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LoA – One Hundred Years Plus Two of Regional Anesthesia
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Legends of Anesthesiology – One Hundred Years Plus Two of Regional Anesthesia with Benjamin G. Covino, MD., Ph.D 51 Minutes. 1986. Dr. Covino mixes a little bit of anesthesia history with a little bit of science while delivering this prestigious award lecture.
Dr. Benjamin G. Covino, M.D., Ph.D. was a prominent anesthesiologist, pharmacologist, and researcher who became an important figure in the development of regional anesthesia and the scientific study of local anesthetic drugs.
Medical specialty: Anesthesiology, with particular expertise in local and regional anesthesia and the pharmacology of local anesthetic agents.
Academic career: Covino held senior academic positions at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston.
Industry/research: Earlier in his career, he worked in research and development at Astra Pharmaceutical Products in Massachusetts and later became a senior scientific-affairs executive there.
Major research interest: His work examined how local anesthetics are absorbed, distributed, metabolized, and eliminated, as well as their mechanisms of action, efficacy, and toxicity. His two-part review Local Anesthesia appeared in the New England Journal of Medicine in May 1972.
Publications: Covino authored or co-authored numerous scientific papers and book chapters, including work on the pharmacology of local anesthetics and their cardiovascular/hemodynamic effects.
Professional leadership: He was closely associated with the American Society of Regional Anesthesia (ASRA). ASRA’s historical records identify him as editor-in-chief of Regional Anesthesia from 1982–1985, and he was listed among the society’s distinguished figures in its centennial history.
