Nwamaka Eneanya

Nwamaka Eneanya, MD, MPH, FASN is an attending nephrologist and Assistant Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology at the Perelman School of Medicine. She is also the Director of Health Equity, Anti-Racism, and Community Engagement in the Nephrology Division. Dr. Eneanya is a clinical investigator with research interests that center on palliative care, informed decision-making and health equity among patients with chronic kidney disease. Her research has been supported by the National Institutes of Health and the American Society of Nephrology. In 2020, she was recognized as a “40 under 40” Leader in Minority Health by the National Minority Quality Forum.

Dr. Eneanya holds a medical degree from Meharry Medical College, and a MPH from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. She completed her residency in internal medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and nephrology training at the combined Nephrology Fellowship Program at Massachusetts General Hospital/Brigham and Women’s Hospital.

Education:

BA Cornell University, Ithaca, NY , 2002. MD Meharry Medical College, Nashville, TN, 2008. MPH (Clinical Effectiveness) Harvard School Of Public Health, Boston, MA, 2014.

Selected Publications

• Delgado C, Baweja M, Burrows NR, Crews DC, Eneanya ND, Gadegbeku CA, Inker LA, Mendu ML, Miller WG, Moxey-Mims MM, Roberts GV, St Peter WL, Warfield C, Powe NR.: Reassessing the Inclusion of Race in Diagnosing Kidney Diseases: An Interim Report From the NKF-ASN Task Force. Am J Kidney Dis 78(1): 103-115, Jul 2021 Notes: doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2021.03.008. Epub 2021 Apr 9.

• Delgado C, Baweja M, Burrows NR, Crews DC, Eneanya ND, Gadegbeku CA, Inker LA, Mendu ML, Miller WG, Moxey-Mims MM, Robert GV, St Peter WL, Warfield C, Powe NR: Reassessing the Inclusion of Race in Diagnosing Kidney Diseases: An Interim Report from the NKF-ASN Task Force. J Am Soc Nephrol. 32(6): 1305-1317, Jun 2021 Notes: doi: 10.1681/ASN.2021010039. Epub 2021 Apr 9.

• Weissman GE, Teeple S, Eneanya ND, Hubbard RA, Kangovi S: Effects of neighborhood-level data on performance and algorithmic equity of a model that predicts 30-day heart failure readmissions at an urban academic medical center. J Card Fail May 2021 Notes: S1071-9164(21)00193-7. doi: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2021.04.021. Online ahead of print.

• Julien HM, Stebbins A, Vemulapalli S, Nathan AS, Eneanya ND, Groeneveld P, Fiorilli PN, Herrmann HC, Szeto WY, Desai ND, Anwaruddin S, Vora A, Shah B, Ng VG, Kumbhani DJ, Giri J.: Incidence, Predictors, and Outcomes of Acute Kidney Injury in Patients Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: Insights From the Society of Thoracic Surgeons/American College of Cardiology National Cardiovascular Data Registry-Transcatheter Valve Therapy Registry. Circ Cardiovasc Interv 14: e010032, Apr 2021.

• Eberly LA, Yang L, Eneanya ND, Essien U, Julien H, Nathan AS, Khatana SAM, Dayoub EJ, Fanaroff AC, Giri J, Groeneveld PW, Adusumalli S.: Association of Race/Ethnicity, Gender, and Socioeconomic Status With Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter 2 Inhibitor Use Among Patients With Diabetes in the US. JAMA Netw Open 4: e216139, Apr 2021.

• Stallings TL, Temel JS, Klaiman TA, Paasche-Orlow MK, Alegria M, O'Hare A, O'Connor N, Dember LM, Halpern SD, Eneanya ND.: Integrating Conservative kidney management Options and advance care Planning Education (COPE) into routine CKD care: a protocol for a pilot randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open 11: e042620, Feb 2021.

• Ahmed S, Nutt CT, Eneanya ND, Reese PP, Sivashanker K, Morse M, Sequist T, Mendu ML: Examining the potential impact of race multiplier utilization in estimated glomerular filtration rate calculation on African-American care outcomes. Journal of General Internal Medicine 36(2): 464-471, Feb 2021.

• Olaniran KO, Eneanya ND, Zhao SH, Ofsthun NJ, Maddux FW, Thadhani RI, Dalrymple LS, Nigwekar SU.: Mortality and Hospitalizations among Sickle Cell Disease Patients with End-Stage Kidney Disease Initiating Dialysis. Am J Nephrol. Page: 1-9, Jan 2021 Notes: Online ahead of print.

• Eneanya, ND: Equitable hemodialysis for undocumented immigrant patients: prioritizing patient voices in care implementation Kidney International 99(1): 26-28, Jan 2021.

• Ashana DC, Anesi GL, Liu VX, Escobar GJ, Chesley C, Eneanya ND, Weissman GE, Miller WD, Harhay MO, Halpern SD.: Equitably Allocating Resources During Crises: Racial Differences in Mortality Prediction Models. Am J Respir Crit Care Med m J Respir Crit Care Med, 2021.