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Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital / University of the Witwatersrand
Johannesburg's flagship academic hospital and Wits University's oncology hub, running South Africa's largest public radiation and medical oncology service and pioneering African cancer cohorts.
Also called: CMJAHWits Health SciencesJohannesburg General Hospital
Overview
Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital, formerly the Johannesburg General Hospital, is the main tertiary hospital of the University of the Witwatersrand and hosts the largest public-sector oncology service in South Africa, with radiation oncology, medical oncology, haematology and bone marrow transplant, gynaecological and surgical oncology, and paediatric oncology. Wits research includes the Johannesburg Cancer Study, one of Africa's largest case-control studies of cancer risk factors and HIV, breast cancer outcomes in Black South African women, cervical cancer screening and HPV vaccination studies, Kaposi sarcoma and lymphoma in HIV, and the Wits Donald Gordon Medical Centre's transplant and hepatobiliary programmes. Wits also partners with the National Health Laboratory Service and the National Cancer Registry.
Location
Johannesburg, ZA
Type
hospital · University of the Witwatersrand
Website
Newsweek 2026 oncology rank
Not in top 300 listing used
OnCo score
#200 · 28 points (0 Newsweek + 0 NCI + 28 from 14 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 Johannesburg Hospital, including child institutions. 26 works · 118 citations · 77% open access · 8% clinical trials · 0% reviews.
Oncology works per year
32022
92023
12024
32025
102026
Most works
- Sharon Čačala3 works
- Tamás Tornai3 works
- Jennifer Ann Geel3 works
- Judith S. Jacobson3 works
- Naoki Niikura3 works
- Paul Ruff3 works
- Witness Mapanga3 works
- Wenlong Carl Chen3 works
- Daniel S. O’Neil3 works
- Thifhelimbilu Emmanuel Luvhengo3 works
Most cited
- Public-sector radiation and medical oncology
- Johannesburg Cancer Study
- HIV-associated malignancy
- Cervical cancer prevention
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