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Duke University Hospital

Neurological Surgery residency · Durham, NC · Program website

4
Faculty
21
Trainees
370
Papers
81%
Trainees published
27%
First author

3 people are awaiting a match decision, so numbers may change.

Papers

By this program's faculty and trainees since 2022, 370 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 17 of 21 trainees matched to publication records. Trainees with no match count as not yet published, so these figures are a floor.

81%
of trainees have published
2.68
papers per trainee-year
27%
of authorships as 1st author
29%
of trainee papers with program faculty
192
papers with a trainee author
Author position, all 240 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.

3 / 4
faculty matched
43 (23–47)
faculty h-index, median (IQR)
0.78
median FWCI (before 2025)
NameResearch topicsh (lifetime)Works1stLastMedian FWCI
Michael Martin HaglundGlobal Health and Surgery; Traumatic Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disturbances51771130.73
Courtney Rory GoodwinManagement of metastatic bone disease; Cervical and Thoracic Myelopathy431262360.86
Katherine E McDanielInnovations in Medical Education; Surgical Simulation and Training310101.61
Steven Cook (unresolved)——000—

21 trainees are counted above but never listed by name.

About Duke Universityinstitution-wide neurological surgery research

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

695
works per year
2nd of 55 neurological surgery residency programs
2nd of 55 neurological surgery residency programs
+14.0%
2-year growth
31st of 55 neurological surgery residency programs
31st of 55 neurological surgery residency programs
26.5%
in top 10% of field (works before 2025)
8th of 55 neurological surgery residency programs
8th of 55 neurological surgery residency programs
54.8%
cited above world average
4th of 55 neurological surgery residency programs
4th of 55 neurological surgery residency programs
2022: 646 works’222023: 653 works’232024: 669 works’242025: 812 works812’252026 (so far): 737 works737’26*

Works per year · * 2026 so far

Surgery · 3,238Neurology · 279

Neurological 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 neurological surgery papers there on OpenAlex

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