STAFF PHYSICIAN
Dr. Chioma Akwara joined Patient First as a staff physician in June of 2019. She received a Bachelor of Science degree in microbiology and biochemistry from the University of Nigeria in Nsukka, Nigeria, and she received an Associate of Arts degree in pre-medicine from Prince George's Community College in Landover, Maryland. Dr. Akwara received her medical degree from Ross University School of Medicine in Portsmouth, Dominica and a Master of Public Health degree from George Washington University in Washington, D.C. She completed a residency in family medicine at the University of Maryland Prince George’s Hospital in Cheverly, Maryland. Dr. Akwara is board certified by the American Board of Family Medicine.