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Duke University Department of Surgery in 2018-2020 reads as a 79-PI network with 110 internal PI collaborations. The research center of gravity is Medicine as the leading field (48% of slots across 67 PIs; 67 labels), Surgery as the leading subfield (11% of slots across 22 PIs; 22 labels), and Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments as the leading topic (3% of slots across 6 PIs; 6 labels). That is promising: collaboration is not just one large hairball, and the leading breakdown groups cover 22 PIs across distinct clusters. The most prominent PIs by weighted works are João Ricardo Nickenig Vissoci (20.2 weighted works; Venomous Animal Envenomation and Studies, Mosquito-borne diseases and control); Catherine A. Staton (18.2 weighted works; Injury Epidemiology and Prevention, Traffic and Road Safety). The strongest pairings are João Ricardo Nickenig Vissoci and Catherine A. Staton (37 shared works, weight 19); Adrian F. Hernandez and Adam D. DeVore (41 shared works, weight 13.1). The strongest breakdown groups are group 1 with 9 PIs, 8 internal connections, weight 30.6, around Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Molecular Biology, Immunology, led by João Ricardo Nickenig Vissoci, Catherine A. Staton, Bruce A. Sullenger; group 2 with 8 PIs, 9 internal connections, weight 28.1, around Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Biomedical Engineering, Surgery, led by Adrian F. Hernandez, Adam D. DeVore, Carmelo A. Milano.