Christopher D. Witiw

4.2k total citations · 2 hit papers
127 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Christopher D. Witiw is a scholar working on Surgery, Pathology and Forensic Medicine and Neurology. According to data from OpenAlex, Christopher D. Witiw has authored 127 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 78 papers in Surgery, 67 papers in Pathology and Forensic Medicine and 34 papers in Neurology. Recurrent topics in Christopher D. Witiw's work include Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques (49 papers), Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (45 papers) and Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy (31 papers). Christopher D. Witiw is often cited by papers focused on Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques (49 papers), Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology (45 papers) and Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy (31 papers). Christopher D. Witiw collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Israel. Christopher D. Witiw's co-authors include Michael G. Fehlings, Jetan H. Badhiwala, Jefferson R. Wilson, Farshad Nassiri, Alireza Mansouri, Muhammad Ali Akbar, James S. Harrop, Julio C. Furlan, Armin Curt and Christopher S. Ahuja and has published in prestigious journals such as The Lancet, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Annals of Internal Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Christopher D. Witiw

105 papers receiving 2.4k 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.

  1. Degenerative cervical myelopathy — update and future directions
    2020 288 citations Jetan H. Badhiwala, Christopher D. Witiw et al. profile →
  2. The influence of timing of surgical decompression for acute spinal cord injury: a pooled analysis of individual patient data
    2020 243 citations Jetan H. Badhiwala, Jefferson R. Wilson et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Christopher D. Witiw Canada 28 1.5k 1.4k 434 193 182 127 2.4k
Nader S. Dahdaleh United States 31 2.2k 1.5× 1.5k 1.1× 343 0.8× 228 1.2× 254 1.4× 175 3.0k
Beatrice Ugiliweneza United States 27 1.3k 0.8× 1.1k 0.8× 390 0.9× 278 1.4× 182 1.0× 166 2.5k
Mohammed Ali Alvi United States 25 1.6k 1.0× 1.4k 1.0× 325 0.7× 168 0.9× 208 1.1× 180 2.5k
Charles A. Sansur United States 30 2.4k 1.6× 1.8k 1.3× 354 0.8× 369 1.9× 130 0.7× 82 3.1k
Aria Nouri Canada 31 3.0k 2.0× 2.9k 2.0× 209 0.5× 313 1.6× 222 1.2× 101 4.0k
Tamir Ailon Canada 28 1.7k 1.1× 1.3k 1.0× 179 0.4× 168 0.9× 284 1.6× 83 2.3k
Jau‐Ching Wu Taiwan 30 2.3k 1.5× 2.2k 1.5× 142 0.3× 165 0.9× 170 0.9× 151 3.3k
Daniel E. Gelb United States 33 3.0k 1.9× 2.6k 1.9× 275 0.6× 410 2.1× 142 0.8× 111 3.7k
Ali A. Baaj United States 28 1.7k 1.1× 1.3k 0.9× 273 0.6× 159 0.8× 196 1.1× 122 2.3k
Kei Ando Japan 29 2.4k 1.6× 1.4k 1.0× 499 1.1× 228 1.2× 227 1.2× 258 3.7k

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Malhotra, Armaan K., Amol A. Verma, Husain Shakil, et al.. (2025). Energy Considerations for Scaling Artificial Intelligence Adoption in Medicine: First Do No Harm. NEJM AI. 2(9).
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Ong, Wee Loon, Kang Zeng, Daniel Moore-Palhares, et al.. (2025). Outcomes following stereotactic body radiation therapy specific to spinal metastases with paraspinal disease extension: does volume matter?. Journal of Neurosurgery Spine. 44(2). 284–292. 1 indexed citations
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Savage, Rachel, et al.. (2025). Association of loneliness and social isolation with postoperative outcomes: a retrospective registry study. British Journal of Anaesthesia. 136(1). 247–254.
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Liu, Jiaqi, Tej D. Azad, Foad Kazemi, et al.. (2025). Timing of pharmacological venous thromboembolism prophylaxis after firearm-related penetrating brain injury. Journal of neurosurgery. 143(2). 450–460. 1 indexed citations
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Ran, Kathleen R., José I. Suárez, Judy Huang, et al.. (2025). Operative neurosurgery for traumatic subdural hematoma: association between trauma center variation and patient outcomes. Journal of neurosurgery. 143(5). 1234–1244.
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Shakil, Husain, Armaan K. Malhotra, Alexander Landry, et al.. (2024). Chordoma incidence, treatment, and survival in the 21st century: a population-based Ontario cohort study. Journal of neurosurgery. 142(3). 1–10. 1 indexed citations
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Hamel, Candyce, Nicolas Dea, Andrew A. G. Mattar, et al.. (2024). Canadian Association of Radiologists Spine Imaging Referral Guideline. Canadian Association of Radiologists Journal. 76(2). 239–244.
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Shakil, Husain, Armaan K. Malhotra, Jetan H. Badhiwala, et al.. (2024). Contemporary trends in the incidence and timing of spinal metastases: A population-based study. Neuro-Oncology Advances. 6(1). vdae051–vdae051. 9 indexed citations
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Malhotra, Armaan K., Christopher Hammill, Derek Beaton, et al.. (2024). Vision Transformer–based Decision Support for Neurosurgical Intervention in Acute Traumatic Brain Injury: Automated Surgical Intervention Support Tool. Radiology Artificial Intelligence. 6(2). e230088–e230088. 5 indexed citations
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Jack, Andrew, Christopher D. Witiw, Jaret L. Olson, et al.. (2023). Characterization of Spinal Cord Injury Patients for Arm Functional Restoration through Nerve Transfer. Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences / Journal Canadien des Sciences Neurologiques. 51(4). 477–481.
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Malhotra, Armaan K., et al.. (2022). Pure extraosseous spinal epidural cavernous hemangioma presenting with acute paraplegia: a case report. Spinal Cord Series and Cases. 8(1). 63–63. 1 indexed citations
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Balas, Michael, Jetan H. Badhiwala, Gerald Lebovic, et al.. (2021). Earlier Surgery Reduces Complications in Acute Traumatic Thoracolumbar Spinal Cord Injury: Analysis of a Multi-Center Cohort of 4108 Patients. Journal of Neurotrauma. 39(3-4). 277–284. 21 indexed citations
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Wilson, Jefferson R., Michael G. Fehlings, Brian K. Kwon, et al.. (2020). Epidemiology and Impact of Spinal Cord Injury in the Elderly: Results of a Fifteen-Year Population-Based Cohort Study. Journal of Neurotrauma. 37(15). 1740–1751. 40 indexed citations
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Kerolus, Mena G., Ketan Yerneni, Christopher D. Witiw, et al.. (2020). Enhanced Recovery After Surgery Pathway for Single-Level Minimally Invasive Transforaminal Lumbar Interbody Fusion Decreases Length of Stay and Opioid Consumption. Neurosurgery. 88(3). 648–657. 31 indexed citations
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Jack, Andrew, et al.. (2020). Malignant triton tumor in the setting of segmental neurofibromatosis: A rare case report and review of the literature. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 24. 101073–101073. 1 indexed citations
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Badhiwala, Jetan H., Christopher D. Witiw, Farshad Nassiri, et al.. (2018). Minimum Clinically Important Difference in SF-36 Scores for Use in Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy. Spine. 43(21). E1260–E1266. 70 indexed citations
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Witiw, Christopher D. & Michael G. Fehlings. (2016). Degenerative cervical myelopathy. Canadian Medical Association Journal. 189(3). E116–E116. 24 indexed citations
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Mansouri, Alireza, Christopher D. Witiw, Jetan H. Badhiwala, et al.. (2016). National Perspectives on the Training of Neurosurgery Residents in Stereotactic Radiosurgery. Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences / Journal Canadien des Sciences Neurologiques. 44(1). 51–58. 7 indexed citations

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