Career
He has a Bachelor of Science in biology from the University of Illinois and received an Doctor of Medicine from the University of Illinois Medical School in 1969. He is a doctor of internal medicine for the PeaceHealth Medical Group in Eugene, boarded in internal medicine and disaster medicine. Simmons is a fellow at the Center for Science and Culture, part of the Discovery Institute.
He toured with PSSI in Spain with the Spanish version of What Darwin Didn"t Know, to five cities: Barcelona, Málaga, Madrid, León and Vigo, 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 Federal Emergency Management Agency on the Advisory COuncil for Federal Emergency Management Agency Region X. He is a Centre of Excellence for Applied Research & Training trainer and volunteer Centre of Excellence for Applied Research & Training Coordinator for the City of Eugene. He has lectured at the IAEM and National Aeronautics and Space Administration. His newest book Common Sense and Disaster Preparedness will be published by the Journal of Emergency Management (JEM), Fall 2010.
Simmons has written nine books, four fiction, two medical spoofs, and two books about the creation-evolution controversy, published by a Christian publishing house and promotes intelligent design.
In 2008, he debated evolutionary biologist PZ Myers, among many professors, on KKMS radio. He has done other radio interviews, such as on Coast to Coast Department of Administration and Management in 2007.