Education: 2 years (64 credit hours) undergraduate studies at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and was then accepted into UNL-College of Dentistry (now UNMC Department of Dentistry); graduated with DDS degree in 1977.  University of Iowa College of Dentistry; graduated with an MS from the Graduate College and a Certificate in Orthodontics from the College of Dentistry.  Of Note:  I am one of the few people in the world that has an MS degree from a Graduate College without a Bachelor of Science or Arts degree – a little thing they overlooked at UI until I was already doing my oral defense of my thesis.

Honors:  DDS was conferred with High Distinction, Omicron Kappa Upsilon, Delegate to the American Student Dental Association Conference on Dental Research.

Practice History.  I began practicing with Doctor's Park Dental Associates, Madison, WI in June 1979 as the staff orthodontist of this multi-specialty group.

I started up satellite practices in DeForest, WI in December 1979 and in Sun Prairie, WI in May 1980.

Doctor's Park Dental Associates ultimately split into two groups. The Center for Cosmetic Dentistry continued at the original location. Madison Family Dental Associates was founded by two general dentists and I in January 1983.  Completely renovated an existing two level office building, adding an elevator and enhanced parking and with that became the largest single dental facility in Dane County.  We were the sole provider for Compcare, Dentacare and Physician's Plus orthodontic services in Dane County (One of my partners and I personally wrote the first contract for orthodontic services for the State of Wisconsin with Physician's Plus).

I disassociated from Madison Family Dental Associates to begin private practice in April 1988.

The Sun Prairie practice was relocated to a new office in the Cornerstone Building at the Sun Prairie Business Park in February 1996.

Three family practice dentists and I combined resources to build a new condominium office building in Middleton, WI - Stonefield Dental Centre.  My west Madison practice and a two-day-per-month practice in Spring Green were relocated to this location in May 1999.

The Sun Prairie office was remodeled in March 2005 to better accommodate our increasing patient volume.

My practice was acquired by American Dental Partners, Inc. and Deerwood Orthodontics, LLC on December 1, 2006.  Along with the purchase, a work agreement was instituted to provide transition of patients for a 2 year term with a negotiable third year which has not been found to be necessary. 

Teaching experience: Served for 2 years on the the staff of the Max W. Pohle Dental Clinic at the hospital (was Methodist now Meriter).  Provided orthodontic consultation and minor treatments to low income patients pro-bono while teaching diagnosis and minor treatment planning to the general practice residents.

Professional Affiliations:  ADA, AzDA, CADA, Chicago Dental Society. 

Volunteer or community service work.  We have a daughter, Lindsay, that was diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis at 9 months of age.  My wife, Barb, and I established the Madison Chapter of the CFF.  We helped organize a local “Great Strides Walk for CF” and the “CF SKINS Golf Challenge” in Madison which continue today.  Our events gained momentum and brought about the  establishment of a permanent CFF Madison Office with full staffing that raises over $300k every year through these and other events.  The CFF recently had a Gala Dinner in our honor at the Monona Terrace Convention Center (A Frank Lloyd Wright design) in Madison.  No thanks were necessary, of course, our motivation was quite clear.

Personal information:  Wife, Barbara (Barb) is a retired educator from the Madison Metropolitan School District.  Son, Jason lives and works in retail in Madison / Daughter, Valerie is a graduate of Edgewood College’s elementary education program and is a first grade schoolteacher in Phoenix (Cartwright District) and lives in Peoria, AZ / Daughter, Lindsay is a graduate of UW-Madison in Art History and Women’s studies and is currently working in management for Apple Computers in La Jolla, CA but has plans to move to the valley in the next year to be with us. 

Hobbies/Interests:  I am an intense electronic guru.  I build and program computers and have a cutting edge interest in all audio and video electronics.  Example: I currently have a front projection 110” HDTV (720p/1080i) setup that I designed, wired and installed myself.  I built and networked all of the computers at both of my office locations.  I have been an amateur programmer since my dental school days and developed some very effective software for use in my office with MS Visual Basic 6.  The program computes benefits of various insurance companies and splits the fee for patient and insurance then prints a “Treatment Agreement” and “Informed Consent” to orthodontic treatment with the push of a button.  The program is in its 8^th revision and can now coordinate two coverages.  I developed my own web site in 1999 www.gwbraces.com using MS FrontPage.  The majority of that site is mothballed until I begin clinical practice again.   I have used the site since its inception as an educational tool more than as advertising and refer to illustrations in it in my case presentation letters.  I was an avid golfer in the past and now enjoy an occasional round with friends.  I am also a fanatic reader and enjoy the Sci-Fi/Fantasy genre the most.  My favorite books are by authors such as Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke and Gene Wolfe.

Favorite aspect of dentistry:  In orthodontics no two days are alike.  There is a constant feeling of encountering new and interesting problems.

Reason for becoming a dentist:  I have always had a knack for fixing things with my hands and an unusual ability to just look at something and fix it.  I was taking pre-med courses when my then girlfriend (wife since 1974) said she thought I should take the DAT since I am so good with my hands.  I did very well on it and the Dental School accepted me into the next class contingent on my finishing my current credits satisfactorily (64 total).  The Dental School was in the habit of selecting good students rather than experienced ones and we had 8 sophomore standing students accepted into the Class of ’77 out of 66 total.

Professional Philosophy:  To provide an outstanding orthodontic result for my young patients with minimal intrusion on their childhood.

Additional Comments:  I finished a two year employment with Deerwood Orthodontics, LLC at the end of November 2008.  We permanently moved to Scottsdale, Arizona the first week of December.  I am now working with the Legacy Mastermind Alliance to provide orthodontic services to general dental practices.  I can be contacted initially at greg.wadleigh@cox.net.  Additional contact information can be provided after this initial communication.