Prior to dedicating his life to the natural health care treatment of his patients at his clinic in the St. Louis area - Creve Coeur, Missouri, Dirk Benham pursued a successful career as a Mining Engineer in the Western United States. He graduated from Colorado School of Mines in 1972 with a B.Sc. in Mineral-Engineering Physics and in 1978 with a M.Sc. in Mining Engineering. In 2000, he graduated from Logan College of Chiropractic.

Dr. Benham has numerous interests outside his clinic. His model railroading interests are ever present in his office with an HO scale trolley line operating on one wall of his treatment room. He is an avid home brewer and is very proud of his lagers, stouts, and meads. He enjoys fencing with both foil and saber and is a member of the St. Louis Fencing Club. Whenever possible he enjoys just getting out-of-doors and communing with the beauty of nature whether it be by gardening, working in the yard, hiking in the woods, or riding his motorcycle.