A native of Montreal, Canada, Dr. Getsios completed his undergraduate training at McGill University and received his Ph.D. degree from the University of British Columbia. Spiro came to Northwestern University as a Canadian Institutes of Health Research postdoctoral fellow, where he trained in the laboratory of Dr. Kathleen J. Green. He subsequently joined the Dermatology department as a Research Assistant Professor in 2005. Spiro is currently a scholar of the Dermatology Foundation and directs the keratinocyte laboratory for the department. An active member of the Society for Investigative Dermatology and the American Society for Cell Biology, Dr. Getsios has authored more than 20 peer-reviewed publications.