Neurostimulation Expert Witnesses

California

Pain Management - Medicine, Anesthesiology - Intrathecal Pain Pumps, Spinal Cord Stimulation Systems, Interventional Pain Procedures, Opioid Use Disorder, Chronic Pain, Epidural Steroid Injections, MILD Procedure, Basivertebral Nerve Ablation, Kyphoplasty, Vertebroplasty, Radiofrequency Nerve Ablation, Neurostimulation, Trigeminal Neuralgia, Failed Back Syndrome, IDET

David Schultz MD is a board-certified anesthesiologist and interventional pain specialist with over three decades of extensive experience in pain management. He has served as a medical expert in various medico-legal cases from 2000 to 2024 involving allegations against interventional radiologists, pain physicians, neurosurgeons, podiatrists, hospitals, and healthcare systems. These cases cover a range of issues including paralysis after epidural injections, complications from surgeries, opioid addiction claims, fentanyl overdoses and diversion, spinal cord injuries, and complex chronic pain management disputes. Throughout his career, Dr. Schultz has evaluated and managed thousands of complex chronic patients, employing a variety of treatment modalities including medication management, physical therapy, behavioral health interventions, image-guided injections, nerve ablations, and trials and surgical implants of pain control devices, including neurostimulation systems and pain pumps...

Shorewood, Minnesota

Pain Management - Medicine, Anesthesiology - Intrathecal Pain Pumps, Spinal Cord Stimulation Systems, Interventional Pain Procedures, Opioid Use Disorder, Chronic Pain, Epidural Steroid Injections, MILD Procedure, Basivertebral Nerve Ablation, Kyphoplasty, Vertebroplasty, Radiofrequency Nerve Ablation, Neurostimulation, Trigeminal Neuralgia, Failed Back Syndrome, IDET

David Schultz MD is a board-certified anesthesiologist and interventional pain specialist with over three decades of extensive experience in pain management. He has served as a medical expert in various medico-legal cases from 2000 to 2024 involving allegations against interventional radiologists, pain physicians, neurosurgeons, podiatrists, hospitals, and healthcare systems. These cases cover a range of issues including paralysis after epidural injections, complications from surgeries, opioid addiction claims, fentanyl overdoses and diversion, spinal cord injuries, and complex chronic pain management disputes. Throughout his career, Dr. Schultz has evaluated and managed thousands of complex chronic patients, employing a variety of treatment modalities including medication management, physical therapy, behavioral health interventions, image-guided injections, nerve ablations, and trials and surgical implants of pain control devices, including neurostimulation systems and pain pumps...

Austin, Texas

Neurological Surgery, Spine Surgery & Spine Care - Spine surgery, Degenerative spine, Neuro-trauma, Neurosurgery, Spine trauma, Spinal fusion, Back pain, Neck pain, Motor vehicle accidents, Surgical complications, Minimally invasive surgery, Neurostimulation, Head trauma, Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), Subdural hematoma, Concussion, Brain surgery

I am a U.S. board certified neurosurgeon with over 15 years of experience treating patients at some of the nation's busiest Level 1 and Level 2 trauma centers, as well as elective patients requiring brain surgery or complex/ minimally invasive spine surgery. I am on faculty in the Neurosurgery Department at the University of Texas at Austin, where I teach residents the nuances of trauma neurosurgery and conduct research on new types of robotic spine surgery instrumentation. I maintain a high-volume clinical practice spanning both spine and brain surgery, for both degenerative and traumatic conditions. I am a sought-after consultant and expert in the medical device industry and have numerous peer-reviewed publications and patents. For the past 6 years, I have been fortunate to serve as a medicolegal expert in numerous cases. I am a member in good standing of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons, the North American Spine Society, and a Fellow of the American Association of Neurologic...