Dr. James Q. Swift was born and raised in Manchester, Iowa. He is a cum laude graduate of Cornell College. He received his dental training at the University of Iowa and his oral and maxillofacial surgery training at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. Dr. Swift has been a faculty member at the University of Minnesota since 1989. He is board certified by and a past President of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.