I graduated from the Faculty of Dentistry at the University of Western Ontario in 1986.  I was privileged to serve as a Dental Officer in the Canadian Armed Forces from 1986 to 1990 in Baden, Germany and Kingston, Ontario.  In 1993 I graduated from specialty training in orthodontics at the University of Rochester-Eastman Dental Center and returned to Kingston. I am a Fellow and examiner of the Royal College of Dentists of Canada as well as the consultant orthodontist for the Cleft Palate/Craniofacial Anomalies Team at Hotel Dieu Hospital.