Greg has been happily married to Eileen Martelli since 1980. Jessica, Nicholas, and Natalie are their children and Greg has 4 grandchildren. He earned a BA in Biology, a BS in Geology at the University of Delaware, a Masters of Zoology from The University of Maine, Orono, spent a year in Elat Israel on a mariculture research facility before going to Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia. His medical residency at Wilmington Medical Center was followed by a Rheumatology Fellowship at the University of Virginia. Greg taught and did research at West Virginia University before moving to Winchester, Virginia where he was a solo Rheumatologist for thirty years. He retired in August 2022 to spend time with family and pursue writing.