The Royal Brompton Hospital is located in Chelsea, in the heart of London. The hospital is conveniently located near the London Underground and several bus routes, and is surrounded by all the amenities of the city of London. As the UK's largest specialist hospital for heart and lung disease, the Royal Brompton is world-renowned for the outstanding work of Sir Magdi Yacoub, a world-renowned surgeon who pioneered heart transplantation in the UK in the 1980s.