Penn Medicine Provider
Travel Medicine, Infectious Diseases
Onyeka Nwankwo, MD
4.9
(173)
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Infectious Diseases and Travel Medicine
Make an appointmentCall 215-829-5354

About me

  • Chairperson, Infection Prevention Committee, Pennsylvania Hospital
  • Hospital Epidemiologist, Pennsylvania Hospital
  • Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases)

Education and training

  • Medical School: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
  • Residency: University of Michigan Medical Center
  • Fellowship: University of North Carolina Hospitals

What my patients think about me

Average Rating
4.9

173 reviews

Comments are submitted by patients and reflect their views and opinions. The comments are not endorsed by and do not necessarily reflect the views of Penn Medicine.

May 2025
5.0
5.0
he is what a good doctor should be--patient- centred and knowledgeable. he dealt with the person in front of him and not a textbook version.
May 2025
5.0
5.0
he was very informative .
April 2025
5.0
5.0
dr. nwankwo has an excellent chairside demeanor. he warmly greeted me in the waiting room, shook my hand, and escorted me to the examination room. i never felt rushed during my appointment as he took the time to answer all of my questions and even shared his computer screen to reinforce his explanations.
April 2025
5.0
5.0
dr o is great!!!

Insurance accepted

My Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Nwankwo is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

Vahdatpour CA, De Young S, Jaber JF, Ayyoub J, Sommers T, Wen C, Lim T, Owoyema O, Davin K, Kinniry P, Nwankwo O, Austin A, . Clinical characteristics and outcomes of covid-19 acute respiratory distress syndrome (Ards) survivors in early pandemic: a single healthcare system retrospective study. , Cureus, 14(7): 2022,e26801

Chundi V, Eichholz A, Nwankwo O, Kinlaw A, Kufel W, Medlin T, Fletcher L, Marx A, Farel C. Adverse Drug Reactions Among Patients Enrolled in an Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT) Program 2015–2016 at UNC Medical Center. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 2017 , Poster presented at: IDweek 2017 : 2017

Nwankwo, O., Eichholz, A., Chundi, V., Kinlaw, A., Medlin, T., Fletcher, L., … Marx, A Characterization of Readmissions Among Patients Enrolled in an Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT) Program Over a 2-Year Period at UNC Medical , Presented at IDweek: 2017

1., Nwankwo, O., Weber, D., Dibiase, L., Sickbert-Bennett, E., Rutala, W Secondary Bloodstream Infections; Pathogens and Site of Primary Infection , Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of American Spring Conference: 2016

2., Nwankwo, O., Flannery, E., Chang, S., Watts, B., Stiefel, U. (2009, September). Impact Of Active Surveillance and Interventions to Decrease Central Line Associated (CLA) Bloodstream Infections (BSI) on Rates of Methicillin- Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)BSI at a VA Medical Center , Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy: 2009

Nwankwo, O., Chiang, S., Fagen, K., Khatri, S. (2008, January). Association Between Local Steel Mill Activity, Ambient Particulate Pollution and Adult Cardiac Emergency Room Admissions , Lepow Medical Student Research Symposium: 2008