Ira J. Chasnoff, M.D., an award-winning author, researcher, and lecturer, is president of NTI Upstream in Chicago and Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at the University of Illinois College of Medicine. He is one of the nation’s leading researchers in the field of child development and the effects of prenatal substance exposure across the lifespan. Dr. Chasnoff is the author of numerous research articles and fifteen books. His most recent book, Guided Growth, has received international acclaim for its in-depth discussion of interventions for children and teens with prenatal substance exposure and early trauma.
