Family Medicine
Alvia Sabahat, MD
CloseKnit (Primary & Immediate Care)
Dr. Alvia Sabahat is a board-certified family physician with CloseKnit, welcoming patients and families from all backgrounds across the Bethesda and Gaithersburg area. Fluent in English, Hindi, and Urdu, she earned her medical degree (Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery) from Deccan College of Medical Sciences and is certified by the American Board of Family Medicine.
Why patients choose Dr. Sabahat
Dr. Sabahat is committed to improving each patient’s health and satisfaction. She takes time to thoroughly understand symptoms, conducts detailed assessments, and recommends treatment plans tailored to the individual. Patients describe her as knowledgeable and patient, and she carries a 4.64 patient rating.
Practice focus
Full-spectrum family medicine for patients of all ages, with attention to preventive care and wellness and chronic disease management.
Please note: CloseKnit offers same- and next-day in-person and telehealth appointments and is in network with a broad range of plans, including Aetna, BlueCross BlueShield, Cigna, Medicare, and UnitedHealthcare.
Profile last fact-checked June 27, 2026. Information reflects publicly available sources and may change. Confirm details directly with the practice before booking.
How Dr. Sabahat compares
Context from the 139 providers we track across Bethesda and Montgomery County.
The only Urdu-speaking doctor we list
1 of the 139 providers in our registry (1%) practise in Urdu, across 1 specialty.
We list 2 family medicine providers serving North Bethesda.
4 of the 139 providers in our registry (3%) practise in Hindi, across 3 specialties.
Trained in India
5 of the 107 doctors whose medical school we record trained in India. 24 trained outside the United States altogether.
1 of 8 we list at CloseKnit
We cover 8 providers at CloseKnit; the 4 below are a sample.
2nd longest since qualifying of our 13 family medicine providers
Qualified in 1996. The median for the 13 family medicine providers whose year we record is 2009.
Medical school: Deccan College of Medical Sciences — Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
Figures describe the 139 providers currently in the MyBethesdaDoctor registry as of August 2026 — a curated directory, not a census of every doctor in Montgomery County. How we build this list.
Where Dr. Sabahat sits by experience
Dr. Sabahat finished medical school in 1996, 30 years ago. Of the 135 providers in our registry whose graduation year we could verify, 49 finished earlier, 80 finished later, and 5 finished the same year.
1965–69
1 provider finished 1965–19691970–74
2 providers finished 1970–19741975–79
4 providers finished 1975–19791980–84
13 providers finished 1980–19841985–89
12 providers finished 1985–19891990–94
14 providers finished 1990–1994Dr. Sabahat1996
1995–99
27 providers finished 1995–19992000–04
20 providers finished 2000–20042005–09
19 providers finished 2005–20092010–14
17 providers finished 2010–20142015–19
4 providers finished 2015–20192020–24
2 providers finished 2020–2024Among the 110 physicians we list, 45 finished medical school earlier — the median for that group is 1998.
All 12 bands
| Graduated | Providers |
|---|---|
| 1965–1969 | 1 |
| 1970–1974 | 2 |
| 1975–1979 | 4 |
| 1980–1984 | 13 |
| 1985–1989 | 12 |
| 1990–1994 | 14 |
| 1995–1999 — Dr. Sabahat | 27 |
| 2000–2004 | 20 |
| 2005–2009 | 19 |
| 2010–2014 | 17 |
| 2015–2019 | 4 |
| 2020–2024 | 2 |
Figures describe the 139 providers currently in the MyBethesdaDoctor registry as of August 2026 — a curated directory, not a census of every doctor in Montgomery County. Based on the 135 of 139 profiles with a graduation year we could verify against a primary source; the remaining 4 are left out rather than estimated. How we build this list.
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