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University of Pittsburgh Department of Surgery in 2015-2026 reads as a 118-PI network with 590 internal PI collaborations. The research center of gravity is Medicine as the leading field (52% of slots across 103 PIs; 103 labels), Surgery as the leading subfield (14% of slots across 42 PIs; 42 labels), and Trauma and Emergency Care Studies as the leading topic (3% of slots across 10 PIs; 10 labels). That is promising: collaboration is not just one large hairball, and the leading breakdown groups cover 27 PIs across distinct clusters. The most prominent PIs by weighted works are Stephen F. Badylak (63.7 weighted works; Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications). The strongest pairings are Yoram Vodovotz and Rubén Zamora (58 shared works, weight 31). The strongest breakdown groups are group 1 with 10 PIs, 10 internal connections, weight 157.5, around Emergency Medicine, Immunology, Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine, led by Timothy R. Billiar, Yoram Vodovotz, Jason L. Sperry; group 2 with 10 PIs, 11 internal connections, weight 85.2, around Surgery, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Clinical Biochemistry, led by Daolin Tang, Michael T. Lotze, Amer H. Zureikat.