{"entity":{"id":"soroka-medical-center","kind":"institution","name":"Soroka University Medical Center","aka":[],"tldr":"Soroka University Medical Center in Beersheba is the only tertiary hospital for Israel's Negev and Ben-Gurion University's teaching hospital; its oncology institute serves more than a million people, and its research using Clalit health records produces large epidemiological studies.","summary":"Soroka University Medical Center in Beersheba is the sole tertiary hospital for the Negev, serving more than a million people including the Bedouin population, and is the teaching hospital of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev's Faculty of Health Sciences. Its oncology institute provides medical oncology, radiotherapy, haematology, paediatric oncology and surgical oncology, and the hospital's research, using Clalit's health records, is known for large-scale epidemiological studies. A new dedicated cancer centre has been developed on the campus to expand radiotherapy and outpatient capacity for the region.","asOf":"2026-09-10","links":[{"label":"Official website","url":"https://www.soroka.org"}],"tags":[],"related":[],"cancers":[],"sections":[],"technologies":[],"targets":[],"drugs":[],"companies":[],"institutions":["sheba","hadassah"],"pathways":[],"terms":[],"trials":[],"people":["shlomi-codish"],"bottlenecks":[],"keyPapers":[],"journals":[],"dependsOn":[],"notes":[],"city":"Beersheba","country":"IL","lat":31.258,"lng":34.8,"institutionType":"hospital","website":"https://www.soroka.org","university":"Ben-Gurion University of the Negev","programs":["Oncology institute","Radiotherapy","Population-based cancer epidemiology"]},"route":"/institutions/soroka-medical-center/","neighbours":{"institution":[{"id":"hadassah","kind":"institution","name":"Hadassah Medical Center","route":"/institutions/hadassah/"},{"id":"sheba","kind":"institution","name":"Sheba Medical Center","route":"/institutions/sheba/"}],"person":[{"id":"shlomi-codish","kind":"person","name":"Shlomi Codish","route":"/people/shlomi-codish/"}]}}