Report summary

The 2021-2023 picture for University of California, San Francisco Department of Neurosurgery is a 36-PI network with 139 internal PI collaborations. The main research signal is Medicine as the leading field (62% of slots across 33 PIs; 33 labels), Neurology as the leading subfield (16% of slots across 14 PIs; 14 labels), and Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment as the leading topic (10% of slots across 11 PIs; 11 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 Christopher P. Ames (26.1 weighted works; Scoliosis diagnosis and treatment, Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques); Manish K. Aghi (23 weighted works; Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment, Pituitary Gland Disorders and Treatments). The clearest collaboration lines are Praveen V. Mummaneni and Dean Chou (47 shared works, weight 16.9). The leading breakdown groups are group 1 with 9 PIs, 14 internal connections, weight 78.4, around Genetics, Oncology, Epidemiology, led by Manish K. Aghi, Mitchel S. Berger, Ramin A. Morshed; group 2 with 7 PIs, 9 internal connections, weight 40.6, around Surgery, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Neurology, led by Christopher P. Ames, Praveen V. Mummaneni, Dean Chou.