Dr.Chaffin is a Board certified obstetrician-gynecologist specializing in maternal-fetal medicine. He is available for consults with  physicians  through the Department of Obstetrics Gynecology, Marshall University Medical Center. He has hospital privileges at Cabell Huntington  Hospital.

  David  G. Chaffin, Jr., MD  

He earned a medical degree from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine  in Baltimore, MD, and  he completed  a Residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn. While  completing a fellowship in Maternal Fetal Medicine at the University of Arizona, his interests in hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, diabetes,  multiple gestations, and ultrasound were refined. He has published research  into the mechanisms of fetal heart rate variability and ultrasound image  processing.

Dr. Chaffin joined the faculty of the School of Medicine in 1998 and is an Associate Professor and Director of the Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine in the Department of  Obstetrics & Gynecology. He has received awards for Excellence in  Teaching  from the  Association of Professors of Gynecology and from the Council on Resident Education in Obstetrics and Gynecology
 

Physicians may refer  high risk obstetric patients  to sites   in Huntington, WV, through          1)  the Maternal Hypertension Center                1305  Elm St.                (304-526-2207)          2)  the Cabell Regional Center for Women's Health               1305 Elm St.               (304-526-2236)          3)  the Perinatal Center                 1639  13th Ave. Suite A               (304-526-2124)   in South Charleston, WV, through          4)  the Perinatal Center                   500 Poplar St. Suite 202                   (304-766-8119)