Dr. Covington is well educated and trained.  He earned a B.A. in biology at Brown University and obtained his M.D. from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.  Dr. Covington was on the faculty and director of an allergy clinic at Howard University Hospital, Washington, D.C., where he also engaged in allergy and asthma research. 

Dr. Covington became Board Certified in Allergy and Immunology in 1993 and was recertified in 2001.  His accomplishments were recognized when he was awarded the status of Fellow in the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology.  He is a member of the American Medical Association, North Carolina Medical Society and American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology.

Dr. Covington is active in the communities he serves as a member of the North Carolina Wesleyan College Board of Visitors and on the Board of Directors for the Rocky Mount OIC.  Dr. Covington and his wife, Cindy, have four children, Alie, Simon and twins Pilar and Meta.