Chidinma C. Nwakanma, MD

Emergency Medicine
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Emergency Medicine Penn Presbyterian
Call 215-662-8000
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Penn Medicine Provider

About me

  • Coordinator, URM Visiting Clerkship Program
  • Associate Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine

My education and training

  • Medical School: Ross University School of Medicine
  • Medical School: Northeastern Ohio University - College of Medicine
  • Residency: Stony Brook University Hospital

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.

Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Nwakanma is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

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

Chidinma Nwakanma Gun Violence: A Reckoning , Penn Medicine Magazine: 2022

Chidinma Nwakanma A Case of Mistaken Identity or Blantat Bias? , Medpage Today: 2022

Zaf Qasim Chidinma Nwakanma The Cycle of Gun violence in Philadelphia is Sickening , The Philadelphia Inquirer: 2022