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The 2018-2020 picture for University of Michigan–ann Arbor Department of Neurosurgery is a 25-PI network with 54 internal PI collaborations. The main research signal is Medicine as the leading field (56% of slots across 23 PIs; 23 labels), Neurology as the leading subfield (19% of slots across 11 PIs; 11 labels), and Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy as the leading topic (5% of slots across 4 PIs; 4 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 Aditya S. Pandey (26.3 weighted works; Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications, Vascular Malformations Diagnosis and Treatment); Paul Park (21.2 weighted works; Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology, Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques). The clearest collaboration lines are Pedro R. Löwenstein and María G. Castro (55 shared works, weight 25.8). The leading breakdown groups are group 1 with 7 PIs, 8 internal connections, weight 39, around Neurology, Genetics, Immunology, led by María G. Castro, Pedro R. Löwenstein, Erin L. McKean; group 2 with 6 PIs, 6 internal connections, weight 22.4, around Neurology, Epidemiology, Emergency Medicine, led by Aditya S. Pandey, Venkatakrishna Rajajee, Guohua Xi.