David Frederick Hepburn

Dr. David Frederick Hepburn (born August 5, 1958, Canada) is a retired medical doctor and Canadian author as well. He served as Canadian Naval Surgeon in the Persian Gulf War held in 1991. He wrote a book named Doctor is In(sane) and also used to write the columns in the names of Patch Adams and Dave Barry who are of podium and medicine respectively. These columns are published at the same time in the United States and Canada, as well as in a radio show named ‘WiseQuack’.

He is also the award recipient of the ‘Columnist of the Year’ for both the Canadian Community Newspaper Association and the Arizona Newspaper Association. In his medical life, he advocates for the wider use of Cannabinoids and medical marijuana. Apart from this, he is a member of the Physicians for Medical Cannabis (PMC), Society of Cannabis Clinicians (SCC), International Association for Cannabinoid Medicines (IACM) and the Canadian Consortium for the Investigation of Cannabinoids (CCIC).

 Early Years 
Dr. Hepburn (born August 5, 1958) completed his education in Doctorate of Medicine from the University of Ottawa in 1986. He did his internship from the Royal Jubilee Hospital in 1987 at Victoria, British Columbia and from here moved eventually into his private practice at NGO.

 Career 
Dr. David was a Canadian naval surgeon in the Persian Gulf War in the year 1991. He was also the medical director of Commonwealth Games in gymnastics and as a former team doctor in national rugby teams and in the junior and professional hockey teams. From the year 1995 to 1999, he worked in the General Practice department of Esquimalt Medical Treatment Center. In the year 1999, he started working at Yates & Quadra Medical. After this, he served as Clinical Instructor in 2005 for Nurse Practitioner from B.C and the two years later he worked as Clinical Faculty at UBC School of Medicine.

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