Report summary

The 2015-2026 picture for University of Virginia Department of Surgery is a 89-PI network with 407 internal PI collaborations. The research center of gravity is Medicine as the leading field (58% of slots across 83 PIs; 83 labels), Surgery as the leading subfield (22% of slots across 51 PIs; 51 labels), and Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes as the leading topic (4% 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 top weighted PIs are J. Hunter Mehaffey (53.6 weighted works; Healthcare Policy and Management, Travel-related health issues); Gorav Ailawadi (49.2 weighted works; Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes, Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments). The strongest pairings are Gorav Ailawadi and Leora T. Yarboro (58 shared works, weight 23.8); J. Hunter Mehaffey and Gorav Ailawadi (64 shared works, weight 23.1). The standout breakdown groups are group 1 with 10 PIs, 13 internal connections, weight 198.1, around Surgery, Biomedical Engineering, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, led by J. Hunter Mehaffey, Gorav Ailawadi, Irving L. Kron.