Dr. Krupa Playforth, MD
Not yet claimedPediatrician, Family medicine doctor · Physician (MD)
Vienna, VA · Telehealth in 1 state
Harvard- and Vanderbilt-trained pediatrician who runs Warm Heart Pediatrics, a direct primary care practice in Vienna, Virginia, and founded The Pediatrician Mom to give parents balanced, evidence-based answers, including on routine childhood vaccines.
About Dr. Krupa Playforth, MD
Updated Sep 20, 2026 · next review Dec 19, 2026Dr. Krupa Playforth is a board-certified pediatrician in Vienna, Virginia. She earned her MD from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in 2010 and completed her pediatrics residency at MedStar Health/Georgetown University from 2010 to 2013. Her board certification in pediatrics is with the American Board of Pediatrics.
She founded Warm Heart Pediatrics, a direct primary care practice at 8320 Old Courthouse Road in Vienna. The practice is named for Malawi, where she grew up. A direct primary care directory lists membership fees of $25 to $100, a patient panel capped at 200, and that she is accepting new patients. Directory listings also show hospital affiliations with Inova Fairfax Medical Campus, Inova Alexandria Hospital, and MedStar Georgetown University Hospital.
She is also known publicly as The Pediatrician Mom, an education platform she started in 2020, with about 202,000 followers on Instagram at the time of this research. She co-authored the American Academy of Pediatrics book Baby Leads the Way: An Evidence-Based Guide to Introducing Solid Foods (2025) and has published peer-reviewed research, including a 2016 study on insurance status and chlamydia screening in the Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology.
CMS Open Payments records show $0 in industry payments across 0 records for 2021 through 2025. Payments from drug and device companies are common and legal; in her case, none are reported.
- Board certification in pediatrics
- Listed as board certified in pediatrics by the American Board of Pediatrics. health.usnews.com
- Medical school and residency
- MD from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in 2010; pediatrics residency at MedStar Health/Georgetown University, 2010 to 2013. doctor.webmd.com
- Founder of her own practice
- She founded Warm Heart Pediatrics, a direct primary care practice in Vienna, VA, named for Malawi, where she grew up. warmheartpediatrics.com
- Co-author of AAP book
- Co-author of Baby Leads the Way: An Evidence-Based Guide to Introducing Solid Foods, published by the American Academy of Pediatrics in 2025. publications.aap.org
- Peer-reviewed research
- Co-author of a 2016 study on insurance status and acceptance of chlamydia screening in the Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology. doximity.com
- Large parenting audience online
- Runs The Pediatrician Mom, started in 2020, with roughly 202,000 Instagram followers at the time of this research. instagram.com
- Hospital affiliations
- Directory listings show affiliations with Inova Fairfax Medical Campus, Inova Alexandria Hospital, and MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. doximity.com
- Local medical society member
- Listed as a member of the Medical Society of Northern Virginia and as founder/CEO of The Pediatrician Mom LLC. msnva.org
- No industry payments reported
- CMS Open Payments shows $0 across 0 records for 2021 through 2025. openpaymentsdata.cms.gov
Worth knowing
- Her practice uses a direct primary care model. A direct primary care directory lists fees of $25 to $100 and a patient panel capped at 200, which is different from standard insurance-based care. findmydirectdoctor.com
- A directory profile lists an active Virginia license through 2026 and a District of Columbia license with a 2016 end date. Directory license data can be out of date; patients can verify current licensure with the state board. health.usnews.com
- Some social accounts attributed to her, including TikTok and Facebook, come from her self-reported handle rather than independently confirmed pages. No confirmed X/Twitter, YouTube, or Threads account was found. parentingtranslator.substack.com
Industry payments (CMS Open Payments)
Open the CMS recordFederal law requires drug and device companies to report what they pay clinicians: meals, travel, speaking, consulting, and research. Payments are common and legal; the point is that you can see them.
No general payments reported for this NPI from 2021 through 2025.
Sources: thepediatricianmom.com · warmheartpediatrics.com · warmheartpediatrics.com · instagram.com · tiktok.com · linkedin.com · parentingtranslator.substack.com · doctor.webmd.com. Something wrong or out of date? Tell us and we will correct it.
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Practice location
Warm Heart Pediatrics
8320 Old Courthouse Rd, Suite 401
Vienna, VA 22182
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