DILLSBURG, Pa. — Presbyterian Senior Living, a nonprofit seniors housing operator based in Dillsburg, has hired Dr. Steven Fuller as vice president and corporate medical director.
Fuller will spearhead the company’s efforts to implement new clinical standards, develop systems of accountability that emphasize data collection and empirical measurement outcomes, and partner with healthcare providers to maintain quality of care for residents. As a former Johns Hopkins associate, Fuller has more than 25 years of experience in healthcare leadership and patient care.
Fuller is the founder and president of House Calls, a service that delivers onsite primary care to retirement communities. Additionally, he is the founder and president of Illumination Analytics, a health analytics service that measures and tracks the health of assisted living residents. Fuller also founded and currently serves as the president of Straight Line Connect, an online program that teaches assisted living community staff how to prevent hospital readmissions.
Prior to joining the Presbyterian Senior Living team, Fuller practiced medicine for more than 25 years as a pulmonary and critical care specialist. He has held medical directorships at several hospitals, long-term care communities, and home health and hospice corporations including Meridian Subacute Care. He also served as the vice chair for the Department of Medicine at Mercy Medical Center, West Valley Medical Center, Trinity Health and Rehab, Southwest Idaho Advanced Care Hospital, Guardian Home Care and Hospice, and Touchmark Home Health.
Fuller earned his bachelor’s degree in music literature at Michigan State University, and went on to earn his master’s degree and Ph.D. in physiology, and his D.O. in human medicine at Michigan State. He completed his internal medicine training at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit, and completed his pulmonary and critical care training at Johns Hopkins Hospital, where he remained as an associate in the physiology department for several years.
Presbyterian Senior Living provides services to approximately 6,000 seniors in 30 locations in the mid-Atlantic region of Pennsylvania, Maryland, Ohio and Delaware.