JONATHAN E. FULLER, M.D.

Orthopedic Spine Surgeon
Photo: Jonathan E. Fuller, M.D.

Dr. Jonathan Fuller is a board-certified orthopedic surgeon and fellowship-trained spine surgeon. After completing his training in orthopedic spine surgery, Dr. Fuller joined Nebraska Spine + Pain Center in 1998. He specializes in adult spinal deformities as well as neck surgery and complex revision spine surgery. Dr. Fuller uses his expertise to help achieve the greatest functional benefit with the least amount of medical or surgical intervention for his patients.

After receiving his Bachelor of Arts degree in German literature at Columbia College in New York City, Dr. Fuller was a German academic exchange service scholar at the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen in Germany. He went back to New York and attended the Columbia School of General Studies to finish his premedical curriculum before earning his Doctor of Medicine degree at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons. Dr. Fuller then completed his general surgery internship and orthopedic surgery residency at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, New Hampshire. He finished his training through a subspecialty fellowship in spine surgery at Twin Cities Spine Center in Minneapolis. 

A veteran of the United States Air Force, Dr. Fuller is a certified air transport pilot in the class of single engine, land. Outside of aviation and spine care, Dr. Fuller’s other interests include trap shooting. 

Dr. Fuller is available to see patients at Nebraska Spine + Pain Center in Omaha as well as at our satellite offices in Grand Island and Lexington

Education & Training 

  • Bachelor of Arts in German Literature: Columbia College, New York, NY 
  • German Academic Exchange Service Scholar, German Literature: Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany 
  • Doctor of Medicine: Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, NY 
  • General Surgery Internship: Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH 
  • Orthopedic Surgery Residency: Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH 
  • Spine Fellowship: Twin Cities Spine Center, Minneapolis, MN 

Certification 

  • American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery 

Military Service 

  • United States Air Force, Major, 1993 – 1997 

Professional Affiliations 

  • American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons 
  • Metro Omaha Medical Society 
  • Nebraska Medical Association 
  • North American Spine Society 
  • Scoliosis Research Society