Report summary

The 2015-2017 picture for Washington University in St. Louis Department of Anesthesiology is a 30-PI network with 29 internal PI collaborations. The research center of gravity is Medicine as the leading field (43% of slots across 22 PIs; 22 labels), Physiology as the leading subfield (10% of slots across 7 PIs; 7 labels), and Pain Mechanisms and Treatments as the leading topic (7% of slots across 6 PIs; 6 labels). This is a solid, readable collaboration map: group-level fit matters more than a single department-wide label. The top weighted PIs are Michael S. Avidan (10 weighted works; Intensive Care Unit Cognitive Disorders, Anesthesia and Sedative Agents). The strongest pairings are Robert W. Gereau and Judith P. Golden (13 shared works, weight 5.8). The standout breakdown groups are group 1 with 8 PIs, 14 internal connections, weight 22.8, around Physiology, Dermatology, Sensory Systems, led by Michael R. Bruchas, Robert W. Gereau, Ream Al‐Hasani; group 2 with 8 PIs, 9 internal connections, weight 9.7, around Molecular Biology, Genetics, Pharmacology, led by Evan D. Kharasch, Peter Nägele, Jeremiah J. Morrissey.