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Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi
Pakistan's leading private academic hospital, opened in 1985, with a comprehensive oncology service and the country's most active academic cancer research programme.
Also called: AKUH Karachi
Overview
The Aga Khan University Hospital in Karachi opened in 1985 as the teaching hospital of the Aga Khan University and was the first hospital in Pakistan accredited by Joint Commission International. Its oncology services include medical oncology, radiation oncology, haematology and stem cell transplantation, surgical oncology, paediatric oncology and nuclear medicine, and its Section of Medical Oncology and Department of Oncology run one of the most productive cancer research programmes in the country, including the Karachi Cancer Registry work and hereditary breast cancer studies. The hospital also operates a nationwide clinical laboratory network.
Location
Karachi, PK
Type
hospital · Aga Khan University
Website
Newsweek 2026 oncology rank
Not in top 300 listing used
OnCo score
#563 · 4 points (0 Newsweek + 0 NCI + 4 from 2 linked objects) · ranking
Research output
From OpenAlex, oncology works in the last five years (2022 to 2026, current year in progress); counted on 2026-09-24.
Matched to Aga Khan University Hospital, including child institutions. 137 works · 278 citations · 73% open access · 7% clinical trials · 6% reviews.
Oncology works per year
282022
182023
252024
412025
252026
Most works
- Munira Moosajee12 works
- Yasmin Abdul Rashid9 works
- Saqib Raza Khan8 works
- Nida Zahid7 works
- Adnan Abdul Jabbar6 works
- Mehmoona Zahid6 works
- Sidra Naz5 works
- Sadia Qazi5 works
- Lubna Mushtaque Vohra5 works
- Muhammad Hassan Ashraf Rai5 works
Most cited
- Radiation oncology
- Stem cell transplantation
- Cancer registry research