Dr. Damian L Covington M. D.
Family Practitioner
1510 N 28th St Suite 300 Richmond VA, 23223About
Dr. Damian Covington is a family practitioner practicing in Richmond, VA. Dr. Covington specializes in comprehensive health care for people of all ages. In addition to diagnosing and treating illnesses, family practitioners also put focus on preventative care with routine checkups, tests and personalized coaching on how to maintain a healthy lifestyle. Dr. Covington possesses immense general knowledge on maintaining health and today, family practitioners provide more care for the underserved and rural populations than any other medical specialty.
Education and Training
Wake Forest School of Medicine of Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center 1999
Board Certification
Family MedicineAmerican Board of Family MedicineABFM
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Carotid endarterectomy in the community hospital in patients age 80 and older.
- Carotid endarterectomy reoperations in a regional medical center.
- Severity, manifestations, and consequences of violence among pregnant adolescents.
- A statewide analysis of level I and II trauma centers for patients with major injuries.
- Preterm delivery and the severity of violence during pregnancy.
- [Knowledge and practices of the community distributors of contraceptives in Honduras].
- Effects of the North Carolina Prematurity Prevention Program among public patients delivering at New Hanover Memorial Hospital.
- Side effects and discontinuation of oral contraceptive use in southern Brazil.
- Physician attitudes and family planning in Nigeria.
- The hospital environment and infant feeding: results from a five country study.
- Cesarean delivery in northeast region of Brazil, 1978-80.
- Why women don't get sterilized: a follow-up of women in Honduras.
- Sterilization in Honduras: assessing the unmet demand.
- Risks and costs of illegally induced abortion in Bangladesh.
- Caesarean delivery in selected Latin American hospitals.
Treatments
- Diabetes
- Metabolic Syndrome
- Psychosis
- Type 2 Diabetes
- Coronary Artery Disease (cad)
- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
- Schizophrenia
- Vascular Disease
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