Report summary

The 2024-2026 picture for Yale University Department of Surgery is a 55-PI network with 58 internal PI collaborations. The research center of gravity is Medicine as the leading field (60% of slots across 52 PIs; 52 labels), Surgery as the leading subfield (16% of slots across 23 PIs; 23 labels), and Aortic aneurysm repair treatments as the leading topic (3% of slots across 5 PIs; 5 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 Michael Alperovich (28.1 weighted works; Facial Rejuvenation and Surgery Techniques, Body Image and Dysmorphia Studies). The strongest pairings are Martin Kauke‐Navarro and Bohdan Pomahač (24 shared works, weight 12.3). The standout breakdown groups are group 1 with 10 PIs, 15 internal connections, weight 44.1, around Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Surgery, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, led by Cassius Iyad Ochoa Chaar, Alan Dardik, Britt H. Tonnessen; group 2 with 9 PIs, 11 internal connections, weight 28.9, around Oncology, Transplantation, Cancer Research, led by Martin Kauke‐Navarro, Bohdan Pomahač, Paris D. Butler.