Chidinma C. Nwakanma, MD
Associate Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine
Attending Physician, Penn Presbyterian Emergency Department and Hospital of University of Pennsylvania
Interviewer, Emergency Medicine Residency, HUP
Interviewer, Global Emergency Medicine Fellowship, HUP
Physician Lead, Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, PPMC
Residency Recruitment Committee, HUP/PPMC
ED Gun Violence Initiative Liason, PPMC
Investigator, Health Equity Quality Improvement Project, PPMC
Panelist, Addressing Gun Violence: An Urgent Community Discussion, HUP
Panelist, Medical Student Orientation, Perelman School of Medicine at UPENN
Penn Injury Science Senior Scholar, PPMC
Executive Committee Member, Outreach Core, Penn Injury Science Center
Member, Senior Leadership Team, Penn Emergency Medicine
Vice Chair of Community Engagement and Health Equity, Department of Emergency Medicine
Department: Emergency Medicine
Contact information
Department of Emergency Medicine
3400 Spruce Street
Ground Ravdin Building
Philadelphia, PA 19104
3400 Spruce Street
Ground Ravdin Building
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 215-662-6698
Education:
BA (Neuroscience)
University of Pennsylvania, 2006.
MD (Medicine)
Ross University School of Medicine, 2011.
MD (Medicine)
Northeast Ohio Medical School, 2013.
Permanent linkBA (Neuroscience)
University of Pennsylvania, 2006.
MD (Medicine)
Ross University School of Medicine, 2011.
MD (Medicine)
Northeast Ohio Medical School, 2013.
Description of Clinical Expertise
ResuscitationED Critical Care
Reproductive Justice
Description of Other Expertise
Gun Violence PreventionHealth Equity
Selected 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 July 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.