Dr. Barry Portnoy graduated from U Mass/Boston's first graduating class in 1969 with a BA in Chemistry. He worked for Dr James C Melby, the head of the the Department of Endocrinology Boston University Medical Center as a research assistant from 1969 - 1972. He graduated from the first 3 year dental program at Tufts Dental School in 1975. After completing a General Practice Residency Program at Peninsula General Hospital in Far Rockaway, NY , he opened his dental practice in Westborough in December of 1976.