Committee for Clinical Laboratory Standards (NCCLS), 20(19), 2000
  • Chou, D, Informatics in the 21st century, in Preparing for the Millennium, Laboratory Medicine in the 21st Century, December 4-5, 1998, American Association for Clinical Chemistry, 109-118, 1999
  • Chou D, Internet: road to heaven or hell for the clinical laboratory?, Clinical Chemistry, 42(5), 827-30, May 1996 Abstract
  • Chou D, Integrating instruments and the laboratory information system, American Journal of Clinical Pathology, 105(4 Suppl 1), S60-4, April 1996 Abstract
  • Chou, D, Laboratory Information Systems, in Kaplan L. and Pesce AJ. (Eds), Clinical Chemistry: Theory, Analysis, Correlation, Third Edition, New York: Mosby, 323-341, 1996
  • Chou D, What's new or should be new in the design of laboratory instruments, Clinical Chemistry, 42(S6), S89, 1996
  • Chou D, Data security challenges with national health care, Clinical Chemistry, 40(6), 1169, 1994
  • Chou D, Therapeutic drug monitoring (immunosuppressive drugs), Analytical Chemistry, 65(12), 412R-415R, 1993 Abstract
  • Chou D, Computers, in Clinical Chemistry 1985-1990, Analytical Chemistry, 63, 165R-270R, 1991
  • Chou D, Van Lente F, Castellani W, Considerations in the design and implementation of user interfaces between laboratory instrumentation and laboratory information systems, Clinical Chemistry, 36(9), 1586-1587, 1990 Abstract
  • Castellani W, Van Lente F and Chou D, Comment: applications of robotics in the clinical laboratory, Journal of Automatic Chemistry, 2(4), 141-144, 1990
  • Van Lente F, Galen RS, Castellani W, Chou D, Matzen RN, Sequential investigation of aspartate aminotransferase elevation in outpatients, Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine, 54(3), 171-5, 1987 Abstract
  • Castellani WJ, Van Lente F, Chou D, Robotic sample preparation evaluated for the immunochemical determination of cardiac isoenzymes, Clinical Chemistry, 32(9), 1672-6, September 1986 Abstract
  • Van Lente F, Castellani W, Chou D, Matzen RN, Galen RS, Application of the EXPERT consultation system to accelerated laboratory testing and interpretation, Clinical Chemistry, 32(9), 1719-25, September 1986 Abstract
  • Chou D, Van Lente F, The design and implementation of a laboratory computer system to service the critical care environment, Informatics in Pathology, 1, 102-107, 1986
  • Chae YM, Suver JD, Chou D, Goal programming as a capital investment tool for teaching hospitals, Health Care Management Review, 10(1), 27-35, Winter 1985 Abstract
  • Connelly DP, Glaser JP, Chou D, A structured approach to evaluating and selecting clinical laboratory information systems, Pathologist, 38(11), 714-720, 1984
  • Chou D, Polnaszek CF, Yost Y, Leppik IE, Holtzman JL, Application of spin labeling to drug assays. II. Determination of the binding of [14C]-phenytoin and spin-labeled phenytoins to albumin and human serum, Molecular Pharmacology, 20(3), 674-80, November 1981 Abstract
  • Connelly DP, Gatewood LC, Chou D, Computers in laboratory medicine and pathology. An educational program, Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, 105(2), 59-61, February 1981 Abstract
  • Chou D, Tsuru M, Holtzman JL, Eckfeldt JH, Interference by the 4-hydroxylated metabolite of propranolol with determination of metanephrines by the Pisano method, Clinical Chemistry, 26(6), 776-7, May 1980 Abstract
  • Chou D and Weinstein H, Electron charge redistribution following electrophilic attack on heterocycles: nitrogen as a charge transducer, Tetrahedron, 34, 275-286, 1978
  • Zahniser NR, Chou D, Hanin I, Is 2-dimethylaminoethanol (deanol) indeed a precursor of brain acetylcholine? A gas chromatographic evaluation, Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, 200(3), 545-59, 1977 Abstract
  • Weinstein H, Chou D, Johnson CL, Kang S, Green JP, Tautomerism and the receptor action of histamine: a mechanistic model, Molecular Pharmacology, 12(5), 738-45, 1976 Abstract
  • Weinstein H, Chou D, Kang S, Johnson C, and Green JP, Reactivity characteristics of large molecules and their biological activity: indole alkylamines on the LSD/serotonin receptor, International Journal of Quantum Chemistry, 3, 135-150, 1976

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