Onyeka Nwankwo, MD

Travel Medicine, Infectious Diseases
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Infectious Diseases and Travel Medicine
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About me

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

My education and training

  • Medical School: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
  • Residency: University of Michigan Health
  • Fellowship: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Spoken languages

English
English

Reviews

Average Rating

224 reviews

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Anonymous
May 2026
dr Onyekachukwo was very supportive and knowledgeable
Anonymous
April 2026
he is a great doctor !
Anonymous
March 2026
excellent
Anonymous
March 2026
he knows his stuff, but he is also down to earth and interacts like we have the interest in mind, getting me well.

Insurance accepted

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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

Research

Publications

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