Benjamin Gene Covino

Background

Covino, Benjamin Gene was born on September 12, 1930 in Lawrence, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Nicholas and Mary (Zannini) Covino.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Holy Cross College, 1951; Master of Science, Boston College Graduate School, 1953; Doctor of Philosophy (Life Insurance fellow), Boston University Graduate School, 1955; Doctor of Medicine, University Buffalo, 1962.

Career

Teaching fellow, Boston University, 1954-1955; assistant professor pharmaceutical, Tufts U. School Medical, Boston, 1957-1959; assistant professor physiology, U. Buffalo School Medical, 1959-1962; medical director, Astra Pharmaceutical Products, Worcester, 1962-1966; vice president science affairs, Astra Pharmaceutical Products, 1967-1978; professor anesthesiology, U. Massachusetts Medical School, 1976-1979; department chairman anesthesia, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, 1979-1991. Professor anesthesia Harvard University Medical School, 1979-1991. Consultant physiologist St. Vincent's Hospital, Worcester, 1963-1979.

Achievements

• Benjamin Gene Covino has been listed as a noteworthy Anesthesiologist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board of directors St. Vincent's Research Foundation. Trustee Assumption College, Worcester, Massachusetts Served to First lieutenant United States Air Force, 1955-1957. Member American Physiological Society, American Heart Association, American Federation Clinical Research, American Society Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, American Society Anesthesiology, Alpha Omega Alpha.

Connections

Married Lorraine Gallagher, August 22, 1953. Children: Paul, Brian.

Father:

Nicholas Covino

Mother:

Mary (Zannini) Covino

Spouse:

Lorraine Gallagher

child:

Paul Covino

child:

Brian Covino