Burt Littman

Dr. Zilla Hussain is a board-certified and fellowship-trained gastroenterologist. She describes her approach to patient care as rigorous, disciplined, vigilant, and compassionate. Before joining Capital Digestive Care, Dr. Hussain worked at Greater Baltimore Medical Center in Towson. Prior to that, she served as an assistant professor of medicine at the Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University and was a member of the medical staff at the Miriam Hospital, Rhode Island Hospital, and the Veterans Administration, all in Providence, RI. She is an author and contributor to leading peer-reviewed medical journals and textbooks, and she spent time teaching at a hospital in Rwanda and at Dartmouth University School of Medicine.

Anna Strongin, MD is a highly trained internist and gastroenterologist. She graduated from Georgetown University with an M.S. in Biophysics and Physiology and earned her Medical Degree from the University of Maryland School of Medicine. She completed her residency at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia, PA and followed up with a fellowship through the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore and the National Institutes of Health.

Dr. Barathi Sivasailam has been interested in science since she was young, particularly biology. She has always been amazed by the human body and its inner workings, and she wanted a career that combined her academic interests with her passion for working with people. She grew up watching her mother, who is a physician, touch so many lives in a positive way – medicine was the perfect career for her.