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 certificate of added qualification (CAQ) in pain medicine in 2017. He has worked at the Womack Army Medical Center in family medicine (2010-2014) and interdisciplinary pain medicine (2014-2022).

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 NYIT-COM (formerly NYCOM) in 2000. Dr. Agnello completed an undergraduate fellowship in osteopathic manipulation. 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 organizations include American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians (ACOFP), AOA (American Osteopathic Association), NCS-ACOFP and AAO (American Academy of Osteopathy). Dr. Agnello is a Past President of the NCS-ACOFP in 2013 and 2022. Dr. Agnello is a member of the Board of Governors of the AAO since 2023. He has been a representative on the Education Committee for the AAO (2017-2023) and the Council of OMED (2017-2024) for the AAO and is Chair of the CME Conference Advisory Committee for ACOFP (2024-current). Dr. Agnello is the current National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners (NBOME) Family Medicine Clinical Sciences Chair (2023-current).