Jamaji C. Nwanaji-Enwerem, MD, PhD
Emergency Medicine
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Emergency Medicine - Clifton Center for Medical Breakthroughs
Penn Medicine Provider
About me
- Presidential Assistant Professor in Health Equity
My education and training
- Medical School: Harvard Medical School
- Residency: Emory 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.
- 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.
Qualifications and experience
- Emergency Medicine, 2025
- American College of Emergency Physicians, National
- American Society of Hematology, National
- AMSUS, The Society of Federal Health Professionals, National
- International Society of Environmental Epidemiology, International
- International Society of Exposure Science, International
- Society for Academic Emergency Medicine, National
- World Health Organization Expert Technical Advisory Group Member., National
Treatments and conditions
Research
Publications
Nwanaji-Enwerem JC, Khodasevich D, Gladish N, Shen H, Bozack AK, Daredia S, Rehkopf DH, Cardenas A. Health insurance, healthcare access, and their roles in the association between blood lead levels and epigenetic aging in United States adults , Geroscience: 2026
Nwanaji-Enwerem JC, Pentzer E, Lavieri MS, Aran K, Assoumou SA, Saikawa E, Zhang Y, Napier MD, Reich J, Vernon A, Gallery R, Luhar M, Rotenstein LS, Coker A, Sawyer K, Yoon J, Menold J. Think. Build. Heal. Also, tell the story , PNAS Nexus, 5: 2026,pgag153
Nwanaji-Enwerem JC, Khodasevich D, Blakley J, Galazka JM, Cardenas A. Longitudinal Blood Epigenetic Aging, DNA Methylation-Predicted Protein, and Estimated Leukocyte Proportion Trends in Two Astronauts from the Axiom Space Mission 1: An Exploratory Analysis , Genes (Basel), 17: 2026,564
Nwanaji-Enwerem U, Williams J, Forman R, Nwanaji-Enwerem JC. A "Grounded in Health" Fair: Applying Environmental Health Approaches in a Cross-Specialty Community-Based Initiative , Environ Health Insights, 20: 2026,11786302261441710
Fu X, Zhao A, Nwanaji-Enwerem JC, Chong NS, Bartelli D, Jia C. Organic chemical contamination of the indoor air in outpatient clinics: spatiotemporal variation and health risks , Int J Environ Health Res: 2026
Bozack AK, Khodasevich D, Nwanaji-Enwerem JC, Gladish N, Shen H, Daredia S, Needham BL, Rehkopf DH, Guasch-Ferre M, Cardenas A. Dietary fatty acids and epigenetic aging in US adults: results from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey , NPJ Aging, 12: 2025,3
Nwanaji-Enwerem JC, Khodasevich D, Gladish N, Shen H, Bozack AK, Daredia S, Needham BL, Rehkopf DH, Cardenas A. The environmental chemical exposome and health insurance: Examining associations and effect modification of epigenetic aging in a representative sample of United States adults , Exposome, 6: 2025,osaf015
Nwanaji-Enwerem JC, Nwanaji-Enwerem P. U.S. Federal and State Medicaid Spending: Health Policy Patterns by Political Party Leadership and Census Demographics , Int J Environ Res Public Health, 22: 2025,1074
Nwanaji-Enwerem, J.C., Khodasevich, D., Gladish, N., Shen, H., Bozack, A.K., Daredia, S., Needham, B.L., Rehkopf, D.H. and Cardenas, A. Sensory impairments and epigenetic aging: insights from self-rated hearing and vision in United States adults. , GeroScience: 2025
Nwanaji-Enwerem, J.C., Khodasevich, D., Gladish, N., Shen, H., Bozack, A.K., Daredia, S., Needham, B.L., Rehkopf, D.H. and Cardenas, A. Associations of epigenetic aging with self-rated health, access to care, and healthcare utilization in a representative sample of United States adults , Clinical Epigenetics, 17(1): 2025