SPIRO SPIREAS, PH.D.

DR. SPIRO SPIREAS is the owner, founder, chairman and chief executive officer of Sigmapharm Laboratories, an emerging specialty pharmaceutical company operating out of Bensalem, PA, and engaging in the development, manufacture and marketing of unique generic and branded pharmaceutical products. He is the inventor and author of more than 130 international and domestic patents and patent applications, and more than 200 scientific papers, books, and other publications in the fields of industrial pharmacy, pharmaceutical technology, biopharmaceutics, pharmacokinetics and analytical chemistry. Dr. Spireas holds a Master’s degree and a Doctorate (Ph.D.) degree in Pharmaceutics and Industrial Pharmacy from St. John’s University, Jamaica, NY, and a B.S. degree in Pharmacy from the Hellenic National University of Athens, Greece. Dr. Spireas is an Archon of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, a member of the Metropolitan Council of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of New Jersey, and a Parish Council member of the St. George Greek Orthodox Church at Trenton, NJ, where he has also served for 4 years (2009-2012) as the President of its Parish Council. In addition, Dr. Spireas served as president of AHI Foundation (2011-2016) and is a member of AHEPA. He resides in New Hope, PA, with his wife Dr. Amalia Kassapidis-Spireas, a pediatrician, and their two children.