Dr William Beam

Orthodontics - my profession and my passion.

The ability to help so many people achieve their goal of attaining a healthy and beautiful smile is an incredible source of energy and inspiration. Artist by nature and scientist by education, I chose to become an orthodontist because of my passion for helping people change and improve their lives. I strongly believe that a beautiful smile plays a part in one’s success. Every smile that I treat is an opportunity to make a positive impact on someone’s life. As I help my patients, they help me as well. I meet many fantastic people every day who help me grow and enrich my life.

I graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Lehigh University, then attended dental school at the University of Iowa with the benefit of a Dows research scholarship.  While at Iowa I was elected to Omnicron Kappa Upsilon, the national dental honor society, and received the William F Kramer Award of Excellence, awarded to the top clinician in the class as determined by faculty.  I continued my education at Iowa and received my MS in Orthodontics.  I was certified a diplomate by the American Board of Orthodontics in 2006 and continued my pursuit of excellence by recertifying in 2011.

My vision upon entering practice with my partner Rick was to create a state of the art practice where patients and the referring community dentists felt so good about the quality of care and personalized service that they would be compelled to refer their friends and patients. This philosophy helped attract a wonderful staff and an amazing family of patients. We foster a culture of enthusiasm among our team and work to achieve our goals as an open, honest group of individuals who genuinely care about the process and the results. We simply want to be the best!

I live in Chicago with my wife Staci and our 3 rescued English Bulldogs.  When not at the office I'm often immersed in music  - my other passion!  Music has been an important part of my life since childhood, and I've performed on the bill with such great artists as 10,000 Maniacs and Blues Traveler.  I currently play drums for Pat Dinizio, lead singer of the multiplatinum rock group The Smithereens.  As a result I've been lucky enough to have performed on national television, and a feature article has been written in the nationally distributed trade journal Orthodontic Products about how I combine the practice of orthodontics and music. 

  

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