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Chryssa McAlister

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Assistant Clinical Professor (Adjunct)SurgeryMcMaster University

Research

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29 publications.

01

A national benchmarking survey for quality improvement and safety in ophthalmology

Kryshtalskyj MT, Rau J, Sanders E, Chung H, Crichton AC, McAlister C, Ragan AM

Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology20251 citations
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcjo.2024.11.013
02

Consistency of conflict of interest disclosures across two major ophthalmology conferences

Grad J, Hatamnejad A, Grewal A, McAlister C

AJO International2025Senior author
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajoint.2025.100153
03

From Social Media to Peer Review: How Can we Evaluate Medical Content for Misinformation and Bias?

McAlister C, Chiu H, Hatamnejad A

Canadian Eye Care Today2023First authorOpen Access
DOI: 10.58931/cect.2023.2124PMID: W4383684007
04

Ophthalmology ethics

Levin AV, McAlister C

2022Senior author
DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-323-75754-6.00049-9
05

From trenches to trailblazers: the First World War and its influence on ophthalmology in Canada

Kryshtalskyj M, Croix BS, McAlister C, El-Defrawy S

Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology2021Open Access
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcjo.2020.07.013PMID: W3047688075
06

Centralized referral systems can both shorten wait times and preserve patient autonomy

McAlister CN

CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION JOURNAL20203 citationsFirst author
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.75698
07

Message in a bottle: the discovery of a young medical officer’s map from the 1917 Battle of Hill 70

Kryshtalskyj M, Jonathan V, McAlister C

Canadian Journal of Surgery20181 citationsSenior author
DOI: 10.1503/cjs.012318
08

The 1917 Halifax Explosion: the first coordinated local civilian medical response to disaster in Canada

McAlister CN, Marble AE, Murray TJ

Canadian Journal of Surgery20174 citationsFirst author
DOI: 10.1503/cjs.016317
09

Eye Day for medical students: delivering ophthalmic undergraduate education through interprofessional collaboration

Tong L, Lee-Poy M, MacIver S, McAlister C

Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology20165 citationsSenior author
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcjo.2016.02.019
10

Patient bias toward lasers: Hidden vulnerability in the widespread adoption of femtosecond laser–assisted cataract surgery

McAlister C

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery20162 citationsFirst author
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2016.01.017

Frequent collaborators

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Chryssa McAlisterTim HillsonMichael Lee-Poy
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Tim Hillson

Surgery

2 shared papers, latest 2015

Michael Lee-Poy

Family Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2016

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Judith West-Mays

Pathology & Molecular Medicine

Intraocular Surgery and Lenses, Glaucoma and retinal disorders

George Beiko

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Elizabeth Lee

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Intraocular Surgery and Lenses, Glaucoma and retinal disorders

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