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LoA – Spinal Anesthesia: Advantages, Disadvantages, and Technique
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Legends of Anesthesiology – Spinal Anesthesia: Advantages, Disadvantages, and Technique with Benjamin G. Covino, MD., Ph.D 18 Minutes. 1981. This lecture compares and contrasts general and regional anesthesia with studies that have been done. It also describes the technique of spinal anesthesia.
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.
