Associate Professor, Program Director - MFM Fellowship, Medical Director - WISH Center, Regional OB Quality Chair - SSM Health
Saint Louis University
Niraj R. Chavan, MD, MPH, FACOG, FASAM is an Associate Professor in the Div. of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Dept. of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women’s Health at Saint Louis University (SLU). Dr. Chavan serves as the Medical Director for the Women and Infant Substance Help (WISH) Center at SLU, SSM Health, in St. Louis, MO - focused on providing comprehensive, high-risk maternity care and substance use recovery services for women with perinatal substance use disorders. He also serves as the Program Director for the Maternal Fetal Medicine Fellowship as well as core faculty for the Addiction Medicine Fellowship program at SLU - the only such ACGME approved fellowship in the entire state of Missouri. Additionally, Dr. Chavan has designed and serves as the Course Director for a 4th year medical school elective on “Perinatal Addiction and Maternal Mental Health” through the SLU School of Medicine. At the health system level - Dr. Chavan serves as the Regional Obstetric Quality Chair for SSM Health, overseeing quality imrprovement efforts across 5 birthing hospitals in the St. Louis region for SSM Health. He is Board Certified in Obstetrics & Gynecology, Maternal Fetal Medicine and Addiction Medicine.
Dr. Chavan also serves as the Co-Chair for the Missouri Pregnancy Associated Mortality Review (PAMR) board and Maternal Health Chair for the Missouri Perinatal Quality Collaborative (MO PQC). He has presented several didactic sessions on practical aspects of perinatal SUD management as a part of the ongoing AIM SUD bundle implementation across Missouri. He has led nationally attended CME webinar series on perinatal substance use disorder treatment through Project ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) programs and has served as course faculty for the “Mothers, Infants and NAS” ECHO as a part of the Show-Me ECHO program through the Missouri Telehealth Network.