Nathaniel Schuster

Title(s)Clinical Professor, Anesthesiology
SchoolVc-health Sciences-schools
Address9500 Gilman Drive #
La Jolla CA 92093
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    Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA07/2017Pain Medicine (Interventional)
    Montefiore Headache Center, Bronx, NY06/2016Headache and Facial Pain
    Ronald Reagan-UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA06/2015Neurology
    Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY06/2012Internal Medicine (Prelim)
    University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MIMD05/2011Medicine
    University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CABS06/2007Neuroscience

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    1. Response to letter to the Editor regarding "Common interventional procedures for chronic non-cancer spine pain: a systematic review and network meta-analysis of randomised trials." Spine J. 2025 Oct; 25(10):2353-2354. Rivers WE, Conger A, Nagpal A, Schneider BJ, Schuster NM, Rittenberg JD. PMID: 40962371.
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    2. Pain Reprocessing Therapy for migraine: A case series. Headache. 2025 Aug 27. Fishbein JN, Schuster NM, Anders A, Portera AM, Herbert MS. PMID: 40859715.
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    3. A systematic review of evidence comparing spinal cord stimulation to sham or conservative medical management in the treatment of persistent spinal pain syndrome - Type 2. Interv Pain Med. 2025 Sep; 4(3):100635. Glinka Przybysz A, Vu TN, Pisansky AJB, Schuster NM, Sheth S, Cheng DS, Lobel SM, Binler D, Duszynski B, Conger A, Schneider BJ, Mattie R. PMID: 40896549; PMCID: PMC12398247.
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    4. Medical Cannabis Authorization and Opioid Milligram Equivalents Over Time In Patients with Chronic Pain: A Retrospective Analysis. Pain Med. 2025 Aug 21. Sexton M, Glodosky NC, Cleveland M, Cuttler C, Lee E, Polston G, Furnish T, Lerman I, Schuster NM, Wallace MS. PMID: 40838875.
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    5. Reply to Wang et al.'s Reply to "Notable Concerns in Methodology and Conclusions of the Wang et al. Meta-Analysis in BMJ by the American Academy of Pain Medicine" by Schuster et al. Pain Med. 2025 Aug 20. Schuster NM, Broachwala M, Ahadian FM, Argoff CE, Cohen SP, Durbhakula S, Gulati A, Hurley RW, Kohan L, McCormick ZL, Wahezi SE, Barreveld AM. PMID: 40833010.
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    6. Practice advisory for intravenous management of headache disorders in hospitalized patients: a review of the evidence and consensus recommendations. Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2025 Jul 02. Hoydonckx Y, Feoktistov A, Amoozegar F, Anderson CC, Barad M, Burke E, Chitsantikul P, Doshi TL, Englesakis M, Goel A, Gupta H, Kissoon N, Kirschner A, Kohan L, Lauritsen CG, Miller F, Monsour D, Nader A, Ogunlaja O, Schuster N, Schwenk ES, Silberstein SD, Souza D, Yuan H, Narouze S. PMID: 40602807.
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    7. Notable concerns in methodology and conclusions of the Wang et al. Meta-analysis in BMJ by the American Academy of Pain Medicine. Pain Med. 2025 Jul 01; 26(7):359-361. Schuster NM, Broachwala M, Ahadian FM, Argoff CE, Cohen SP, Durbhakula S, Gulati A, Hurley RW, Kohan L, McCormick ZL, Wahezi SE, Barreveld AM. PMID: 40156125; PMCID: PMC12230402.
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    8. An Overview of Invasive Pain Management Treatments Including Regenerative Approaches. Neurol Clin. 2025 Aug; 43(3):517-531. Broachwala MY, Parikh NN, Anderson C, Schuster NM. PMID: 40675663.
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    9. Safety practices for interventional pain procedures: Epidural and sacroiliac interventions. Interv Pain Med. 2025 Jun; 4(2):100579. Klessinger S, Schuster NM, Waring PH, Vorobeychik Y, Schneider BJ, Johnson SC, Maes MK, Smith CC, Nagpal A, International Pain and Spine Intervention Society. PMID: 40242296; PMCID: PMC12002863.
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    10. Safety practices for interventional pain procedures: Facet interventions. Interv Pain Med. 2025 Mar; 4(1):100549. Klessinger S, Schuster N, MacVicar J, Miller DC, McKenna M, Vorobeychik Y, Popescu A, McCormick ZL, Doan L, Hambraues J, Waring PH, Zhao Z, Boies B, Nagpal A, International Pain and Spine Intervention Society. PMID: 40092622; PMCID: PMC11910088.
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    11. Quantitative assessment of conflicts of interest in reviews of spinal cord stimulation research. Pain Med. 2025 Jan 01; 26(1):45-47. Broachwala M, Schuster NM. PMID: 39171843.
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    12. Pediatric Pain. Continuum (Minneap Minn). 2024 Oct 01; 30(5):1517-1535. Lebel A, Schuster NM. PMID: 39445932.
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    13. Opioids and Cannabinoids in Neurology Practice. Continuum (Minneap Minn). 2024 Oct 01; 30(5):1447-1474. Sandbrink F, Schuster NM. PMID: 39445929.
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    14. Debunking myths in headache diagnosis for the pain practitioner. Reg Anesth Pain Med. 2024 08 05; 49(8):545-549. Yuan H, Strutner S, Yuh C, Anand S, Chauhan G, Prem A, Shah S, Schuster NM. PMID: 37816519.
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    15. Subcutaneous Oxytocin Injection Reduces Heat Pain: A Randomized-Controlled Trial. J Pain. 2024 Sep; 25(9):104547. Albinni B, Zimmerman M, Ross J, Ozdoyuran L, Alasha V, Schuster NM, Said E, Case L. PMID: 38642595; PMCID: PMC11975415.
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    16. Migraine Prevalence, Environmental Risk, and Comorbidities in Men and Women Veterans. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 03 04; 7(3):e242299. Gasperi M, Schuster NM, Franklin B, Nievergelt CM, Stein MB, Afari N. PMID: 38483390; PMCID: PMC10940970.
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    17. Vaporized Cannabis versus Placebo for Acute Migraine: A Randomized Controlled Trial. medRxiv. 2024 Feb 18. Schuster NM, Wallace MS, Marcotte TD, Buse DC, Lee E, Liu L, Sexton M. PMID: 38405890; PMCID: PMC10889030.
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    18. Use of spinal cord stimulation in treatment of intractable headache diseases. Pain Med. 2023 Oct 13; 24(Supplement_2):S6-S10. Towne BV, Girgiss CB, Schuster NM. PMID: 37833045.
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    19. A comprehensive response to the letter of Traeger and colleagues on spinal cord stimulation for low back pain. Pain Med. 2023 09 01; 24(9):1129-1130. Durbhakula S, Broachwala MY, Schuster NM, McCormick ZL. PMID: 37195450.
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    20. Striking errors in the methodology, execution, and conclusions of the Cochrane Library review of spinal cord stimulation for low back pain by Traeger et al. Pain Med. 2023 08 01; 24(8):923-925. Durbhakula S, Broachwala MY, Schuster NM, McCormick ZL. PMID: 37067491; PMCID: PMC10391586.
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    21. Rate and Predictors of Patients with Chronic Pain Establishing Care with Pain Psychology Following Pain Physician Referral. Pain Med. 2023 02 01; 24(2):188-196. Lyon RY, Schuster NM. PMID: 35861428.
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    22. Best practices for interventional pain procedures in the setting of a local anesthetic shortage: A practice advisory from the Spine Intervention Society. Interv Pain Med. 2023 Mar; 2(1):100177. Nagpal AS, Zhao Z, Miller DC, McCormick ZL, Duszynski B, Benrud J, Chow R, Travnicek K, Schuster NM. PMID: 39239613; PMCID: PMC11372887.
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    23. Occipital Headache Evaluation and Rates of Migraine Assessment, Diagnosis, and Treatment in Patients Receiving Greater Occipital Nerve Blocks in an Academic Pain Clinic. Pain Med. 2022 10 29; 23(11):1851-1857. Love SM, Hopkins BD, Migdal CW, Schuster NM. PMID: 35595240.
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    24. The Use of Psychedelics in the Treatment of Medical Conditions: An Analysis of Currently Registered Psychedelics Studies in the American Drug Trial Registry. Cureus. 2022 Sep; 14(9):e29167. Kurtz JS, Patel NA, Gendreau JL, Yang C, Brown N, Bui N, Picton B, Harris M, Hatter M, Beyer R, Sahyouni R, Diaz-Aguilar LD, Castellanos J, Schuster N, Abraham ME. PMID: 36259015; PMCID: PMC9567237.
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    25. Best practices for interventional pain procedures in the setting of an iodinated contrast media shortage: A multisociety practice advisory. Interv Pain Med. 2022 Sep; 1(3):100122. Schuster NM, Ahadian FM, Zhao Z, Hooten WM, Miller DC, Hagedorn JM, Gulati A, Duszynski BS, McCormick ZL, Nagpal AS. PMID: 39238514; PMCID: PMC11372943.
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    26. Peripheral Nerve Stimulation for Chronic Pain and Migraine: A Review. Phys Med Rehabil Clin N Am. 2022 05; 33(2):379-407. Erosa SC, Moheimani RS, Oswald JC, Castellanos JP, Abraham ME, Schuster NM. PMID: 35526976.
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    27. Gibbs or Truncation Artifact on MRI Mimicking Degenerative Cervical Myelopathy. Pain Med. 2022 04 08; 23(4):857-859. Phillips C, Bagley B, McDonald MA, Schuster NM. PMID: 34931656.
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    28. Percutaneous Interventional Strategies for Migraine Prevention: A Systematic Review and Practice Guideline. Pain Med. 2022 Jan 03; 23(1):164-188. Barad M, Ailani J, Hakim SM, Kissoon NR, Schuster NM. PMID: 34382092.
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    29. Widespread Pressure Delivered by a Weighted Blanket Reduces Chronic Pain: A Randomized Controlled Trial. J Pain. 2022 01; 23(1):156-174. Baumgartner JN, Quintana D, Leija L, Schuster NM, Bruno KA, Castellanos JP, Case LK. PMID: 34425251.
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    30. Is This Spine Pain Facetogenic? Addressing Diagnostic Myths. Pain Med. 2021 07 25; 22(Suppl 1):S31-S35. Schuster NM, Clements ND, Suri P, Stojanovic MP. PMID: 34308958.
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    31. Not just preaching to the CHOIR-A map for improving comprehensive care of patients with chronic migraine and comorbid non-cephalic pain. Headache. 2021 06; 61(6):805-807. Schuster NM, Gasperi M. PMID: 34214183; PMCID: PMC11338275.
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    32. The Effectiveness of Intraosseous Basivertebral Nerve Radiofrequency Neurotomy for the Treatment of Chronic Low Back Pain in Patients with Modic Changes: A Systematic Review. Pain Med. 2021 05 21; 22(5):1039-1054. Conger A, Schuster NM, Cheng DS, Sperry BP, Joshi AB, Haring RS, Duszynski B, McCormick ZL. PMID: 33544851.
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    33. The American Society of Pain and Neuroscience (ASPN) Practical Guidelines to Study Design and Scientific Manuscript Preparation in Neuromodulation. J Pain Res. 2021; 14:1027-1041. Eshraghi Y, Chakravarthy K, Strand NH, Shirvalkar P, Schuster NM, Abdallah RT, Vallejo R, Sayed D, Kim D, Kim C, Meacham K, Deer T, Translational Research Committee American Society of Pain and Neuroscience (ASPN). PMID: 33889019; PMCID: PMC8057952.
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    34. Lasmiditan for the acute treatment of migraine. Pain Manag. 2021 Sep; 11(5):437-449. DeJulio PA, Perese JK, Schuster NM, Oswald JC. PMID: 33840206.
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    35. International Consensus Based Review and Recommendations for Minimum Reporting Standards in Research on Transcutaneous Vagus Nerve Stimulation (Version 2020). Front Hum Neurosci. 2020; 14:568051. Farmer AD, Strzelczyk A, Finisguerra A, Gourine AV, Gharabaghi A, Hasan A, Burger AM, Jaramillo AM, Mertens A, Majid A, Verkuil B, Badran BW, Ventura-Bort C, Gaul C, Beste C, Warren CM, Quintana DS, Hämmerer D, Freri E, Frangos E, Tobaldini E, Kaniusas E, Rosenow F, Capone F, Panetsos F, Ackland GL, Kaithwas G, O'Leary GH, Genheimer H, Jacobs HIL, Van Diest I, Schoenen J, Redgrave J, Fang J, Deuchars J, Széles JC, Thayer JF, More K, Vonck K, Steenbergen L, Vianna LC, McTeague LM, Ludwig M, Veldhuizen MG, De Couck M, Casazza M, Keute M, Bikson M, Andreatta M, D'Agostini M, Weymar M, Betts M, Prigge M, Kaess M, Roden M, Thai M, Schuster NM, Montano N, Hansen N, Kroemer NB, Rong P, Fischer R, Howland RH, Sclocco R, Sellaro R, Garcia RG, Bauer S, Gancheva S, Stavrakis S, Kampusch S, Deuchars SA, Wehner S, Laborde S, Usichenko T, Polak T, Zaehle T, Borges U, Teckentrup V, Jandackova VK, Napadow V, Koenig J. PMID: 33854421; PMCID: PMC8040977.
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    36. Headache Made SIMPAL: A Simple Mnemonic for the Approach to Headache Evaluation and Migraine Treatment. Pain Med. 2021 03 18; 22(3):754-758. Migdal CW, Moskatel LS, Schuster NM. PMID: 33735383.
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    37. A randomized, double-dummy, emergency department-based study of greater occipital nerve block with bupivacaine versus intravenous metoclopramide for treatment of migraine: A comment. Headache. 2021 01; 61(1):218. Oswald JC, Schuster NM. PMID: 33382099.
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    38. Quality Improvement in Neurology: Headache Quality Measurement Set. Headache. 2021 01; 61(1):219-226. Robbins MS, Victorio MCC, Bailey M, Cook C, Garza I, Huff JS, Ready D, Schuster NM, Seidenwurm D, Seng E, Szperka C, Lee E, Villanueva R. PMID: 32965046; PMCID: PMC8092124.
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    39. Quality improvement in neurology: Headache Quality Measurement Set. Neurology. 2020 11 10; 95(19):866-873. Robbins MS, Victorio MC, Bailey M, Cook C, Garza I, Huff JS, Ready D, Schuster NM, Seidenwurm D, Seng E, Szperka C, Lee E, Villanueva R. PMID: 32967929; PMCID: PMC7713732.
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    40. Crossing Midline and Oblique Imaging During Interlaminar Cervical Epidural Steroid Injection. Pain Med. 2019 12 01; 20(12):2599-2600. Kuo DC, Castellanos JP, Schuster NM. PMID: 31504871.
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    41. Pain Management in Multiple Sclerosis: a Review of Available Treatment Options. Curr Treat Options Neurol. 2019 Nov 27; 21(12):62. Aboud T, Schuster NM. PMID: 31773455.
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    42. Headache and Barometric Pressure: a Narrative Review. Curr Pain Headache Rep. 2019 Nov 09; 23(11):87. Maini K, Schuster NM. PMID: 31707623.
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    43. Intradural Adhesion at L3-4 Contributing to S1 Radiculopathy in Postlaminectomy Pain Syndrome. Pain Med. 2019 09 01; 20(9):1842-1843. Trujillo DG, McDonald MA, Schuster NM. PMID: 31329237.
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    44. Emerging Subspecialties in Neurology: Pain medicine. Neurology. 2018 11 27; 91(22):1025-1028. Schuster NM, Hascalovici JR. PMID: 30478070.
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    45. Lasmiditan for the treatment of acute migraine: a review and potential role in clinical practice. J Pain Res. 2018; 11:2221-2227. Oswald JC, Schuster NM. PMID: 30323656; PMCID: PMC6181111.
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    46. Sciatic Lymphoma Mimicking Lumbar Radiculopathy. Pain Med. 2018 10 01; 19(10):2091-2092. Schuster NM, Volney SJ, Kamdar MM. PMID: 30060224.
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    47. Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Drop Metastasis Causing Lumbosacral Radiculopathy. Pain Med. 2018 09 01; 19(9):1874-1875. Schuster NM. PMID: 29878259.
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    48. Cervical Posterior Epidural Space on T1- vs T2-Weighted MRI. Pain Med. 2018 08 01; 19(8):1694-1695. Schuster NM. PMID: 29878190.
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    49. Cluster-status migrainosus with a weekly periodicity responsive to high-flow oxygen: A case report. Cephalalgia. 2019 01; 39(1):157-160. Seav SM, Schuster NM. PMID: 30019592.
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    50. Relapsing Painful Ophthalmoplegic Neuropathy: No longer a "Migraine," but Still a Headache. Curr Pain Headache Rep. 2018 Jun 14; 22(7):50. Smith SV, Schuster NM. PMID: 29904898.
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    51. Glossopharyngeal Postherpetic Neuralgia Palliated With Fluoroscopic-Guided Nerve Block: A Case Report. Headache. 2018 01; 58(1):154-156. Schuster NM, Hsia-Kiung ME. PMID: 28925505.
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    52. Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide-Targeted Therapies for Migraine and Cluster Headache: A Review. Clin Neuropharmacol. 2017 Jul/Aug; 40(4):169-174. Schuster NM, Rapoport AM. PMID: 28644160.
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    53. New strategies for the treatment and prevention of primary headache disorders. Nat Rev Neurol. 2016 10 27; 12(11):635-650. Schuster NM, Rapoport AM. PMID: 27786243.
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    54. Teaching NeuroImages: Granulomatosis with polyangiitis causing Collet-Sicard syndrome and refractory headache. Neurology. 2015 Dec 08; 85(23):e179-80. Schuster NM, Karnezis S, Restrepo L. PMID: 26644056.
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    55. Emerging treatments for the primary headache disorders. Neurol Sci. 2015 May; 36 Suppl 1:109-13. Schuster NM, Vollbracht S, Rapoport AM. PMID: 26017524.
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    56. Using search engine query data to track pharmaceutical utilization: a study of statins. Am J Manag Care. 2010 Aug; 16(8):e215-9. Schuster NM, Rogers MA, McMahon LF. PMID: 20690788; PMCID: PMC4669678.
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