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===Physicians and Surgeons for Scientific Integrity===
The '''Physicians and Surgeons for Scientific Integrity''' (PSSI), formally registered as '''PSSI International Inc.''', is a United States 501(c)(3) nonprofit [[Objections to evolution|anti-evolution]] organization, based in [[Clearwater, Florida]], promoting the pseudoscience of intelligent design associated with the Discovery Institute. While in the past, the organization sponsored events promoting intelligent design and fundamentalist Christianity, it is currently largely inactive.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.evolutionnews.org/2006/10/over_3600_floridians_were_trea002673.html|access-date=15 February 2012|title=Intelligent Design Presentation at USF Draws Crowds and Complaints From Darwinists - Evolution News & Views|work=[[Evolution News]]|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304090923/http://www.evolutionnews.org/2006/10/over_3600_floridians_were_trea002673.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The PSSI was established in early 2006 by Rich Akin.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/intelligentdesign/episodes/2009-06-10T16_05_38-07_00|title=Physicians and Surgeons for Scientific Integrity, Part One|website=Podomatic|access-date=December 3, 2023|archive-date=April 9, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230409114845/https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/intelligentdesign/episodes/2009-06-10T16_05_38-07_00|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Geoffrey Simmons]], Discovery Institute fellow, is one of the directors of the PSSI.

The PSSI created a public list of medical professionals who [[Discovery Institute intelligent design campaigns#Physicians and Surgeons who Dissent from Darwinism|dissent from Darwinism]]. This list is used by the Discovery Institute in its [[Discovery Institute intelligent design campaigns|anti-evolution campaigns]]. The list is used in support of the Discovery Institute claims that [[intelligent design]] is scientifically valid while asserting that [[evolution]] lacks broad scientific support.<ref>[https://centerforinquiry.org/uploads/attachments/intelligent-design.pdf ''Understanding the Intelligent Design Creationist Movement: Its True Nature and Goals''; A Position Paper from the Center for Inquiry, Office of Public Policy] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190214134028/http://www.centerforinquiry.net/uploads/attachments/intelligent-design.pdf |date=February 14, 2019 }} [[Barbara Forrest]]. May, 2007.</ref>

The PSSI, which was active between 2006 and 2008, held a "Doctors Doubting Darwin" rally at the [[University of South Florida]]'s [[USF Sun Dome|Sun Dome]] in September 2006. Attendance was estimated at 3,500 to 4,000 people by a local reporter.<ref name=Tippins>[http://www.observernews.net/artman/publish/article_001814.shtml '' Evolution: A Theory in Crisis''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207002525/http://www.observernews.net/artman/publish/article_001814.shtml |date=February 7, 2012 }}, Hank Tippins, ''Tippin the Scales'', ''The Observer News'', [[Tampa Bay]], [[Florida]], October 21, 2006.</ref> Apologetic organizations promoting the event had hoped to fill all 7,700 seats in the Sun Dome.<ref>[http://www.apologetics.org/recent-events.html ''Recent Events Archive: Apologetics Events in the U.S. and Beyond''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927154635/http://www.apologetics.org/recent-events.html |date=September 27, 2007 }}, apologetics.org.</ref><ref>[http://www.strengthsandweaknesses.org/NewsletterArchive/2006.09.TBSENews.htm ''September 23, 2006 - News''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930092432/http://www.strengthsandweaknesses.org/NewsletterArchive/2006.09.TBSENews.htm |date=September 30, 2007 }}, Texans for Better Science Education Newsletter, Sept 23, 2006.</ref> This meeting featured the Discovery Institute's [[Jonathan Wells (intelligent design advocate)|Jonathan Wells]] and fellow [[Michael Behe]], and received local radio coverage. This rally was opposed by the Florida Citizens for Science.<ref>[http://www.flascience.org/ Florida Citizens for Science] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231120190324/https://www.flascience.org/ |date=November 20, 2023 }} official webpage</ref><ref>[http://redstaterabble.blogspot.com/2006/09/doomed-in-dome.html ''Doomed in the Dome''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231123010609/https://redstaterabble.blogspot.com/2006/09/doomed-in-dome.html |date=November 23, 2023 }}, Red State Rabble blog, September 28, 2006.</ref>