Board of Directors
Niraj R. Chavan, MD, MPH, FACOG, FASAM
Regional Director, Region VII
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).