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FACULTY DIRECTORY

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

David B. Fuller, DO, FAAO, FNAOME
Department of Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine - PCOM
215-871-6425
PCOM
Publications and Selected Works

Affiliations

PCOM OMM Department 

David B. Fuller, DO, FAAO, FNAME, is an enthusiastic advocate of both osteopathic education and osteopathic patient care. He is a professor in the Department of Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine where he teaches and sees patients. Dr. Fuller is board certified in three specialties: Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine and Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine, Family Medicine and Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment, and Integrative Holistic Medicine.

Dr. Fuller is also active in administrative roles at PCOM, serving as the Course Director for the Osteopathic Principles and Practice II course as well as the Practice Management Advisor for the OMM Department.

Primary Specialty

Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine and Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine

Fellowship

  • Fellow of the American Academy of Osteopathy (AAO)
  • Fellow of the National Academy of Osteopathic Medical Educators (NAOME)

Board Certifications

  • Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine and Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine
  • Integrative Holistic Medicine
  • Family Medicine and Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment

Education

Residency: Family Medicine, Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine, 1993–1995

Internship: Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine, 1992–1993

Medical School: Doctor of Osteopathy (D.O.), Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine, 1992

Pre-doctoral Teaching Fellowship in Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine: Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine, 1989-1992

Bachelor of Science, Biology Major, cum laude, Virginia Tech, 1987

Associate in the Arts, with distinction, Academy of the New Church College, Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania, 1985

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, including serving as Course Director for courses on Counterstrain, Still Technique, and Ligamentous Articular Strain

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 as well as passing both oral and practical osteopathic manipulative medicine examinations.

Dr. Fuller served on the FAAO Committee for 15 years, from 2010 to 2025, assisting and evaluating candidates during their two-year pathway to earning the FAAO.

Dr. Fuller has served leadership roles on the FAAO Committee for ten years, serving as Chair for seven years (March, 2017-March, 2024) after serving three years as Vice Chair (March, 2014-March, 2017).

National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners (NBOME)

Dr. Fuller currently serves on the Level 2 Advisory Committee of the NBOME Comprehensive Osteopathic Licensing Examination (COMLEX). He started this in 2025.

From 2018-2024 Dr. Fuller served on the Level 1 Advisory Committee of the NBOME COMLEX.

Dr. Fuller has been serving on committees with the NBOME since 2001, including serving on the COMLEX 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 continues to serve as a Peer Reviewer with the Journal of Osteopathic Medicine, which he has been doing since 2015.

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