David Frederick Hepburn (born August 5, 1958) is a Canadian author and a retired medical doctor.
[1] He is the author of the book Doctor is In(sane) and he also writes columns by the names "Dave Barry of medicine" and the "Patch Adams of the podium" which are published simultaneously in Canada and the United States, as well as a radio show called "WiseQuack.
[5] He is a member of the Society of Cannabis Clinicians (SCC), International Association for Cannabinoid Medicines (IACM), the Canadian Consortium for the Investigation of Cannabinoids (CCIC) and Physicians for Medical Cannabis (PMC).
[7] He served his rotating internship at the Royal Jubilee Hospital in 1987 at Victoria, British Columbia and eventually moved into private practice at NGO.
From 1995 to 1999 he worked at the General Practice department at the Esquimalt Medical Treatment Center.