Emily Burns, ARNP joined The Iowa Clinic with nearly 15 years of experience as both nurse and nurse practitioner with expertise in Neurosurgery — specifically neck and back pain. Emily’s role at the Clinic is the initial assessment, early intervention and treatment, and coordination of patient care within The Iowa Clinic Spine Center. Neck and back pain can affect every aspect of a person’s life, and her passion to eliminate pain and improve a patients’ daily life is her number one priority. As a multi-specialty clinic, Emily enjoys working directly with physical therapists, pain management, and neurosurgeons to decrease patient pain.