Onyeka Nwankwo
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases)
Department: Medicine
Contact information
301 St 8th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106
Philadelphia, PA 19106
Office: 2158295354
Fax: 2158297132
Fax: 2158297132
Education:
BS (Brain Behavior and Cognitive Science & Anthropology, )
University of Michigan, 2006.
MD (Medicine)
Case Western Reserve University, 2010.
Permanent linkBS (Brain Behavior and Cognitive Science & Anthropology, )
University of Michigan, 2006.
MD (Medicine)
Case Western Reserve University, 2010.
Description of Clinical Expertise
Bone Infection (Osteomyelitis)C. Difficile (Clostridium Difficile Diarrhea)
Hepatitis C
Hepatitis C and HIV Coinfection
HIV and AIDS
Hospital Epidemiology
Hospital-Acquired Infections
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Health (LGBT)
Malaria
MRSA Infections
Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT)
Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD)
Tuberculosis (TB)
Selected 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): e26801, July 2022 Notes: DOI: 10.7759/cureus.26801.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 october 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 october 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 May 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 September 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 January 2008.