Amit Sood

Amit Sood, known as the "Happiness Doctor",[1] is the founder and executive director of the Global Center for Resiliency and Wellbeing.[2] Formerly, he was a professor of medicine at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, and chair of the Mayo Mind Body Initiative.[3] He completed degrees in medicine from Gandhi Medical College, Bhopal, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi and Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York.[4]

Amit Sood
The Mayo Clinic Guide to Stress-Free Living
Born
Bhopal, India
Alma materGandhi Medical College, Bhopal, AIIMS, New Delhi
Occupation(s)Integrative medicine practitioner, researcher, physician and writer
TitleProfessor of medicine at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
SpouseRicha Sood
Websitewww.stressfree.org

Sood held various positions at Mayo Clinic (research fellow, Consultant, Instructor of Medicine) and fellow of the American College of Physicians.[5][6]

He's the co-developer of HappiGenius, a program designed on social-emotional learning for children.[1]

Works

Books
  • Sood, Amit (2015). The Mayo Clinic Handbook for Happiness. Da Capo Lifelong Books. ISBN 978-0738217857.
  • Sood, Amit (2013). The Mayo Clinic Guide to Stress-Free Living. Da Capo Lifelong Books. ISBN 978-0738217123.
  • Sood, Amit (2015). Immerse: A 52-Week Course in Resilient Living: A Commitment to Live With Intentionality, Deeper Presence, Contentment, and Kindness. (Volume 1). Da Capo Lifelong Books. ISBN 978-0692615416.

Peer-reviewed papers

Sood's papers with more than two hundred citations apiece include the following:[7]

  • Sood A, Prasad K, Schroeder D, Varkey P. Stress management and resilience training among Department of Medicine faculty: a pilot randomized clinical trial. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2011 Aug 1;26(8):858-61.
  • Loprinzi CE, Prasad K, Schroeder DR, Sood A. Stress Management and Resilience Training (SMART) program to decrease stress and enhance resilience among breast cancer survivors: a pilot randomized clinical trial. Clinical breast cancer. 2011 Dec 1;11(6):364-8.
  • Barton DL, Liu H, Dakhil SR, Linquist B, Sloan JA, Nichols CR, McGinn TW, Stella PJ, Seeger GR, Sood A, Loprinzi CL. Wisconsin Ginseng (Panax quinquefolius) to improve cancer-related fatigue: a randomized, double-blind trial, N07C2. Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 2013 Aug 21;105(16):1230-8. (258 citation)
  • Leppin AL, Bora PR, Tilburt JC, Gionfriddo MR, Zeballos-Palacios C, Dulohery MM, SoodA, Erwin PJ, Brito JP, Boehmer KR, Montori VM. The efficacy of resiliency training programs: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized trials. PloS one. 2014 Oct 27;9(10):e111420.
  • Bardia A, Tleyjeh IM, Cerhan JR, Sood AK, Limburg PJ, Erwin PJ, Montori VM. Efficacy of antioxidant supplementation in reducing primary cancer incidence and mortality: systematic review and meta-analysis. InMayo Clinic Proceedings 2008 Jan 1 (Vol. 83, No. 1, pp. 23–34). Elsevier.

References
  1. Shearer, Jordan (19 August 2021). "Rochester father-daughter team creates social-emotional curriculum for children". Rochester Post-Bulletin. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
  2. "About-us". www.resilientoption.com. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
  3. Sood, Amit. "His Holiness shares views on mindfulness at Mayo Clinic discussion". Archived from the original on 29 April 2012.
  4. Sood, Amit. "Mayo Clinic". Mayo Clinic. Archived from the original on 6 July 2008.
  5. Wang, Jennifer. "Mind Over Money: How To Balance Mental Well-being With Busy Careers From Mayo Clinic's Dr. Sood". Forbes. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  6. Pieters, Jeff (24 October 2020). "Former Mayo doctor featured on 'Sunday Morning'". Post Bulletin. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  7. Google Scholar Author page, Accessed May 23, 2021
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