diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index b4a0c6f8..a1fc9627 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 github.com/Azure/azure-amqp-common-go/v3 v3.0.1 h1:mXh+eyOxGLBfqDtfmbtby0l7XfG/6b2NkuZ3B7i6zHA=
 github.com/Azure/azure-amqp-common-go/v3 v3.0.1/go.mod h1:PBIGdzcO1teYoufTKMcGibdKaYZv4avS+O6LNIp8bq0=
-github.com/Azure/azure-pipeline-go v0.1.8 h1:KmVRa8oFMaargVesEuuEoiLCQ4zCCwQ8QX/xg++KS20=
 github.com/Azure/azure-pipeline-go v0.1.8/go.mod h1:XA1kFWRVhSK+KNFiOhfv83Fv8L9achrP7OxIzeTn1Yg=
 github.com/Azure/azure-pipeline-go v0.1.9 h1:u7JFb9fFTE6Y/j8ae2VK33ePrRqJqoCM/IWkQdAZ+rg=
 github.com/Azure/azure-pipeline-go v0.1.9/go.mod h1:XA1kFWRVhSK+KNFiOhfv83Fv8L9achrP7OxIzeTn1Yg=
@@ -14,14 +13,11 @@ github.com/Azure/go-amqp v0.13.1/go.mod h1:qj+o8xPCz9tMSbQ83Vp8boHahuRDl5mkNHyt1
 github.com/Azure/go-autorest v14.2.0+incompatible h1:V5VMDjClD3GiElqLWO7mz2MxNAK/vTfRHdAubSIPRgs=
 github.com/Azure/go-autorest v14.2.0+incompatible/go.mod h1:r+4oMnoxhatjLLJ6zxSWATqVooLgysK6ZNox3g/xq24=
 github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest v0.9.0/go.mod h1:xyHB1BMZT0cuDHU7I0+g046+BFDTQ8rEZB0s4Yfa6bI=
-github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest v0.9.3 h1:OZEIaBbMdUE/Js+BQKlpO81XlISgipr6yDJ+PSwsgi4=
 github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest v0.9.3/go.mod h1:GsRuLYvwzLjjjRoWEIyMUaYq8GNUx2nRB378IPt/1p0=
 github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest v0.11.3 h1:fyYnmYujkIXUgv88D9/Wo2ybE4Zwd/TmQd5sSI5u2Ws=
 github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest v0.11.3/go.mod h1:JFgpikqFJ/MleTTxwepExTKnFUKKszPS8UavbQYUMuw=
 github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest/adal v0.5.0/go.mod h1:8Z9fGy2MpX0PvDjB1pEgQTmVqjGhiHBW7RJJEciWzS0=
-github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest/adal v0.8.0 h1:CxTzQrySOxDnKpLjFJeZAS5Qrv/qFPkgLjx5bOAi//I=
 github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest/adal v0.8.0/go.mod h1:Z6vX6WXXuyieHAXwMj0S6HY6e6wcHn37qQMBQlvY3lc=
-github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest/adal v0.8.1 h1:pZdL8o72rK+avFWl+p9nE8RWi1JInZrWJYlnpfXJwHk=
 github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest/adal v0.8.1/go.mod h1:ZjhuQClTqx435SRJ2iMlOxPYt3d2C/T/7TiQCVZSn3Q=
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 github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest/adal v0.9.0/go.mod h1:/c022QCutn2P7uY+/oQWWNcK9YU+MH96NgK+jErpbcg=
@@ -30,13 +26,11 @@ github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest/azure/auth v0.4.2/go.mod h1:90gmfKdlmKgfjU
 github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest/azure/cli v0.3.1 h1:LXl088ZQlP0SBppGFsRZonW6hSvwgL5gRByMbvUbx8U=
 github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest/azure/cli v0.3.1/go.mod h1:ZG5p860J94/0kI9mNJVoIoLgXcirM2gF5i2kWloofxw=
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-github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest/date v0.2.0 h1:yW+Zlqf26583pE43KhfnhFcdmSWlm5Ew6bxipnr/tbM=
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 github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest/date v0.3.0/go.mod h1:BI0uouVdmngYNUzGWeSYnokU+TrmwEsOqdt8Y6sso74=
 github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest/mocks v0.1.0/go.mod h1:OTyCOPRA2IgIlWxVYxBee2F5Gr4kF2zd2J5cFRaIDN0=
 github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest/mocks v0.2.0/go.mod h1:OTyCOPRA2IgIlWxVYxBee2F5Gr4kF2zd2J5cFRaIDN0=
-github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest/mocks v0.3.0 h1:qJumjCaCudz+OcqE9/XtEPfvtOjOmKaui4EOpFI6zZc=
 github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest/mocks v0.3.0/go.mod h1:a8FDP3DYzQ4RYfVAxAN3SVSiiO77gL2j2ronKKP0syM=
 github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest/mocks v0.4.0 h1:z20OWOSG5aCye0HEkDp6TPmP17ZcfeMxPi6HnSALa8c=
 github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest/mocks v0.4.0/go.mod h1:LTp+uSrOhSkaKrUy935gNZuuIPPVsHlr9DSOxSayd+k=
@@ -44,11 +38,9 @@ github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest/to v0.3.0 h1:zebkZaadz7+wIQYgC7GXaz3Wb28yK
 github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest/to v0.3.0/go.mod h1:MgwOyqaIuKdG4TL/2ywSsIWKAfJfgHDo8ObuUk3t5sA=
 github.com/Azure/go-autorest/autorest/validation v0.2.0 h1:15vMO4y76dehZSq7pAaOLQxC6dZYsSrj2GQpflyM/L4=
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-github.com/Azure/go-autorest/logger v0.1.0 h1:ruG4BSDXONFRrZZJ2GUXDiUyVpayPmb1GnWeHDdaNKY=
 github.com/Azure/go-autorest/logger v0.1.0/go.mod h1:oExouG+K6PryycPJfVSxi/koC6LSNgds39diKLz7Vrc=
 github.com/Azure/go-autorest/logger v0.2.0 h1:e4RVHVZKC5p6UANLJHkM4OfR1UKZPj8Wt8Pcx+3oqrE=
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-github.com/Azure/go-autorest/tracing v0.5.0 h1:TRn4WjSnkcSy5AEG3pnbtFSwNtwzjr4VYyQflFE619k=
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 github.com/Azure/go-autorest/tracing v0.6.0 h1:TYi4+3m5t6K48TGI9AUdb+IzbnSxvnvUMfuitfgcfuo=
 github.com/Azure/go-autorest/tracing v0.6.0/go.mod h1:+vhtPC754Xsa23ID7GlGsrdKBpUA79WCAKPPZVC2DeU=
@@ -82,22 +74,17 @@ github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZN
 github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.2.0 h1:juTguoYk5qI21pwyTXY3B3Y5cOTH3ZUyZCg1v/mihuo=
 github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.2.0/go.mod h1:LxeOpSwHxABJmUn/MG1IvRgCAasNZTLOkJPxbbu5VWo=
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
-github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.1 h1:2vfRuCMp5sSVIDSqO8oNnWJq7mPa6KVP3iPIwFBuy8A=
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.1/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.2.2 h1:bSDNvY7ZPG5RlJ8otE/7V6gMiyenm9RtJ7IUVIAoJ1w=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.2.2/go.mod h1:a8OnRcib4nhh0OaRAV+Yts87kKdq0PP7pXfy6kDkUVs=
-github.com/stretchr/testify v1.3.0 h1:TivCn/peBQ7UY8ooIcPgZFpTNSz0Q2U6UrFlUfqbe0Q=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.3.0/go.mod h1:M5WIy9Dh21IEIfnGCwXGc5bZfKNJtfHm1UVUgZn+9EI=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.6.1 h1:hDPOHmpOpP40lSULcqw7IrRb/u7w6RpDC9399XyoNd0=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.6.1/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20180904163835-0709b304e793/go.mod h1:6SG95UA2DQfeDnfUPMdvaQW0Q7yPrPDi9nlGo2tz2b4=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190308221718-c2843e01d9a2/go.mod h1:djNgcEr1/C05ACkg1iLfiJU5Ep61QUkGW8qpdssI0+w=
-golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20191206172530-e9b2fee46413 h1:ULYEB3JvPRE/IfO+9uO7vKV/xzVTO7XPAwm8xbf4w2g=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20191206172530-e9b2fee46413/go.mod h1:LzIPMQfyMNhhGPhUkYOs5KpL4U8rLKemX1yGLhDgUto=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20200622213623-75b288015ac9/go.mod h1:LzIPMQfyMNhhGPhUkYOs5KpL4U8rLKemX1yGLhDgUto=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20200728195943-123391ffb6de h1:ikNHVSjEfnvz6sxdSPCaPt572qowuyMDMJLLm3Db3ig=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20200728195943-123391ffb6de/go.mod h1:LzIPMQfyMNhhGPhUkYOs5KpL4U8rLKemX1yGLhDgUto=
-golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190404232315-eb5bcb51f2a3 h1:0GoQqolDA55aaLxZyTzK/Y2ePZzZTUrRacwib7cNsYQ=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190404232315-eb5bcb51f2a3/go.mod h1:t9HGtf8HONx5eT2rtn7q6eTqICYqUVnKs3thJo3Qplg=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190620200207-3b0461eec859 h1:R/3boaszxrf1GEUWTVDzSKVwLmSJpwZ1yqXm8j0v2QI=
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190620200207-3b0461eec859/go.mod h1:z5CRVTTTmAJ677TzLLGU+0bjPO0LkuOLi4/5GtJWs/s=
@@ -105,7 +92,6 @@ golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20180905080454-ebe1bf3edb33/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5h
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190215142949-d0b11bdaac8a/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=
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-golang.org/x/text v0.3.0 h1:g61tztE5qeGQ89tm6NTjjM9VPIm088od1l6aSorWRWg=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.0/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191204190536-9bdfabe68543 h1:E7g+9GITq07hpfrRu66IVDexMakfv52eLZ2CXBWiKr4=
 golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20191204190536-9bdfabe68543/go.mod h1:I/5z698sn9Ka8TeJc9MKroUUfqBBauWjQqLJ2OPfmY0=
diff --git a/hub_examples_test.go b/hub_examples_test.go
index d9dabbc0..a0a977a1 100644
--- a/hub_examples_test.go
+++ b/hub_examples_test.go
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/joho/godotenv"
 
-	"github.com/Azure/azure-event-hubs-go/v3"
+	eventhub "github.com/Azure/azure-event-hubs-go/v3"
 )
 
 func init() {
@@ -65,7 +65,12 @@ func ExampleHub_helloWorld() {
 	}
 
 	// wait for the first handler to get called with "Hello World!"
-	<-exit
+	select {
+	case <-exit:
+		// test completed
+	case <-ctx.Done():
+		// test timed out
+	}
 	err = hub.Close(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Println(err)
@@ -122,7 +127,12 @@ func ExampleHub_webSocket() {
 	}
 
 	// wait for the first handler to get called with "Hello World!"
-	<-exit
+	select {
+	case <-exit:
+		// test completed
+	case <-ctx.Done():
+		// test timed out
+	}
 	err = hub.Close(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Println(err)
diff --git a/hub_test.go b/hub_test.go
index f8c05a71..c3570dc8 100644
--- a/hub_test.go
+++ b/hub_test.go
@@ -306,6 +306,27 @@ func (suite *eventHubSuite) TestWebSocket() {
 	}
 }
 
+func (suite *eventHubSuite) TestConcurrency() {
+	tests := map[string]func(context.Context, *testing.T, *Hub, string){
+		"TestConcurrentSendWithRecover": testConcurrentSendWithRecover,
+	}
+
+	for name, testFunc := range tests {
+		setupTestTeardown := func(t *testing.T) {
+			hub, cleanup := suite.RandomHub()
+			defer cleanup()
+			partitionID := (*hub.PartitionIds)[0]
+			client, closer := suite.newClient(t, *hub.Name, HubWithPartitionedSender(partitionID))
+			defer closer()
+			ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), defaultTimeout)
+			defer cancel()
+			testFunc(ctx, t, client, partitionID)
+		}
+
+		suite.T().Run(name, setupTestTeardown)
+	}
+}
+
 func testBasicSend(ctx context.Context, t *testing.T, client *Hub, _ string) {
 	err := client.Send(ctx, NewEventFromString("Hello!"))
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
@@ -404,6 +425,22 @@ func testBasicSendAndReceive(ctx context.Context, t *testing.T, client *Hub, par
 	}
 }
 
+func testConcurrentSendWithRecover(ctx context.Context, t *testing.T, client *Hub, _ string) {
+	var wg sync.WaitGroup
+	for i := 0; i < 100; i++ {
+		wg.Add(1)
+		go func() {
+			defer wg.Done()
+			err := client.Send(ctx, NewEventFromString("Hello!"))
+			assert.NoError(t, err)
+			err = client.sender.Recover(ctx)
+			assert.NoError(t, err)
+		}()
+	}
+	end, _ := ctx.Deadline()
+	waitUntil(t, &wg, time.Until(end))
+}
+
 func (suite *eventHubSuite) TestEpochReceivers() {
 	tests := map[string]func(context.Context, *testing.T, *Hub, []string, string){
 		"TestEpochGreaterThenLess": testEpochGreaterThenLess,
diff --git a/sender.go b/sender.go
index da234e82..b5f4c72e 100644
--- a/sender.go
+++ b/sender.go
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"net"
 	"strconv"
+	"sync"
+	"sync/atomic"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/Azure/azure-amqp-common-go/v3/uuid"
@@ -46,10 +48,13 @@ type (
 		hub             *Hub
 		connection      *amqp.Client
 		session         *session
-		sender          *amqp.Sender
+		sender          atomic.Value // holds a *amqp.Sender
 		partitionID     *string
 		Name            string
 		recoveryBackoff *backoff.Backoff
+		// cond and recovering are used to atomically implement Recover()
+		cond       *sync.Cond
+		recovering bool
 	}
 
 	// SendOption provides a way to customize a message on sending
@@ -74,24 +79,57 @@ func (h *Hub) newSender(ctx context.Context) (*sender, error) {
 			Max:    4 * time.Second,
 			Jitter: true,
 		},
+		cond: sync.NewCond(&sync.Mutex{}),
 	}
 	tab.For(ctx).Debug(fmt.Sprintf("creating a new sender for entity path %s", s.getAddress()))
 	err := s.newSessionAndLink(ctx)
 	return s, err
 }
 
-// Recover will attempt to close the current session and link, then rebuild them
+func (s *sender) amqpSender() *amqp.Sender {
+	return s.sender.Load().(*amqp.Sender)
+}
+
+// Recover will attempt to close the current session and link, then rebuild them.
+// Note that while the implementation will ensure that Recover() is goroutine safe
+// it won't prevent excessive connection recovery.  E.g. if a Recover() is in progress
+// and is in block 2, any additional calls to Recover() will wait at block 1 to
+// restart the recovery process once block 2 exits.
 func (s *sender) Recover(ctx context.Context) error {
 	span, ctx := s.startProducerSpanFromContext(ctx, "eh.sender.Recover")
 	defer span.End()
-
-	// we expect the sender, session or client is in an error state, ignore errors
-	closeCtx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, 10*time.Second)
-	defer cancel()
-	_ = s.sender.Close(closeCtx)
-	_ = s.session.Close(closeCtx)
-	_ = s.connection.Close()
-	return s.newSessionAndLink(ctx)
+	recover := false
+	// acquire exclusive lock to see if this goroutine should recover
+	s.cond.L.Lock() // block 1
+	if !s.recovering {
+		// another goroutine isn't recovering, so this one will
+		tab.For(ctx).Debug("will recover connection")
+		s.recovering = true
+		recover = true
+	} else {
+		// wait for the recovery to finish
+		tab.For(ctx).Debug("waiting for connection to recover")
+		s.cond.Wait()
+	}
+	s.cond.L.Unlock()
+	var err error
+	if recover {
+		tab.For(ctx).Debug("recovering connection")
+		// we expect the sender, session or client is in an error state, ignore errors
+		closeCtx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(ctx, 10*time.Second)
+		defer cancel()
+		// update shared state
+		s.cond.L.Lock() // block 2
+		_ = s.amqpSender().Close(closeCtx)
+		_ = s.session.Close(closeCtx)
+		_ = s.connection.Close()
+		err = s.newSessionAndLink(ctx)
+		s.recovering = false
+		s.cond.L.Unlock()
+		// signal to waiters that recovery is complete
+		s.cond.Broadcast()
+	}
+	return err
 }
 
 // Close will close the AMQP connection, session and link of the sender
@@ -99,7 +137,7 @@ func (s *sender) Close(ctx context.Context) error {
 	span, _ := s.startProducerSpanFromContext(ctx, "eh.sender.Close")
 	defer span.End()
 
-	err := s.sender.Close(ctx)
+	err := s.amqpSender().Close(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
 		tab.For(ctx).Error(err)
 		if sessionErr := s.session.Close(ctx); sessionErr != nil {
@@ -170,17 +208,25 @@ func (s *sender) trySend(ctx context.Context, evt eventer) error {
 		sp.AddAttributes(tab.StringAttribute("he.message_id", str))
 	}
 
+	// create a per goroutine copy as Duration() and Reset() modify its state
+	backoff := *s.recoveryBackoff
 	recvr := func(err error, recover bool) {
-		duration := s.recoveryBackoff.Duration()
+		duration := backoff.Duration()
 		tab.For(ctx).Debug("amqp error, delaying " + strconv.FormatInt(int64(duration/time.Millisecond), 10) + " millis: " + err.Error())
-		time.Sleep(duration)
+		select {
+		case <-time.After(duration):
+			// ok, continue to recover
+		case <-ctx.Done():
+			// context expired, exit
+			return
+		}
 		if recover {
 			err = s.Recover(ctx)
 			if err != nil {
 				tab.For(ctx).Debug("failed to recover connection")
 			} else {
 				tab.For(ctx).Debug("recovered connection")
-				s.recoveryBackoff.Reset()
+				backoff.Reset()
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -191,7 +237,7 @@ func (s *sender) trySend(ctx context.Context, evt eventer) error {
 			return ctx.Err()
 		default:
 			// try as long as the context is not dead
-			err := s.sender.Send(ctx, msg)
+			err := s.amqpSender().Send(ctx, msg)
 			if err == nil {
 				// successful send
 				return err
@@ -272,7 +318,7 @@ func (s *sender) newSessionAndLink(ctx context.Context) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	s.sender = amqpSender
+	s.sender.Store(amqpSender)
 	return nil
 }