Unoma Akamagwuna, MD

Assistant Professor
Baylor College of Medicine/Texas Children's Hospital
Houston, Oregon, United States

Dr. Unoma Akamagwuna joined Baylor College of Medicine in 2019. She received her bachelor’s degree from Xavier University of Louisiana and her medical school training at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences. She completed a combined residency program at the University of Colorado and is quadruple-boarded in Pediatrics, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine, and Brain Injury Medicine. Dr. Akamagwuna is an American Pediatric Association Quality and Safety Improvement Scholar and makes use of Quality Improvement methodology to improve practice and care for her patients continuously. She completed the Baylor College of Medicine Master Teacher Fellowship Program for faculty and is a master educator. She is also part of the distinguished Program for Academic Leadership through the Association for Academic Physiatrists. She currently serves as Fellowship Director for the Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine Program at Baylor College of Medicine. She is the Co-Director of the Spina Bifida Clinic at Texas Children’s Hospital, one of the largest programs in the country.

Presentation(s):

• Functional Impact of Pediatric Heart Failure and Heart Transplant. What Type of Rehabilitation Program and Functional Assessment Tools Do We Need? 1956

  Thursday, October 30, 2025
  8:15 AM - 9:15 AM