Loretta Chou
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Contact Information
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Clinical Offices
Orthopaedic Specialists 450 Broadway Street Pavilion A, 2nd Floor MC 6120 Redwood City, CA 94063 Tel Work (650) 723-5643 Fax (650) 721-3422Practices at Stanford Hospital and Clinics and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
- Academic Offices
Personal Information Tel (650) 721-7619Not for medical emergencies or patient use
Professional Overview
Clinical Focus
- Orthopaedic Surgery
- Foot/Ankle Trauma
Professional Education
| Board Certification: | Orthopaedic Surgery, American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery (1995) |
| Fellowship: | Roger Mann Foot and Ankle Surgery CA (1993) |
| Fellowship: | Inselspital, Switzerland (1992) |
| Residency: | Howard University Hospital DC (1992) |
| Internship: | UC Irvine Medical Center CA (1987) |
Scientific Focus
Current Research Interests
I am a Board Certified Orthopaedic Surgeon, subspecializing in Disorders of the Foot and Ankle. My clinic offers diagnosis and treatment of pain, deformity, and acute injuries of the foot and ankle.
My research interests include: rupture and tendinitis of the Achilles tendon, osteochondral defects of the talus, Total Ankle Arthroplasty, arthrodesis (fusion) of the foot and ankle, pain following operations of the foot and ankle, open fractures treated with operations, anatomy of the foot and
Publications
- Biomechanical comparison of blade plate and intramedullary nail fixation for tibiocalcaneal arthrodesis. Foot Ankle Int. 2010; (2): 164-71
- Prevalence of cancer in female orthopaedic surgeons in the United States. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2010; (1): 240-4
- Current concept review: perioperative soft tissue management for foot and ankle fractures. Foot Ankle Int. 2009; (1): 84-90
- Tumors of the foot and ankle: experience with 153 cases. Foot Ankle Int. 2009; (9): 836-41
- Biomechanical comparison of the simple running and cross-stitch epitenon sutures in achilles tendon repairs. Foot Ankle Int. 2008; (5): 513-7
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