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Call Philip Kum-Nji, MD
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General pediatrics/primary care
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Areas of interest
Primary Care
Lactation
Newborn circumcision
Frenotomy (procedure to correct tongue-tie)
Clinical epidemiology - passive smoke exposure
Lactation
Newborn circumcision
Frenotomy (procedure to correct tongue-tie)
Clinical epidemiology - passive smoke exposure
Bio
Dr. Kum-Nji has over 25 years of experience including special procedural skills doing newborn circumcisions and frenotomy in newborns with tongue tie. He was in private practice for several years in rural Mississippi and Tennessee before joining academic medicine. Before joining the faculty at VCU, he taught at the University of Mississippi Medical School and the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. He is a general pediatrician and has published more than a dozen research articles and abstracts in various peer-reviewed journals.
Education
Education MPH, Tulane University
Medical School University of Yaounde School of Medicine, Cameroon
Residency Le Bonheur Children's Hospital
Research interests
Effect of smoking exposure on child health