Geoffrey Simmons (born 28 July 1943) is a medical doctor, science fiction author and proponent of

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. He has a BS in biology from the

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and received an M.D. from the University of Illinois Medical School in 1969. He was a doctor of internal medicine for the PeaceHealth Medical Group in Eugene, boarded in internal medicine and

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. Dr. Simmons retired at the end of 2015.

Biography

Born in

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, in 1943, Simmons is a fellow at the Center for Science and Culture, part of the

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. He toured with PSSI in Spain with the Spanish version of ''What Darwin Didn't Know'', to five cities:

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, nine lectures altogether. He has lectured at college campuses, churches and synagogues. Simmons also teaches disaster preparedness locally, regionally and nationally. He is a Governor on the Board of Governors for the American Academy of Disaster Medicine and an Advisor to FEMA on the Advisory Council for FEMA Region X. He is a CERT trainer and volunteer CERT Coordinator for the City of Eugene. He has lectured at the IAEM and NASA. His newest book Common Sense and Disaster Preparedness will be published by the Journal of Emergency Management (JEM), Fall 2010.

Intelligent design

Simmons has written nine books, four fiction, two medical spoofs, and two books about the

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, published by a Christian publishing house and promotes the pseudoscience of intelligent design. In 2008, he debated evolutionary biologist

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, among many professors, on KKMS radio. He has done other radio interviews, such as on

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in 2007

Works

*''The Glue Factory''. (Beckett Publishing Company, November 1, 1995) (Illustrated by Ray Broderick) *''What Darwin Didn't Know: A Doctor Dissects the Theory of Evolution ''. (Harvest Publishers, January 1, 2004) (Foreword by

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) *''Billions of Missing Links: A Rational Look at the Mysteries Evolution Can't Explain''. (Harvest House Publishers, February 15, 2007) *''Common Sense and Disaster Preparedness'', Journal of Emergency Management, Fall 2010

Fiction

* ''The Z Papers'', Arbor House and Bantam, 1970s * ''The Adam Experiment'', Arbor House and Berkley, 1970s * ''Pandemic'', Arbor House and Berkley, 1980s. * ''MURDOCK'', Arbor House, 1980s * ''The Glue Factory factor'', Beckett, 1990s * ''To Glue or Not To Glue''. Beckett, 1990s

References

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