Head and shoulders image of Dr. David R. Popkin, dean of Medicine, 1993-2001.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. David R. Popkin was born in Montréal on 1 July 1940 and grew up in Senneville, Québec. He received a BSc in Agriculture from Macdonald College at Montreal in 1962 before studying medicine at McGill University (MD, CM, 1966). Dr. Popkin received his FRCSC in Obstetrics and Gynecology in 1971 and specialist training in gynecological oncology at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, and the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Institute, New York, (1972). He practiced at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Montréal from 1972-1982 until he accepted the position of head of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the College of Medicine at the University of Saskatchewan (1982-1991). Between 1991-1993 Dr. Popkin was associate dean, Postgraduate Medical Education and Clinical Affairs. Dr. Popkin served as dean of Medicine (1993-2001). In 2002 he moved to the Saskatchewan Cancer Agency where he served as executive director of the Saskatoon Cancer Clinic (2002-2006) and Vice-President and Senior Medical Officer of the Agency (2006-2010), until he retired at the age of 70. Dr. Popkin died in Saskatoon in 2014.