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.
Dr. Singh
Dr Singh joined our practice in July of 2017.She has a vast experience being in pediatric practice for more than 17 years now. She did her pediatric residency at Brookdale hospital in New York. She has worked as a Pediatric ER attending, at urgent care center and in outpatient Pediatrics. She is board certified by the american academy of pediatrics. She always wanted to be pediatrician growing up because of her tremendous passion and fondness for kids. She loves making a child smile or laugh during the visit. She enjoys guiding children and their families towards healthy living and wellbeing from birth through their teenage years. She is dedicated to performing quality, compassionate and evidence based care. Her areas of interest include breast feeding, preventive medicine and dermatology. She is looking forward to expanding her Clarksburg pediatric family. She resides in North Potomac with her husband who is also a physician and 2 teenage daughters. She enjoys cooking, yoga, dance, traveling around the world and spending time with family and kids.
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.
Anitha Kamalanathan (Nathan), MD
Anitha Kamalanathan (Nathan), MD is a board certified pediatrician who joined our practice in August 2018. She practiced in Louisiana before relocating to Maryland in 2018. She has been practicing pediatrics for more than 8 years now. She received her medical degree from Madras Medical College, India.
She completed her pediatric residency at St Vincent hospital in Indianapolis, Indiana. In Louisiana, she initially worked as pediatric hospitalist at Women's and Children's hospital for two years and later in outpatient pediatrics with the same group in Lafayette, LA until she moved to Maryland. She loves working with kids and helping the families in need. Her areas of interest include asthma, ADHD, breastfeeding, and dermatology. She resides in Gaithersburg, MD with her husband and 2 daughters.
Dr. Parvathi Guruswamy
Dr. Parvathi Guruswamy is a Board certified Pediatrician and fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics. She was born and raised in Maryland. She attended medical school at Ross University School of Medicine. She did her residency at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York.
She worked in New Jersey for several years before moving back to her home state of Maryland. She joined Clarksburg Pediatrics in October of 2018 and enjoys the preventative aspect of being a Pediatrician and treating children of all ages.