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The 2018-2020 picture for Stanford University Department of Neurosurgery is a 66-PI network with 162 internal PI collaborations. The main research signal is Medicine as the leading field (50% of slots across 54 PIs; 54 labels), Neurology as the leading subfield (13% of slots across 23 PIs; 23 labels), and Meningioma and schwannoma management as the leading topic (5% of slots across 9 PIs; 9 labels). That is a nice sign for applicants and collaborators, because the network has both density and separable local groups. The leading PI names are Gary K. Steinberg (18 weighted works; Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications, Moyamoya disease diagnosis and treatment); Casey H. Halpern (17.9 weighted works; Neurological disorders and treatments, Botulinum Toxin and Related Neurological Disorders). The clearest collaboration lines are Anand Veeravagu and John K. Ratliff (39 shared works, weight 14.7). The leading breakdown groups are group 1 with 10 PIs, 14 internal connections, weight 85, around Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Surgery, Neurology, led by Casey H. Halpern, Gerald A. Grant, Anand Veeravagu.