Report summary

Northwestern University Department of Surgery in 2024-2026 reads as a 50-PI network with 60 internal PI collaborations. The research center of gravity is Medicine as the leading field (59% of slots across 47 PIs; 47 labels), Surgery as the leading subfield (18% of slots across 24 PIs; 24 labels), and Diversity and Career in Medicine as the leading topic (3% of slots across 5 PIs; 5 labels). That is promising: collaboration is not just one large hairball, and the leading breakdown groups cover 20 PIs across distinct clusters. The most prominent PIs by weighted works are Robert D. Galiano (24.7 weighted works; Wound Healing and Treatments, Pressure Ulcer Prevention and Management). The strongest pairings are Chitaru Kurihara and Ankit Bharat (22 shared works, weight 13). The strongest breakdown groups are group 1 with 10 PIs, 13 internal connections, weight 23.5, around Surgery, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, led by Chitaru Kurihara, Ankit Bharat, Karen J. Ho.