Peter Schultz, MD, MPH
Education, Training, and Certifications
Board Certification: American Board of Internal Medicine
Master of Public Health, Epidemiology, University of California Berkeley
Fellowship: General Internal Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology, University of California, San Francisco
Residency and Internship: Internal Medicine, Hennepin County Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Medical Degree: University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Profile
Dr. Peter Schultz is the Medical Director of Nura Pain Clinics. He works with our advanced practice providers, physical therapists and behavioral psychologists to provide the comprehensive evaluation each new patient receives. Prior to joining Nura, Dr. Schultz spent nearly 30 years practicing in California’s Bay Area, with significant roles as a Hospitalist Physician at the Alta Bates Summit Medical Center, as Medical Director for the Berkeley Primary Care Access Clinic, and as a member of the Clinical Faculty of the Department of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco.
Hobbies/Special Interests
Dr. Schultz has extensive volunteer experience serving the underserved, ranging from teaching in Nepal to providing medical services at a Navajo Indian Hospital as well as at various locations in the Bay Area and in Central America.
Peace Corps Volunteer, Science/Math/English Teacher, Nepal, 1979 to 1982
Volunteer Medical Student at Free Clinic in Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1985 to 1986
Volunteer Medical Student at Community Medical Clinic, Las Varas, Mexico, 1987
Volunteer Physician at Celina Ramos Medical Clinic serving Central American refugees, San Francisco, California, 1991 to 1995
Volunteer National Election Observer, El Salvador, Central America, March 1994
Medical Teaching Experience
Clinical Preceptor for University of California San Francisco/Berkeley Joint Medical Program Students – 1995 to 2018
Volunteer Physician and Preceptor for UCSF medical students’ Homeless Health Project, San Francisco, California – 1992 to 2002
Clinical Preceptor for Alameda County Medical Center internal medicine residents – 1993 to 2001
Lecturer and Facilitator, Homeless Health Issues Course for medical students, UCSF – 1994
Attending Physician, Supervising medical students and internal medicine residents, San Francisco General Hospital -1990 to 1994
Professional Memberships
American Academy of Pain Medicine
American College of Physicians – American Society of Internal Medicine
Society of Hospital Medicine