Major Marc Dauphin, MSM, CD (born 6 February 1960) is a

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retired military

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specialized in emergency medicine. He was based in Kandahar, Afghanistan, where he was in charge of the Role 3 Multinational Hospital at Kandahar Airfield. Major Dauphin was the basis for the character of Colonel Xavier Marks in the Canadian TV series ''

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''.

Life and career

Dauphin was born in

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and attended high school at Le Petit Séminaire de Québec (now Le Collège François de Laval), then studied medicine at

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. As a result of the trauma of serving in a war zone, he suffered from

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and contemplated suicide. Dauphin wrote ''Combat Doctor'' about his experiences in Afghanistan.

References

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