Edward C. Covington MD

Edward Covington, MD, was trained in psychiatry at Mayo Clinic. He is certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in psychiatry, with added qualifications in addiction psychiatry and pain management. He is also certified by the American Board of Pain Medicine.

Dr. Covington founded the Chronic Pain Rehabilitation Program at Cleveland Clinic in 1979 and has served as its Director since that time. He developed a hospital pain consultation service for the diagnosis and management of problematic acute, chronic and malignant pain.