Michael Balas

877 total citations · 1 hit paper
59 papers, 452 citations indexed

About

Michael Balas is a scholar working on Ophthalmology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and Health Informatics. According to data from OpenAlex, Michael Balas has authored 59 papers receiving a total of 452 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Ophthalmology, 20 papers in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging and 7 papers in Health Informatics. Recurrent topics in Michael Balas's work include Retinal Diseases and Treatments (12 papers), Retinal and Optic Conditions (10 papers) and Retinal Imaging and Analysis (9 papers). Michael Balas is often cited by papers focused on Retinal Diseases and Treatments (12 papers), Retinal and Optic Conditions (10 papers) and Retinal Imaging and Analysis (9 papers). Michael Balas collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. Michael Balas's co-authors include Edsel Ing, Zsolt Zádor, Alexander Landry, Julian Spears, Saira Alli, Adrian Nachman, José Zariffa, Marko M. Popovic, Michael D. Cusimano and Rajeev H. Muni and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, PLoS ONE and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Michael Balas

47 papers receiving 442 citations

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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.

Conversational AI Models for ophthalmic diagnosis: Comparison of ChatGPT and the Isabel Pro Differential Diagnosis Generator

2023 77 citations Michael Balas, Edsel Ing profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Michael Balas Canada	10	123	106	95	58	57	59	452
Guy Nadav Israel	6	132 1.1×	45 0.4×	9 0.1×	16 0.3×	50 0.9×	9	521
Houman Sotoudeh United States	17	331 2.7×	72 0.7×	25 0.3×	6 0.1×	130 2.3×	74	814
Brandon Ngo United States	8	65 0.5×	60 0.6×	5 0.1×	28 0.5×	77 1.4×	14	354
Alessandra Cianflone Italy	9	37 0.3×	20 0.2×	77 0.8×	20 0.3×	6 0.1×	14	465
Lorenzo Ferro Desideri Italy	18	383 3.1×	39 0.4×	544 5.7×	36 0.6×	10 0.2×	86	850
Tara Montgomery United Kingdom	9	25 0.2×	49 0.5×	12 0.1×	44 0.8×	62 1.1×	12	481
Tai-Chi Lin Taiwan	14	243 2.0×	27 0.3×	246 2.6×	14 0.2×	4 0.1×	30	531
Rahul Kapoor United States	10	189 1.5×	35 0.3×	161 1.7×	5 0.1×	8 0.1×	21	467
Deus Cielo United States	11	183 1.5×	292 2.8×	10 0.1×	12 0.2×	149 2.6×	21	592
Derek Soon Singapore	10	93 0.8×	47 0.4×	5 0.1×	37 0.6×	12 0.2×	21	530

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Mihalache, Andrew, Daniel Milad, Fares Antaki, et al.. (2025). Performance of DeepSeek-R1 in ophthalmology: an evaluation of clinical decision-making and cost-effectiveness. British Journal of Ophthalmology. 109(9). 976–981. 8 indexed citations

Balas, Michael, et al.. (2025). Ectropion Repair Techniques and the Role of Adjunctive Superotemporal Skin Transposition for Tarsal Ectropion. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 14(3). 827–827.

Ji, Xiang, et al.. (2025). Progression of primary angle closure suspects: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Eye. 39(5). 899–905.

Balas, Michael, et al.. (2025). Periocular Aging Across Populations and Esthetic Considerations: A Narrative Review. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 14(2). 535–535. 1 indexed citations

Anguita, Rodrigo, Fares Antaki, Michael Balas, et al.. (2024). Opportunities and Challenges of Chatbots in Ophthalmology: A Narrative Review. Journal of Personalized Medicine. 14(12). 1165–1165. 7 indexed citations

Balas, Michael, et al.. (2024). Artificial intelligence, adversarial attacks, and ocular warfare. 1(3). 100062–100062. 3 indexed citations

Balas, Michael, et al.. (2024). Systemic Arterial and Venous Thrombotic Events Associated With Anti–Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Injections: A Meta-Analysis. American Journal of Ophthalmology. 262. 86–96. 5 indexed citations

Felfeli, Tina, Michael Balas, Arshia Eshtiaghi, et al.. (2024). Long-term outcomes of noninfectious uveitis treated with systemic immunomodulatory therapy: a retrospective case series. Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology. 60(1). e133–e143. 2 indexed citations

Balas, Michael, Efrem D. Mandelcorn, Peng Yan, et al.. (2024). ChatGPT and retinal disease: a cross-sectional study on AI comprehension of clinical guidelines. Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology. 60(1). e117–e123. 6 indexed citations

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Balas, Michael, Jonathan A. Micieli, & Jovi C. Y. Wong. (2024). Integrating AI with tele-ophthalmology in Canada: a review. Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology. 60(3). e337–e343. 2 indexed citations

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Balas, Michael, et al.. (2024). Does routine upper gastrointestinal swallow study after metabolic and bariatric surgery lead to earlier diagnosis of leak?. Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases. 20(8). 767–773.

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Balas, Michael, et al.. (2023). Pars plana vitrectomy versus intravitreal antibiotics for endophthalmitis management following intravitreal anti‐VEGF agents: A meta‐analysis. Acta Ophthalmologica. 102(1). e11–e21. 3 indexed citations

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Balas, Michael, et al.. (2023). The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Wait-Times for Ophthalmic Surgery in Ontario, Canada: A Population-Based Study. Clinical ophthalmology. Volume 17. 1823–1831. 7 indexed citations

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Jaja, Blessing N. R., Armaan K. Malhotra, Michael Balas, et al.. (2023). Multicenter retrospective cohort study of the association between surgery for odontoid fractures in the elderly and in-hospital outcomes. Scientific Reports. 13(1). 6276–6276.

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Balas, Michael, et al.. (2023). Profiling medical specialties and informing aspiring physicians: a data-driven approach. Advances in Health Sciences Education. 29(3). 829–840.

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Balas, Michael, et al.. (2022). The Cataract Surgery Learning Curve: Quantitatively Tracking a Single Resident's Operative Actions Throughout Their Training. American Journal of Ophthalmology. 249. 82–89. 4 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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Balas, Michael, Laura Nguyen, Andrew Jack, et al.. (2021). Reality of Accomplishing Surgery within 24 Hours for Complete Cervical Spinal Cord Injury: Clinical Practices and Safety. Journal of Neurotrauma. 38(21). 3011–3019. 6 indexed citations

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Malhotra, Armaan K., Michael Balas, Gianni R. Lorello, et al.. (2021). Gender-based differences in physician payments within the fee-for-service system in Ontario: a retrospective, cross-sectional study. Canadian Medical Association Journal. 193(41). E1584–E1591. 10 indexed citations

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Balas, Michael, et al.. (2019). Selective peripheral nerve recordings from nerve cuff electrodes using convolutional neural networks. Journal of Neural Engineering. 17(1). 16042–16042. 34 indexed citations

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