Imperial College School of Medicine is the medical school of Imperial College London in England, and one of the United Hospitals. Formed by the merger of several historic medical schools, ICSM has core campuses at South Kensington, St Mary's Hospital, London, Charing Cross Hospital, Hammersmith Hospital and Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. Ranked 2nd in the UK and 3rd in the world among medical schools on the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2012 rankings, the school is especially known for its heart and lung transplant surgery skills led by Sir Magdi Yacoub, rheumatology... treatments by Sir Marc Feldmann, and recent robot-assisted surgery techniques by world leading surgeon Lord Darzi. Imperial College London first gained a medical school by merger with St Mary's Medical School in 1988. The current School of Medicine was formed in 1997 by the merger of St Mary's Medical School with Charing Cross and Westminster Medical School , the Royal Postgraduate Medical School and the National Heart and Lung Institute.
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| Location: | London,
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| School type: | Medical school |
| Total enrollment: | 2,440 |
| Colors: | Gold, Red, Dark Blue |