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Enyinna Nwachuku MD
  • Enyinna Nwachuku, MD

    PGY-2 Resident

Enyinna Nwachuku, MD

PGY-2 Resident

Profile:

Enyinna L. Nwachuku, MD, began his residency with the University of Pittsburgh Department of Neurological Surgery in July of 2015. He graduated from the University of Pittsburgh in 2010 with a degree in neuroscience, and subsequently earned his medical degree from the University of Pittsburgh in 2015.

Along with three other colleagues from medical school, Dr. Nwachuku is a co-founder of a national and locally funded, non-profit, after-school organization called The Healthy Minds Academy which is a program geared toward at-risk youth in the public school systems of Pittsburgh.

Dr. Nwachuku was born in Nigeria. Interests outside of neurosurgery include cinema, traveling, and global/public health disparities

Specialized Areas of Interest

Pediatric neurosurgery; functional and stereotactic neurosurgery; neurotrauma.

Professional Organization Membership

American Association of Neurological Surgeons
Congress of Neurological Neurosurgeons 
Pennsylvania Medical Society

Honors & Awards

  • Career Education Enhancement for Health Care Diversity (CEED) Grant
  • Carolyn Carter Gateway Medical Society 4th Year Medical Student Scholarship
  • American Psychiatric Foundation “Helping Hands Grant”
  • National Institute of Mental Health R25 Grant
  • Pennsylvania Medical Society Medical Education Scholarship
  • Student National Medical Association-Physician Research Initiative Fellow
  • Gateway Medical Society Scholarship Recipient
  • National Medical Association Emerging Scholar Award