Deen Lawal Garba, MD

Dr. Alia Dadabhai is an assistant professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Her areas of clinical expertise include hepatology and liver transplant evaluation. Her areas of clinical interest are: Viral hepatitis; Alcoholic Liver Disease; Cirrhosis and Portal Hypertension; Acute Liver Failure; Autoimmune Liver Disease; Primary Biliary Cholangitis; Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis; Fatty Liver/NASH; Liver Cancer (Hepatocellular Cacinoma); Liver Transplantation; Pregnancy and Hepatic Diseases.Dr. Dadabhai is also proficient in performing upper and lower endoscopies.She earned her B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania, her M.D. from the Drexel University College of Medicine and completed her residency at UCLA Harbor Medical Center. She completed a fellowship in gastroenterology and hepatology at Temple University Medical Center and a transplant hepatology fellowship at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital.

Tsion Abdi, M.D., is a gastroenterologist specializing in scleroderma bowel disease and gastrointestinal motility issues in patients with scleroderma. She also treats patients with heartburn-related conditions and performs colon cancer screenings. Dr. Abdi is an assistant professor of medicine in the gastroenterology and hepatology division.She earned her M.D. from the Georgetown University School of Medicine. She completed her residency at MedStar Georgetown University Medical Center and performed a fellowship in gastroenterology at Yale-New Haven Hospital. Dr. Abdi joined the Johns Hopkins faculty in 2016.Dr. Abdi has received several awards, including the Wesley Oler, M.D., Award for an Outstanding Resident Physician. She is a member of the American Gastroenterological Association, the American College of Gastroenterology and the American Medical Association.

Dr. Chaudhry is an assistant professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Her areas of clinical expertise include Obesity Medicine.Dr. Chaudhry earned her medical degree from Allama Iqbal Medical College in Pakistan. She completed her residency at the University of Iowa-Des Moines. Dr. Chaudhry has sought out additional training in patient-centered counseling and motivational interviewing through the Johns Hopkins Patient Engagement Program.Dr. Chaudhry research is focused on understanding the prevention of weight gain in high-risk populations such as individuals with Type 2 diabetes mellitus and cancer survivors, as well as examining the evidence to support the efficacy of commercial weight-loss programs.Dr. Chaudhry serves as the co-director of the course on nutrition and behavior change for first-year medical students at Johns Hopkins, and precepts both obesity medicine fellows, internal medicine and preventive medicine residents at Johns Hopkins.