Dr.Chaffin is a board certified obstetrician-gynecologist specializing in maternal-fetal medicine. He is available for consults with physicians through either University Perinatal Associates in Hurricane, WV or Cabell Huntington Hospital Perinatal Center in Huntington, WV. He has hospital privileges at Cabell Huntington Hospital.
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 and hypertensive disorders in pregnancy.
Dr. Chaffin joined the faculty of the Marshall University Joan C Edwards School of Medicine in 1998. 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. He is a Professor and is the Director of the Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine in the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology.