UNAVOIDABLY UNSAFE - Authors

Dr. Edward Geehr is a graduate of Yale University with Honors, and Duke University Medical School. He completed a residency and research fellowship in Emergency Medicine at UCLA and became board certified in that specialty. He maintains a private medical practice. Dr. Geehr has served as an Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine and Surgery at the University of California, San Francisco, was Chief of Emergency Services at San Francisco General Hospital, and medical director for the city’s EMS system. In addition to his academic and clinical experience, Dr. Geehr was a co-founder of IPC The Hospitalist Company which provided inpatient medical services to hospitals and later global head of operations for a pharmaceutical company. In the latter position he observed firsthand the interaction between the drug industry, regulators, and academia. Dr. Geehr was founding president of the Wilderness Medical Society, an international medical society with a focus on medicine in remote environments, and co-editor of the medical textbook Management of Wilderness and Environmental Emergencies. Dr. Geehr is a board member and Medical Director of Evolution Haiti, Inc. a non-profit foundation that supports an orphanage and medical services in Haiti. He is married, has three children and six delightful grandchildren.

Dr. Jeffrey Barke is a board certified primary care physician in private practice for over 25 years. He completed his medical school and family practice residency at the University of California, Irvine. He has served as an Associate Clinical Professor at U.C. Irvine and a board member of the Orange County Medical Association. Dr. Barke is a commissioned officer in the US Army Reserve Medical Corps. He is also a reserve deputy and a tactical physician for a local law enforcement SWAT team. Dr. Barke also served as an elected school board member for the Los Alamitos Unified School District for 12 years and is the co-founder and current school board chair of a free public charter school in Orange, CA called Orange County Classical Academy that uses Hillsdale College’s curriculum. Dr. Barke is the author of COVID-19: A Physicians Take on the Exaggerated Fear of the Corona Virus and Morning Message: Dispelling the Myths You’ve Been Told about Optimal Health! He is a sought-after speaker on the failure of government education and all things related to COVID-19. Dr. Barke is a proud founding member of America’s Frontline Doctors. He is also the co-host of the podcast InformedDissentMedia.com.