Organization and Activities
The Physicians and Surgeons for Scientific Integrity was established in early 2006 by Rich Akin. Geoffrey Simmons, M.D., Discovery Institute fellow, is one of the Directors of the PSSI.
The PSSI invites any person with an M.D., D.O., D.D.S., D.M.D., D.V.M. or equivalent degree to be a physician/surgeon member of PSSI. The PSSI offers separate memberships for other medical professionals and the general public.
The PSSI has held a "Doctors Doubting Darwin" rally at the University of South Florida's Sun Dome in September, 2006. It held events in Barcelona, Malaga, Madrid, Leon and Vigo, Spain from January 17 to January 25, 2008. Further events at Louisiana State University in the spring of 2008, Costa Rica, El Salvador and Guatemala in August 2008, Oregon and Washington State in the fall of 2008, Rome, Italy in the winter of 2008.
As of August, 2007, it cost 350 dollars a year for a regular membership in the PSSI. The PSSI also offered memberships with reduced fees for medical residents, medical students, other medical professionals, nonmedical memberships, and others who are not able to afford these fees.
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