Graduating from the University of Massachusetts, Boston in 1980 with a B.A. in Anthropology and Biology, he quickly went back to school, but this time for his M.D. In 1985 Dr. Getz earned an M.D. degree from the University of Massachusetts Medical School. He went on to do internal medicine at Worcester City Hospital until 1988, then began a solo primary care practice in Clinton until 2012. Dr. Getz currently operates MariMed Consults in Springfield.