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  • Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine
  • Accepting new patients
  • 44 years of experience
  • Nura Pain Clinic - Edina 7400 France Ave S, Edina, MN 55435
  • (763) 299-2161

Brief Intro

Dr. David Schultz is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Nura Pain Clinics (formerly MAPS Medical Pain Clinics). Dr. Schultz has been helping patients with chronic pain for the past 25 years

He has been a full-time interventional pain specialist since 1995 and is an adjunct professor in the Department of Anesthesiology at the University of Minnesota. He is a certified board examiner for ABIPP.
He is a former board member and past president of the American Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (ASIPP) and is currently Executive Director of the Minnesota Society of Interventional Pain Physicians (the MN chapter of ASIPP). 

Dr. Schultz has taught many interventional pain courses over the years as an instructor for ASIPP, Spinal Intervention Society (SIS), Medtronic, and Abbott.

Apart from being the founder of Nura Research Institute; a clinical research center conducting phase I-IV clinical studies across a variety of therapeutic areas, he is a prolific author of medical articles and book chapters, a frequent speaker at national meetings, and is a principal investigator in pain research.

In addition, Dr. Schultz focuses on the functional and emotional aspects of chronic pain and involve our specialized physical therapists and psychologists as necessary to give patients their lives back!

Chronic pain can destroy quality of life and may involve both physical and psychological issues. At Nura, they provide the most advanced, high-tech pain treatments and our pain physicians are highly trained interventional specialists. 


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Education Background

RESIDENCY

University Of Minnesota Health Care System

MEDICAL SCHOOL

University Of Minnesota Medical School - 1981

Languages Spoken

  • English

Location & Hours

  • Nura Pain Clinic - Edina
  • 7400 France Ave S, Edina, MN 55435
  • Mon:7:00 am - 5:00 pm
    Tue:7:00 am - 5:00 pm
    Wed:7:00 am - 5:00 pm
    Thu:7:00 am - 5:00 pm
    Fri:7:00 am - 4:30 pm
    Sat:Closed
    Sun:Closed

Specialties Treated

  • Anesthesiology
  • Pain Medicine

Conditions Addressed

  • Back Pain
  • Neck Pain
  • Sciatica
  • Spinal Stenosis
  • Opioid Addiction
  • Neuropathy
  • Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy
  • Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS)
  • Auto Injury
  • Peripheral Nerve Disorders
  • Osteoporosis
  • Facet Syndrome
  • Radiculopathy
  • Face Pain
  • Disc Degeneration
  • Spondylolisthesis
  • Disc Herniation
  • Piriformis Syndrome
  • Phantom Limb Pain
  • Joint Pain
  • Diabetic Neuropathy
  • Peripheral Neuropathy
  • Chronic Abdominal Pain
  • Arm Pain
  • Trigeminal Neuralgia
  • Occipital Neuralgia
  • Cervicogenic headache
  • Leg Pain
  • Postherpetic Neuralgia
  • Work-related Injury
  • Cancer Pain
  • Pelvic Pain
  • Compression Fracture
  • SI Joint Dysfunction
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Procedures Performed

  • Radiofrequency ablation
  • Stellate Ganglion Block
  • Lumbar Sympathetic Block
  • Celiac Plexus Block
  • Superior Hypogastric Plexus Block
  • Sympathetic Nerve Block
  • Occipital and Trigeminal Nerve Blocks
  • Interventional procedures
  • Dorsal Root Ganglion (DRG) Stimulation
  • Spinal Cord Stimulation
  • Neuromodulation
  • Peripheral Nerve Blocks
  • Epidural Steroid Injection (ESI)
  • Medication management
  • Discography
  • Spinal Fusion
  • Kyphoplasty
  • Vertebroplasty
  • Selective Nerve Root Block
  • Chronic Management
  • Trigger point injection
  • IntraDiscal ElectroThermal Therapy (IDET)
  • Knee Genicular Block
  • Intercostal Nerve Blocks
  • Behavioral Health Intervention
  • Medial Branch Block
  • Home Infusion Service
  • Ilioinguinal Nerve Block
  • Disc Biacuplasty
  • Trigeminal Ganglion Block
  • Femoral-Obturator Nerve Block
  • Genitofemoral Nerve Block
  • Chronic Pain Program
  • ganglion impar block
  • Epidural Blood Patch
  • Epidural Lysis of Adhesions
  • Spinal Pain Pump
  • Lateral Femoral Cutaneous Nerve
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Insurance Accepted

* Insurance information may change frequently. Please verify directly with the provider (doctor/clinic).

  • Humana
  • Wellcare
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield
  • Medicare
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota
  • HealthPartners
  • CHAMPVA
  • UnitedHealthOne
  • South Country Health Alliance
  • Medica
  • UnitedHealthcare
  • UCare
  • State Farm
  • Tricare
  • Itasca Medical Care
  • Hennepin Health
  • Aetna
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