Scholars@Duke

• Background
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  Education, Training, & Certifications

  • Fellowship, Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine, University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine 2015 - 2016
  • Resident, Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Miami, Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine 2012 - 2015
  • M.D., University of Nevada, School of Medicine 2011
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  Medical Licensure

  • 2020-04785. North Carolina. 2021
• Publications & Artistic Works
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  Selected Publications

  • Academic Articles

    • Covington, Derek B., Matthew Spears, Richa Wardhan, Meghan Brennan, Yasmin Islam, and Andrew D. Pitkin. “Quantifying drysuit seal pressures in non-immersed scuba divers.” Diving Hyperb Med 52, no. 2 (June 30, 2022): 103–7. https://doi.org/10.28920/dhm52.2.103-107.
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    • Covington, Derek B., Charlotte Sadler, Anthony Bielawski, Gareth Lock, and Andrew Pitkin. “Is more complex safer in the case of bail-out rebreathers for extended range cave diving?” Diving Hyperb Med 52, no. 1 (March 31, 2022): 49–53. https://doi.org/10.28920/dhm52.1.49-53.
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    • Covington, Derek B., and Richard E. Moon. “Anesthesia and Surgery in Space: Comment.” Anesthesiology 136, no. 2 (February 1, 2022): 399. https://doi.org/10.1097/ALN.0000000000004076.
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    • Strauss, Michael B., and Derek B. Covington. “Delayed recognition of Type II decompression sickness in a diver with chronic atrial fibrillation.” Undersea Hyperb Med 49, no. 2 (2022): 563–68.
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    • Wardhan, Richa, Sindhuja Nimma, and Derek Covington. “Paravertebral catheter study leaves questions unanswered.” Reg Anesth Pain Med 46, no. 10 (October 2021): 931–32. https://doi.org/10.1136/rapm-2020-102273.
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    • Wardhan, R., J. U. Jira, D. B. Covington, and J. D. White. “Managing disruptive patients in the perioperative setting: A case-based review.” Perioperative Care and Operating Room Management 23 (June 1, 2021). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pcorm.2021.100170.
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    • Covington, Derek, and Chris Giordano. “Commentary on "Fatal air embolism in a breath-hold diver" and the implied dangers of technical freediving.” Diving Hyperb Med 51, no. 1 (March 31, 2021): 124. https://doi.org/10.28920/dhm51.1.124.
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    • Millan, S. B., C. A. Hontz-Geisinger, B. J. Rooks, and Derek Covington. “Effect of oxymetazoline and fluticasone on middle ear barotrauma during hyperbaric oxygen therapy.” Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine 48, no. 2 (2021): 149–52.
    • Covington, Derek, Richa Wardhan, and Chris Giordano. “Letter: Impact of anesthetic drugs on venous filtration of intravascular gas.” Undersea Hyperb Med 48, no. 2 (2021): 205. https://doi.org/10.22462/03.04.2021.12.
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    • Covington, Derek, Richa Wardhan, and Chris Giordano. “Letter & Response: Consideration of the numerous etiologies of carbon monoxide exposures: Letter.” Undersea Hyperb Med 48, no. 4 (2021): 477.
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    • Millan, Susan B., Catherine A. Hontz-Geisinger, Benjamin J. Rooks, Anna Mygind Wahl, and Derek B. Covington. “Prevention of middle ear barotrauma with oxymetazoline/fluticasone treatment.” Undersea Hyperb Med 48, no. 2 (2021): 149–52. https://doi.org/10.22462/03.04.2021.4.
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    • Henson, C., Andrew Pitkin, and Derek Covington. “Underwater anaesthesia machines? Well, almost. Closed-circuit rebreathers and the leap forward for advanced diving, exploration, and discovery.” Romanian Journal of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care 27, no. 11 (2020): 1–3.
    • Anderson, George, Douglas Ebersole, Derek Covington, and Petar J. Denoble. “The effectiveness of risk mitigation interventions in divers with persistent (patent) foramen ovale.” Diving Hyperb Med 49, no. 2 (June 30, 2019): 80–87. https://doi.org/10.28920/dhm49.2.80-87.
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    • Covington, Derek, Robert H. Lee, Steven Toffel, Alberto Bursian, Kirk Krack, and Chris Giordano. “Technical Freediving: An Emerging Breath-Hold Diving Technique.” Journal of Human Performance in Extreme Environments 15, no. 1 (May 29, 2019). https://doi.org/10.7771/2327-2937.1122.
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    • Covington, Derek, and Andrew Pitkin. “Underwater nasal decongestant use: a novel approach to middle ear equalization.” Undersea Hyperb Med 45, no. 6 (2018): 679–82.
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    • Kalangara, Jerry P., Anat Galor, Roy C. Levitt, Derek B. Covington, Katherine T. McManus, Constantine D. Sarantopoulos, and Elizabeth R. Felix. “Characteristics of Ocular Pain Complaints in Patients With Idiopathic Dry Eye Symptoms.” Eye Contact Lens 43, no. 3 (May 2017): 192–98. https://doi.org/10.1097/ICL.0000000000000249.
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    • Chin, Walter, Ellie Joo, Scott Ninokawa, Daniel A. Popa, and Derek B. Covington. “Efficacy of the U.S. Navy Treatment Tables in treating DCS in 103 recreational scuba divers.” Undersea Hyperb Med 44, no. 5 (2017): 399–405.
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    • Galor, Anat, Roy C. Levitt, Katherine T. McManus, Jerry P. Kalangara, Benjamin E. Seiden, Jasmine J. Park, Derek B. Covington, Constantine D. Sarantopoulos, and Elizabeth R. Felix. “Assessment of Somatosensory Function in Patients With Idiopathic Dry Eye Symptoms.” Jama Ophthalmol 134, no. 11 (November 1, 2016): 1290–98. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2016.3642.
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    • Covington, Derek, Meredith Degnan, Yiliam Rodriguez-Blanco, Ankeet Choxi, Rupa Prasad, Jonathan Jagid, and Thomas Fuhrman. “Deep Brain Stimulation Utilizing Dexmedetomidine: A Clinical Report from the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine.” Journal of Neuroanaesthesiology and Critical Care 03, no. 03 (August 2016): 233–38. https://doi.org/10.4103/2348-0548.190069.
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    • Galor, Anat, Derek Covington, Alexandra E. Levitt, Katherine T. McManus, Benjamin Seiden, Elizabeth R. Felix, Jerry Kalangara, et al. “Neuropathic Ocular Pain due to Dry Eye is Associated with Multiple Comorbid Chronic Pain Syndromes.” J Pain 17, no. 3 (March 2016): 310–18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpain.2015.10.019.
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    • Covington, Derek, Anthony Bielawski, Charlotte Sadler, and Emi Latham. “A favorable outcome despite a 39-hour treatment delay for arterial gas embolism: case report.” Undersea Hyperb Med 43, no. 4 (2016): 457–61.
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    • Benglis, David, Derek Covington, Ritwik Bhatia, Sanjiv Bhatia, Mohamed Samy Elhammady, John Ragheb, Glenn Morrison, and David I. Sandberg. “Outcomes in pediatric patients with Chiari malformation Type I followed up without surgery.” J Neurosurg Pediatr 7, no. 4 (April 2011): 375–79. https://doi.org/10.3171/2011.1.PEDS10341.
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    • Covington, Derek B., Marc K. Rosenblum, Carole D. Brathwaite, and David I. Sandberg. “Angiocentric glioma-like tumor of the midbrain.” Pediatr Neurosurg 45, no. 6 (2009): 429–33. https://doi.org/10.1159/000277616.
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