Chris Wirtalla

544 total citations
35 papers, 370 citations indexed

About

Chris Wirtalla is a scholar working on Surgery, Oncology and Emergency Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Chris Wirtalla has authored 35 papers receiving a total of 370 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 16 papers in Surgery, 12 papers in Oncology and 10 papers in Emergency Medicine. Recurrent topics in Chris Wirtalla's work include Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes (9 papers), Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection (7 papers) and Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments (6 papers). Chris Wirtalla is often cited by papers focused on Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes (9 papers), Colorectal Cancer Screening and Detection (7 papers) and Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments (6 papers). Chris Wirtalla collaborates with scholars based in United States and United Kingdom. Chris Wirtalla's co-authors include Rachel R. Kelz, Sanford E. Roberts, Daniel N. Holena, Brendan G. Carr, Angela M. Mills, Patrick K. Kim, Luke Keele, Benjamin Braslow, Babak Sarani and Jon B. Morris and has published in prestigious journals such as Annals of Surgery, Medical Care and Journal of General Internal Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Chris Wirtalla

31 papers receiving 361 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Chris Wirtalla United States 12 139 120 83 67 59 35 370
Etienne St‐Louis Canada 12 208 1.5× 174 1.4× 121 1.5× 25 0.4× 21 0.4× 30 452
Faye M. Evans United States 12 84 0.6× 272 2.3× 52 0.6× 22 0.3× 31 0.5× 48 454
Yasmine Yousef Canada 13 173 1.2× 137 1.1× 58 0.7× 14 0.2× 27 0.5× 21 358
Ana C. De Roo United States 14 116 0.8× 89 0.7× 35 0.4× 51 0.8× 18 0.3× 35 381
Alphonsus Matovu Uganda 10 96 0.7× 233 1.9× 59 0.7× 31 0.5× 26 0.4× 20 477
Marguerite Hoyler United States 9 112 0.8× 144 1.2× 38 0.5× 22 0.3× 51 0.9× 22 356
Steven Heneghan United States 14 158 1.1× 68 0.6× 28 0.3× 50 0.7× 165 2.8× 19 454
Valeria S.M. Valbuena United States 9 90 0.6× 44 0.4× 26 0.3× 21 0.3× 30 0.5× 18 291
Kondo Chilonga Tanzania 9 103 0.7× 92 0.8× 44 0.5× 18 0.3× 14 0.2× 37 262
Didem Ayturk United States 8 90 0.6× 33 0.3× 145 1.7× 21 0.3× 24 0.4× 17 320

Countries citing papers authored by Chris Wirtalla

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Fields of papers citing papers by Chris Wirtalla

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Chris Wirtalla

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Chris Wirtalla. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Chris Wirtalla based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Chris Wirtalla. Chris Wirtalla is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Sharpe, James, Chris Wirtalla, Maria S. Altieri, et al.. (2024). Minimally invasive colorectal cancer surgery: an observational study of medicare advantage and fee-for-service beneficiaries. Surgical Endoscopy. 38(11). 6800–6811. 1 indexed citations
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Roberts, Sanford E., et al.. (2024). Postdischarge Mental Health Care and Emergency General Surgery Readmission for Patients With Serious Mental Illness. Annals of Surgery. 281(3). 508–513. 3 indexed citations
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Sharpe, James, et al.. (2024). Trends in general surgeon operative practice patterns in a modern cohort. The American Journal of Surgery. 239. 116017–116017.
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Ginzberg, Sara P., Chris Wirtalla, Daniel A. Pryma, et al.. (2023). Insurance-Based Disparities in Guideline-Concordant Thyroid Cancer Care in the Era of De-escalation. Journal of Surgical Research. 289. 211–219. 3 indexed citations
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Finn, Caitlin B., et al.. (2023). Effect of Serious Mental Illness on Surgical Consultation and Operative Management of Older Adults with Acute Biliary Disease: A Nationwide Study. Journal of the American College of Surgeons. 237(2). 301–308. 1 indexed citations
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Finn, Caitlin B., Chris Wirtalla, Sanford E. Roberts, et al.. (2023). Comparison of Simulated Outcomes of Colorectal Cancer Surgery at the Highest-Performing vs Chosen Local Hospitals. JAMA Network Open. 6(2). e2255999–e2255999. 1 indexed citations
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Wirtalla, Chris, Frances K. Barg, Carmen E. Guerra, et al.. (2023). Factors Associated With Primary Care Physician Decision-making When Making Medication Recommendations vs Surgical Referrals. JAMA Network Open. 6(2). e2256086–e2256086.
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Finn, Caitlin B., Chris Wirtalla, Heather Wachtel, et al.. (2022). How Referring Providers Choose Specialists for Their Patients: a Systematic Review. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 37(13). 3444–3452. 7 indexed citations
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Roberts, Sanford E., et al.. (2022). Colorectal cancer disparities across the continuum of cancer care: A systematic review and meta-analysis. The American Journal of Surgery. 224(1). 323–331. 17 indexed citations
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Finn, Caitlin B., et al.. (2022). Simulated data-driven hospital selection for surgical treatment of well-differentiated thyroid cancer in older adults. Surgery. 173(1). 207–214. 1 indexed citations
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Wirtalla, Chris, Luke Keele, Sanford E. Roberts, et al.. (2022). Multimorbidity Confers Greater Risk for Older Patients in Emergency General Surgery Than the Presence of Multiple Comorbidities. Medical Care. 60(8). 616–622. 14 indexed citations
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Wirtalla, Chris, et al.. (2021). Trainee Sex and Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education Milestone Assessments During General Surgery Residency. JAMA Surgery. 156(10). 925–925. 16 indexed citations
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Wachtel, Heather, et al.. (2021). Data to inform counseling on parathyroidectomy for secondary hyperparathyroidism of renal origin. Surgery. 171(1). 63–68. 6 indexed citations
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Kuo, Lindsay E., et al.. (2019). Variation in the utilization of robotic surgical operations. Journal of Robotic Surgery. 14(4). 593–599. 8 indexed citations
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Bailey, Elizabeth, Chris Wirtalla, Adam P. Johnson, et al.. (2019). Does Perceived Resident Operative Autonomy Impact Patient Outcomes?. Journal of surgical education. 76(6). e182–e188. 10 indexed citations
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Keele, Luke, Catherine E. Sharoky, Morgan M. Sellers, Chris Wirtalla, & Rachel R. Kelz. (2018). An Instrumental Variables Design for the Effect of Emergency General Surgery. 7(1). 17 indexed citations
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Cohen, Jordana B., et al.. (2018). The Association of Body Mass Index with Postoperative Outcomes After Elective Paraesophageal Hernia Repair. Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery. 22(12). 2029–2036. 2 indexed citations
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Sharoky, Catherine E., et al.. (2018). The Malnourished Patient With Obesity: A Unique Paradox in Bariatric Surgery. Journal of Surgical Research. 232. 456–463. 13 indexed citations
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Sharoky, Catherine E., et al.. (2018). A preoperative prediction model for risk of multiple admissions after colon cancer surgery. Journal of Surgical Research. 231. 380–386. 8 indexed citations
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Wirtalla, Chris, et al.. (2017). Understanding readmissions following operations of the thyroid and parathyroid glands. The American Journal of Surgery. 214(3). 501–508. 5 indexed citations

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