He received his bachelor’s degree from Harvard College and attended HMS following seven years of active duty service in the United States Air Force. Dyer completed his surgical training in the Harvard Combined Orthopedic Residency Program, followed by an additional year of fellowship in hand and upper extremity surgery at BWH, Boston Children’s Hospital, and Massachusetts General Hospital. In 2008, Dyer joined the staff at BWH, where he specializes in the management of complex injury to the upper extremity. Formerly the chief of upper extremity surgery at the Veteran’s Administration hospital in Boston, he now serves as program director of the orthopedic residency program at HMS.