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Office
8320 Old Courthouse Rd
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Vienna, VA 22182Phone+1 703-691-5385Fax+1 703-382-6647
Summary
- Dr. Krupa Playforth, MD is a board certified pediatrician in Vienna, Virginia. She is currently licensed to practice medicine in Virginia and District of Columbia. She is affiliated with Inova Alexandria Hospital and Inova Loudoun Hospital.
Education & Training
- MedStar Health/Georgetown University HospitalResidency, Pediatrics, 2010 - 2013
- Vanderbilt University School of MedicineClass of 2010
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- VA State Medical License 2013 - 2026
- DC State Medical License 2010 - 2016
- American Board of Pediatrics Pediatrics
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 3 citationsThe Association between Insurance Status and Acceptance of Chlamydia Screening By Teenagers Who Present for Preventive Care VisitsKrupa B. Playforth, Alexandria Coughlan, Krishna K. Upadhya
Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology. 2016-02-01 - 20 citationsA histological method for quantifying Plasmodium falciparum in the brain in fatal paediatric cerebral malariaDanny A. Milner, Clarissa Valim, Richard A. Carr, Pankaj B Chandak, Nedson G Fosiko
Malaria Journal. 2013-06-07 - 13 citationsSupraorbital Postmortem Brain Sampling for Definitive Quantitative Confirmation of Cerebral Sequestration of Plasmodium falciparum ParasitesDanny A. Milner, Clarissa Valim, Robert Luo, Krupa B. Playforth, Steve Kamiza
The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2012-05-15
Press Mentions
- Pediatricians Try New Tactics to Win over Vaccine SkepticsJanuary 24th, 2025
- US May See Early Peak to Flu SeasonDecember 16th, 2022
- Some Parents Were Eager to Get the Coronavirus Vaccine. Now They Are Wavering on Vaccinating Their KidsOctober 28th, 2021
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