Penn Medicine Provider
Emergency Medicine
Chidinma C. Nwakanma, MD
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Emergency Medicine Penn Presbyterian
Call 800-789-7366

About me

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

Education and training

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  • Medical School: Northeastern Ohio University - College of Medicine
  • Residency: SUNY at Stony Brook Medical Center

Insurance accepted

My Locations

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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

My research

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

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

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

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

n/a Heat Health Emergency declared in Philadelphia , 6 ABC Action News: 2021