Chidinma Nwakanma, MD

Dr. Chidinma Nwakanma is an Associate Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (Penn). She received her medical degree from Northeast Ohio Medical University and completed her Emergency Medicine residency and Resuscitation & Emergency Critical Care Fellowship at Stony Brook University Hospital. Her professional interests are varied including critical care, resuscitation, women’s health, reproductive justice, health media, gun violence prevention, global medicine (particularly in West Africa and the Caribbean), and health equity as it pertains to Black/Brown communities. She strives to highlight social determinants of health and cultural humility in addition to clinical medicine when teaching trainees. She has been featured at numerous local and international conferences, on local radio shows and podcasts, and in several major national newspapers. She has received numerous clincal teaching awards. Most recently, she was awarded the Dean's Award for Excellence in Clinical Teaching by the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and was honored nationally for her exceptional bedside teaching by the American College of Emergency Physicians.