Dr. James Simmons, DNP, MSN, RN, AGACNP-BC is a Hospitalist NP in Los Angeles, founder of the online community Ask The NP (Everything You're Too Scared To Ask Your MD), frequent medical contributor as seen on CBS, FOX, SiriusXM, Dash, Radio.com, etc. and proud practitioner of snark. He can be found @AskTheNP on Instagram and Twitter, and @AskTheNP_ on Tik Tok.

Education:
Bachelor of the Arts (BA) in Journalism and Mass Communications, Drake University
Master of Science in Nursing (MSN), Acute Care Nurse Practitioner, University of Illinois - Chicago
Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP), University of California - Los Angeles

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