Report summary

University of Minnesota Department of Surgery in 2015-2026 reads as a 108-PI network with 384 internal PI collaborations. The research center of gravity is Medicine as the leading field (55% of slots across 94 PIs; 94 labels), Surgery as the leading subfield (17% of slots across 49 PIs; 49 labels), and Colorectal Cancer Surgical Treatments as the leading topic (2% of slots across 7 PIs; 7 labels). That is promising: collaboration is not just one large hairball, and the leading breakdown groups cover 29 PIs across distinct clusters. The most prominent PIs by weighted works are Christopher Burlak (46 weighted works; Xenotransplantation and immune response, Organ Transplantation Techniques and Outcomes). The strongest pairings are Paul A. Iaizzo and Tinen L. Iles (43 shared works, weight 20.5). The strongest breakdown groups are group 1 with 10 PIs, 12 internal connections, weight 97, around Surgery, Epidemiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, led by Christopher Burlak, Melanie L. Graham, Melena D. Bellin; group 2 with 10 PIs, 11 internal connections, weight 53.6, around Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Molecular Biology, led by Paul A. Iaizzo, Gabriel Loor, Tammy A. Butterick.