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Duke University Hospital

General Surgery residency · Durham, NC · Program website

5
Faculty
61
Trainees
682
Papers
64%
Trainees published
27%
First author

Roster may be incomplete: most faculty couldn't be matched to publication records. 12 people are awaiting a match decision, so numbers may change.

Papers

By this program's faculty and trainees since 2022, 682 in all. Updated 2026-11-07.

How trainees publishauthor positions, faculty co-authorship, ranks

Papers by current residents and fellows, and alumni within two years, published during training. Based on 42 of 61 trainees matched to publication records. Trainees with no match count as not yet published, so these figures are a floor.

Not ranked against other programs yet: most faculty couldn't be matched to publication records. It's queued for another look.

64%
of trainees have published
4.15
papers per trainee-year
27%
of authorships as 1st author
7%
of trainee papers with program faculty
496
papers with a trainee author
Author position, all 612 trainee authorships
Faculty detailsh-index, papers and author positions per person

Program leadership from the program's own pages, matched to publications. Leadership is mostly clinician-educators, so these numbers describe the teaching team, not the department's research. Works since 2022-01-01.

2 / 5
faculty matched
11 (7.5–14.5)
faculty h-index, median (IQR)
0.55
median FWCI (before 2025)
NameResearch topicsh (lifetime)Works1stLastMedian FWCI
Sabino ZaniPancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research; Cholangiocarcinoma and Gallbladder Cancer Studies1864060.55
Philip Austin FongHealthcare Quality and Management; Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes42000.98
Jacob A Greenberg (unresolved)——000—
Katharine Louise Jackson (unresolved)——000—
Kevin Naresh Shah (unresolved)——000—

61 trainees are counted above but never listed by name.

About Duke Universityinstitution-wide general surgery research

General Surgery publications from Duke University and affiliated institutions, since 2022. Updated 2026-11-06; refreshed daily.

641
works per year
4th of 90 general surgery residency programs
4th of 90 general surgery residency programs
+14.5%
2-year growth
47th of 88 general surgery residency programs
47th of 88 general surgery residency programs
26.4%
in top 10% of field (works before 2025)
11th of 83 general surgery residency programs
11th of 83 general surgery residency programs
55.4%
cited above world average
5th of 83 general surgery residency programs
5th of 83 general surgery residency programs
2022: 594 works’222023: 602 works’232024: 625 works’242025: 744 works744’252026 (so far): 673 works673’26*

Works per year · * 2026 so far

Surgery · 3,238

General Surgery research topics at Duke University

Papers in the window; each links to the list on OpenAlex.

Most cited at Duke University since 2024

All general surgery papers there on OpenAlex

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