Niraj R. Chavan, MD, MPH, FACOG, FASAM
Regional Director
Region VII - Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas
Niraj R. Chavan, MD, MPH, FACOG, FASAM is a Maternal Fetal Medicine (MFM) and Addiction Medicine physician who specializes in the management of substance use during pregnancy. He serves as the Medical Director of the Women and Infant Substance Help (WISH) Center at Saint Louis University (SLU) / SSM Health, focused on providing comprehensive prenatal care and recovery services for women with perinatal substance use disorders (SUD) in St. Louis, MO. Dr. Chavan is an Associate Professor in the Div. of MFM, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Women’s Health at SLU. He also serves as the Program Director for the MFM fellowship, core faculty for the Addiction Medicine fellowship and Course Director for a 4th year elective on “Perinatal Addiction and Maternal Mental Health” at SLU School of Medicine. He is Board Certified in Obstetrics & Gynecology as well as Maternal Fetal Medicine, through the American Board of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Board Certified in Addiction Medicine through the American Board of Preventive Medicine. He has lectured extensively on various aspects of perinatal SUD management at the local, regional and national level through various platforms including the SLU College of Law - Annual Health Law Symposium, SLU Center of Excellence in Maternal and Child Health, Missouri Perinatal Quality Collaborative / Missouri Hospital Association, the Illinois Maternal Health Summit, the Annual Clinical and Scientific Meeting (ACSM) of the American College of Obstetrics & Gynecology (ACOG), the Society of Maternal Fetal Medicine (SMFM) annual conference and the National Academy of Sciences (NAS).
Dr. Chavan has held several leadership roles in membership organizations – including – ACOG and SMFM. Currently, he serves on the Board of Directors of the American College of Obstetrics & Gynecology (ACOG) as the Early Career Fellow-at-Large and is a member of the ACOG Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines for Obstetrics as well as the Quality and Safety Initiatives delegation. He is also a member of the SMFM – Patient Safety and Quality Committee. He has previously served as the Early Career Fellow Chair for ACOG District VII (regional leadership), member of the ACOG District VII Executive Committee and District VII Maternal Mortality workgroup as well as Treasurer and Vice-Chair for Kentucky Section ACOG. Dr. Chavan also currently serves as the Chair Elect for the Missouri Perinatal Associated Mortality Review (PAMR) Board and Maternal Health Chair of the Missouri Perinatal Quality Collaborative (MO PQC). Most recently, he has been working with the Missouri Hospital Association to implement the Alliance for Innovation in Maternal Health (AIM) substance use disorders in pregnancy bundle across birthing hospitals in MO. He has previously served as a member of the Kentucky Maternal Mortality Review Committee (KY MMRC), and member of the executive committee as well as Data Analytics Lead for the Kentucky Perinatal Quality Collaborative (KYPQC).