Dr. Palmer has a practice limited to orthodontics in Troy, Michigan. He is a graduate of Michigan State University, having received a B.S. in Biochemistry in 1969. He then attended Wayne State University in Detroit and received an M.A. in Biochemistry. He went on to Case Western Reserve University School of Dentistry in Cleveland, Ohio, and received his D.D.S. degree in 1975. He stayed on at CWRU and received a M.S. in Orthodontics in 1977.

Dr. Palmer's primary contribution is in the treatment of orthodontics to pediatric dentistry residents. He also provides a course on temporomandibular disorders to the orthodontics residents.