Dr. Robert Agnello

Biography

Robert N. Agnello, DO, FACOFP is assistant professor of family medicine and osteopathic manipulative medicine at CUSOM. He has been adjunct faculty since the inception of CUSOM in 2013 assisting the OMM department.

Dr. Agnello is board-certified in family medicine since 2001 via Warren Hospital in Phillipsburg, NJ and added a CAQ in pain medicine in 2017. He has worked at the Womack Army Medical Center in family medicine since 2010 and interdisciplinary pain medicine since 2014.

Clinical interest is in pain management via integrative osteopathic medicine. The focus is to develop osteopathic plans of medical care through using a combination of integrative medicine strategy. Research interest includes complementary care modalities and the impact techniques such as osteopathic manipulation, auricular acupuncture and functional medicine have on pain.

Dr. Agnello is a graduate of the NYIT-COM (formerly NYCOM) in 2000. Dr. Agnello completed an undergraduate fellowship in osteopathic manipulation prior to graduation. Dr. Agnello has a focus in pain management and has pursued both medical acupuncture training with the HELMS institute in 2015 along with initial functional medicine training through IFM in 2020.

Professional organization include American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians (ACOFP), AOA (American Osteopathic Association), NCS-ACOFP and AAO (American Academy of Osteopathy). Dr. Agnello currently is serving in the position of President of the NCS-ACOFP and did serve as President once before in 2013. Dr. Agnello is a member of the Board of Governors of the AAO as of 2023. He is a representative on the Education Committee for the AAO, Council of OMED for the AAO and CME Conference Advisory Committee for ACOFP.