Dr. Michael E. Werner was born in New York City and raised in Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey. He attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill earning a Bachelor of Science degree.

After earning his DMD degree at the College of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Dr. Werner volunteered for active duty with the Army where he served as a general dentist for ten years before completing a four year Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery residency at Tripler Army Medical Center in Honolulu, Hawaii.

He became board certified in that specialty in 1995 and recertified in 2005. After a 27 year Army career, he retired from active duty in 2006 and entered into private practice.