DAVID B. FULLER, DO, FAAO, FNAOME
Professor
OMM Department Practice Management Adviser
PCOM Second Year Course Director, Osteopathic Principles and Practice

Courses

• Osteopathic Principles and Practice I-VI
• Osteopathic Post-Graduate Training Institutional (OPTI) OPP course for interns and residents
• OMM workshops at the annual Pennsylvania Osteopathic Medical Society Annual Clinical Assemblies
• OMM CME courses at PCOM

Awards

• 2016 Item Writer of the Year, COMLEX-USA Examination, Osteopathic Principles and Practice Award.
• North Baldwin Healthcare Authority Board of Trustees, 2006-2011. A board appointed by the Baldwin County Commission to manage and distribute ad valorem tax receipts for medically related uses in North Baldwin County, Alabama.
• North Baldwin Infirmary Hospital Advisory Board of Trustees, Bay Minette, AL. 2002-2011.
• Chief of Staff, North Baldwin Infirmary Hospital (for the second time), 2007.
• Chairman, Board of Censors, Baldwin County Medical Society of Alabama, 2001.
• President, Baldwin County Medical Society of Alabama, 2000.
• Chief of Staff, North Baldwin Infirmary Hospital, 2000.
• President’s Citation, Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine Alumni Association, 1996
• Family Medicine Chief Resident at Olympia Fields Osteopathic Hospital and Medical Center, Olympia Fields, Illinois, 1994-1995
• Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities & Colleges, CCOM, 1991
• National Student Osteopathic Medical Association Service Award, 1989
• Biochemistry Award, Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine, 1988
• Outstanding Graduating Senior in the Department of Biology, Virginia Tech, 1987
• Sons of the Academy Award for Academic Excellence, Academy of the New Church College, 1985

Memberships

• American Academy of Osteopathy
• American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians
• American Osteopathic Association
• German-American Academy of Osteopathy (DAAO) Teaching Faculty
• Pennsylvania Osteopathic Medical Association
• The Osteopathic Cranial Academy

Other

Fellowship in the National Academy of Osteopathic Medical Educators

In January, 2020, Dr. Fuller was named as a Fellow in the National Academy of Osteopathic Medical Educators (NAOME). NAOME is associated with the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM).

NAOME Fellows are inducted into the academy to serve as leaders and mentors for academic scholarship, teaching, role modeling and support within the osteopathic medical education community. This peer-selected group makes up a collection of outstanding educators from across the osteopathic medical education continuum.

Fellowship in the American Academy of Osteopathy

Dr. Fuller became a Fellow of the American Academy of Osteopathy (FAAO) in 2007. Earning the FAAO involves a rigorous process of peer review of written patient cases and an original thesis that makes a unique contribution to the osteopathic profession.

Since 2010, Dr. Fuller has been serving on the committee that awards the FAAO. This is the committee that evaluates and assists candidates on their pathway to earning this Fellowship. In 2017 Dr. Fuller started serving as Chair of the Committee, after serving three years as Vice Chair.

National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners (NBOME)

Dr. Fuller continues to serve on the Level 1 Advisory Committee of the NBOME Comprehensive Osteopathic Licensing Examination (COMLEX), which he has been doing since 2018.

Dr. Fuller has been serving on committees with the NBOME since 2001, including serving on the Osteopathic Principles and Practice Item Review Committee for many years. He has been writing test items for the board since 2000.

In January 2017, Dr. Fuller was awarded the NBOME 2016 Item Writer of the Year, COMLEX-USA Examination, Osteopathic Principles and Practice Award.

Peer Reviewer for the Journal of the American Osteopathic Association (JAOA)

Dr. Fuller has been a Peer Reviewer with the JAOA since 2015.