Dr. Connor is a graduate of Georgetown University School of Dentistry. Following graduation, Dr. Connor entered a four year residency program at the Bellevue Hospital in New York City. He stayed at Bellevue an additional year as a resident in Anesthesia. He then began practicing in Rhode Island.

Dr. Connor is a Diplomate of the American Board of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery and has served on its examination committee. He is a Fellow of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons and served as its National President in 1989. He is also Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery at Alpert Medical School, Brown University, and serves as Chief of Dentistry and Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at Rhode Island Hospital. He is a member of the American Dental Association, the Rhode Island Dental Association and the Rhode Island Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons.