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The 2015-2017 picture for Duke University Department of Surgery is a 43-PI network with 33 internal PI collaborations. The research center of gravity is Medicine as the leading field (50% of slots across 37 PIs; 37 labels), Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine as the leading subfield (12% of slots across 13 PIs; 13 labels), and Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment as the leading topic (4% of slots across 5 PIs; 5 labels). The specialization is notable and potentially attractive, with the caveat that adjacent fields may have fewer local peers. The top weighted PIs are Ares Pasipoularides (11 weighted works; Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments, Cardiomyopathy and Myosin Studies). The strongest pairings are Julie Ann Sosa and Sanziana A. Roman (19 shared works, weight 6.8). The standout breakdown groups are group 1 with 8 PIs, 10 internal connections, weight 8.1, around Molecular Biology, Immunology, Transplantation, led by Allan D. Kirk, Gayathri R. Devi, Jaewoo Lee; group 2 with 7 PIs, 12 internal connections, weight 4.8, around Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Oncology, Epidemiology, led by Carmelo A. Milano, Matthew G. Hartwig, David H. Harpole.