Chidinma C. Nwakanma, MD
Emergency Medicine
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Emergency Medicine Penn Presbyterian
Penn Medicine Provider
About me
- Coordinator, URM Visiting Clerkship Program
- Associate Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine
My education and training
- Ross University School of MedicineMedical School
- Northeastern Ohio University - College of MedicineMedical School
- Stony Brook University HospitalResidency
Spoken languages
English
English
Insurance accepted
Please contact the practice and/or the member services department of your insurance company for specific details before receiving services. Providers may participate in some, but not all, products offered by a health plan; providers may also accept plans at some practice locations but not others.
- Aetna Advantra Cares D-SNP
- Aetna Advantra Credit Value
- Aetna Advantra Eagle HMO
- Aetna Advantra Eagle POS
- Aetna Advantra Premier Plus PPO
- Aetna Advantra Value
- Aetna Advantra Value Plus
- Aetna APCN Plus (Multi-Tier)
- Aetna Better Health Kids (CHIP) - DH Only
- Aetna Flexible Five
- Aetna Freedom Core
- Aetna Gold
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna Philly Prime
- Aetna POS
- Aetna PPO APCN
- Aetna Premier
- Aetna Premier Plus
- Aetna Savings Plus
- Aetna Signature Administrators
- Aetna Student Health Plan PPO
- Aetna Upfront Advantage
- First Health HMO
- First Health POS
- First Health PPO
- Meritain - Aramark (Other)
- Meritain - Aramark (Pennsylvania Premier Medical Plan)
- Americhealth Caritas of PA VIP - LGH Only
- Amerihealth Caritas (Transplant patients only)
- Amerihealth Caritas of PA - LGH Only
- Centivo EPO
- Cigna Healthcare EPO
- Cigna Healthcare HMO
- Cigna Healthcare POS
- Cigna Healthcare PPO
- Claim Watcher (Homestead/ INDECs) Open Access
- Clover Health Choice
- Clover Health Choice Value PPO
- Clover Health Classic HMO
- Clover Health Value
Locations
Penn Medicine hospital privileges
- Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
- Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Nwakanma is a Penn Medicine physician.
Qualifications and experience
- Emergency Medicine, 2017
- American College of Emergency Physicians, National
- Society of Academic Emergency Medicine, National
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
Zoe Read Philadelphia region faces record-breaking temperatures , WHYY News: 2025
Chidinma Nwakanma Staying safe during extreme heat: How to protect yourself against heatstroke and dehydration , PHL 17 News: 2025
Liz Tung How to Avoid a Trip to the ER on Super Bowl Sunday , WHYY: 2025
Emily Laurence What you should never, ever do after a Fall , Parade Magazine: 2025
Fox 29 "Health Watch: staying healthy in Extreme Heat" Effects of Extreme Heat on people taking Certain Medications , Fox 29: 2024
Niamh Rowe Keep Your Cool , AARP Magazine: 2023
Steve Keeley "Shot: We The Mothers" exhibit highlights mothers who lost children to gun violence , Fox 29 Philadelphia: 2022
Aubrey Whelan In viral video, a Philly-area clinic staffer berates an expectant mother for asking for a doctor’s note to take off work , Philadelphia Inquirer: 2022
Marina Affo 659 women have been shot in Philadelphia since 2020. And rising gun violence is taking a toll on pregnant women , Philadelphia Inquirer: 2022
Ashley Williams Urban heat Islands are why it can feel 20 degrees hotter in different parts of the same city , USA Today: 2022