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. 

Dr. Covington has published articles and chapters on subjects related to the psychology, physiology and pharmacology of chronic pain. He is a reviewer for the Clinical Journal of Pain, and a member of the Editorial Review Board for Pain Medicine and lectures nationally and internationally on subjects related to chronic pain.  

He has been active in medical organizations and served as President of the Ohio Psychiatric Association and the American Academy of Pain Medicine. He serves as Secretary of the American Board of Pain Medicine and is a longtime member of the Board of Directors of the American Chronic Pain Association.

• Past-President, American Academy of Pain Medicine
• Secretary/Treasurer, American Board of Pain Medicine

Residency - Mayo Clinic

Psychiatry
Rochester, MN USA
1976

Internship - Baptist Memorial Hospital

Medical Internship
Memphis, TN USA
1971

Medical School - University of Tennessee College of Medicine

Memphis, TN USA
1970

Undergraduate - University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Knoxville, TN USA
1967

• Psychiatry
• American Board of Pain Medicine
• Psychiatry- Pain Management

• Best Doctors, 2001-2006
• Founders' Award, American Academy of Pain Medicine, for contributions to the field of pain medicine, 2005  
• Distinguished Service Award, American Academy of Pain Medicine, 2006 
• Teacher of the Year, Cleveland Clinic Department of Psychiatry, 2004-2005
  

• Office Practice Management Program, Case Western Reserve University Weatherhead School of Management, 1994-1995

• American Academy of Pain Medicine
• American Board of Pain Medicine
• Ohio Psychiatric Association
• Cleveland Psychiatric Society
• American Society of Addiction Medicine

• Chronic Pain Rehabilitation
• Medical Management Of Chronic Pain
• Pain Control

• Abdominal Pain
• Chronic Pain
• Fibromyalgia
• Headache, Intractable
• Headaches
• Interstitial Cystitis | Pelvic Pain
• Low Back Pain
• Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome (RSDS)

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