Dr. Dwyer earned his doctorate from Logan College of Chiropractic, graduating with honors in 1986. He has been in private practice in Rhode Island since 1987. His post graduate studies are concentrated in neurology and chiropractic technique. He has been a member of the American Chiropractic Association and the Chiropractic Society of Rhode Island since 1987.

He is a long term student of yoga and meditation and in 1994 began study in a program for personal development at the School for the Evolution of Humanity. He continues in that program at the present time. He has been on staff at All That Matters, a holistic health center in Wakefield, RI, as a yoga and meditation instructor since 1996. He also practices chiropractic at All That Matters. He and his wife, Joan, live in Wakefield. They have five children.