Pediatrician Staff
At Clarksburg Pediatrics LLC, our team consists of experienced, compassionate pediatricians and friendly, nurturing staff members who take pride in giving our young patients the personalized pediatric care that they deserve.
Armina Rahman, M.D., FAAP
Dr. Armina Rahman is a Board Certified Pediatrician who graduated from Creighton University in Omaha, NE with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Biology in 1986. She attended the Creighton University School of Medicine and obtained her MD in 1991. Upon graduation Dr. Rahman began work in Pediatrics at the Creighton/University of Nebraska combined Pediatric Residency Program. After her residency she had additional training in Neonatology at Magee Women's Hospital/University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Rahman became certified by the American Board of Pediatrics in 1994 and successfully recertified in 2002, and 2008.
She has been practicing pediatrics for over 20 years. She was in private practice in Indiana for 7 years before moving to Montgomery county, Maryland in 2002 with her husband and son. She worked in a private practice in Germantown, MD. the first 2 years in Maryland.
Dr. Rahman furthered her pediatric experience by working as an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Maryland. She treated patients in the Pediatric Emergency Room, Nursery/NICU, and inpatient floors. She started her own practice in Clarksburg, MD in November 2006.
Dr. Rahman believes that all children should receive top quality care and strives to make each child comfortable and happy to come to the doctor.
She also is a teacher and makes sure that parents are taught about their children as much as children are taught about their health. Her specialty is working with worried parents of newborns. She also has interests in asthma/eczema/ allergies, obesity in childhood and infectious diseases. She follows the guidelines of the American Academy of Pediatrics of which she is a fellow. She is always learning and feels continuing medical education is a must for all physicians.
Ruchika Passi, M.D.
Ruchika Passi, M.D. was born and raised in India. She completed her medical school from B.J. Medical College, Ahmedabad, India. She completed her pediatric residency followed by a year of chief residency at the Harlem Hospital Center, the affiliate at Columbia University Medical Center, New York. She is board certified in Pediatrics and is a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
She practiced in Pennsylvania before relocating to Maryland in 2017. She wants to settle down in Maryland with her husband and 2 daughters. She loves kids and pediatrics is her passion. Her special medical interests are newborns, asthma and childhood obesity. She loves to read, travel and spend time with her family.
Lori Garcia, MD FAAP
Lori Garcia, MD received her medical degree from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland. She completed her pediatric residency at St. Christopher's Hospital for Children in Philadelphia, PA.
Dr. Garcia has been caring for children for over 20 years in primary pediatrics and then in pediatric emergency medicine. She is board certified in pediatrics and certified in Pediatric Advanced Life Support, Basic Life Support and Advanced Cardiac Life Support.
She enjoys traveling, yoga and spending time with her husband and two daughters.