Philip Kum-Nji, MD

Specialty

General Pediatrics

Department

Pediatrics

Locations

Children's Pavilion

1000 East Broad Street
Richmond, VA 23219
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Education

MPH, Tulane University

Medical School

University of Yaounde School of Medicine, Cameroon

Residency

Le Bonheur Children's Hospital

Biography

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.

Clinical Interests

Primary Care;Lactation;Newborn circumcision;Frenotomy (procedure to correct tongue-tie);Clinical epidemiology - passive smoke exposure

Ratings & Reviews

60 Ratings, 6 Comments

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Dr. Kum-Nji is an excellent doctor. He is always compassionate and thoughtful when providing care to my daughters. You can tell that he truly cares about his patients.

May 2025

He was awesome. [...] I am actually very Grateful for that and would recommend all doctors take that approach. [...]

March 2025

We love Kum-Nji.

August 2024

Dr. Kum-ji is amazing.

April 2024

Overall just a pleasant amazing and knowledgeable experience. I would recommend to family and friends

August 2023

We love Dr. Kum-Nji [...]

December 2022