Dr. James Gallagher, a Colorado native and Wheat Ridge High School alumnus, received his dental degree from the University of Oregon in 1971. He served with the U.S. Air Force as a general dentist in Germany before receiving his M.S. in Orthodontics from UCLA. Dr. Gallagher has been in private orthodontic practice in Arvada since 1976. Dr. Gallagher is married and has three grown children and one granddaughter.  Dr. Gallagher has many other personal interests such as scuba diving, backpacking, skiing, golf and tennis.