About
Professor Alexander Kempny is a Consultant Cardiologist specialising in adult congenital heart disease, structural heart interventions and pulmonary hypertension procedures.
He leads the adult congenital heart disease intervention programme at the Royal Brompton Hospital, London, and sees private patients at the Royal Brompton Hospital, the Harley Street Clinic and Wimpole Street Clinic.
Royal Brompton Hospital
State title of Professor conferred in 2022. H-index 49 as of 2026
Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians
Clinical expertise
His clinical work focuses on the assessment and catheter-based treatment of complex congenital and structural heart disease in adults. Areas of practice include adult congenital heart disease, PFO and ASD assessment and closure, pulmonary valve implantation, coarctation and complex aortic interventions, pulmonary hypertension procedures and second opinions in complex cases.
The approach combines careful clinical assessment, advanced imaging and multidisciplinary planning. Where helpful, three-dimensional reconstruction and procedural simulation are used to support decision-making, patient communication and preparation for complex interventions.
Training and appointments
He trained in cardiology and internal medicine at the University Hospital of Münster, Germany, and at the Royal Brompton Hospital in London. He received his PhD in Cardiology from the National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London.
Before joining the Royal Brompton Hospital as a Consultant Cardiologist, he worked as a Consultant Cardiologist at Barts Heart Centre between 2015 and 2016. In 2016–2017, he was Visiting Consultant Cardiologist at the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford.
Clinical and academic timeline
2025 — Fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians
Elected Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London.
2022 — State title of Professor
Conferred the lifelong State Title of Professor of Medicine by the President of the Republic of Poland following national peer review.
2018 onwards — Royal Brompton Hospital and private practice
Appointed Consultant Cardiologist at the Royal Brompton Hospital, London, with clinical leadership in percutaneous congenital and pulmonary hypertension interventions, alongside private practice at the Harley Street Clinic and Wimpole Street Clinic.
2018 — Imperial College London and Oxford
Appointed Honorary Senior Lecturer at Imperial College London, alongside a Visiting Consultant Cardiologist role at the John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford.
2018 — PhD in Cardiology, Imperial College London
Completed a PhD at the National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, contributing to a research portfolio with an H-index of 49 as of 2026.
2018 — Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology
Elected Fellow of the European Society of Cardiology.
2016 — Consultant Cardiologist, Barts Heart Centre
Appointed Consultant Cardiologist at Barts Heart Centre, London.
2017 — Habilitation, Jagiellonian University
Awarded the Habilitation degree for advanced independent research by Jagiellonian University, Kraków.
2015 — Facharzt certification, Germany
Specialist training at the University Hospital of Münster, Germany, and at the Royal Brompton Hospital in London, obtaining Facharzt certification in Cardiology and Internal Medicine.
2008 — PhD in Medicine
Awarded a PhD from the Military Medical University of Łódź.
2002 — Medical degree
Graduated with distinctions from the Medical University of Silesia.