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University of Illinois Chicago Department of Neurosurgery in 2024-2026 reads as a 7-PI network with 4 internal PI collaborations. The dominant subject mix is Medicine as the leading field (64% of slots across 7 PIs; 7 labels), Neurology as the leading subfield (24% of slots across 4 PIs; 4 labels), and Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances as the leading topic (14% of slots across 3 PIs; 3 labels). The focus is impressively clear, which is good for fit in Medicine but worth checking for breadth outside that area. The leading PI names are Ali Alaraj (14.4 weighted works; Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications, Neurological Complications and Syndromes); Konstantin V. Slavin (13.3 weighted works; Anesthesia and Pain Management, Intraoperative Neuromonitoring and Anesthetic Effects). The most visible ties are Ali Alaraj and Fady T. Charbel (13 shared works, weight 6.3). The leading breakdown groups are group 1 with 4 PIs, 4 internal connections, weight 8.2, around Neurology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Epidemiology, led by Ali Alaraj, Ankit I. Mehta, Fady T. Charbel.