Jonathan Schaffir

Jonathan Schaffir, MD, is a practicing obstetrician with more than twenty-five years of experience in caring for pregnant women and delivering babies. He is also a medical educator and teacher on the faculty of the Ohio State University College of Medicine. He is a former president of the North American Society for Psychosocial Obstetrics and Gynecology, an interdisciplinary society that brings together various professionals who have interests in socio-cultural and psychological aspects of obstetrics and women's health. He has extensive experience researching and writing in the field of obstetrical folklore and has been quoted in outlets such as Parents, American Baby, Self and Child magazines.