Amit Sood
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| name = Amit Sood
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| caption = The Mayo Clinic Guide to Stress-Free Living
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| alma_mater = Gandhi Medical College, Bhopal, AIIMS, New Delhi
| occupation = Integrative medicine practitioner, researcher, physician and writer
| title = Professor of medicine at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
| spouse = Richa Sood
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| website = {{URL|http://www.stressfree.org/}}
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Amit Sood, known as the "Happiness Doctor",{{Cite news |last=Shearer |first=Jordan |date=2021-08-19 |title=Rochester father-daughter team creates social-emotional curriculum for children |language=en |work=Rochester Post-Bulletin |url=https://www.postbulletin.com/news/education/7151452-Rochester-father-daughter-team-creates-social-emotional-curriculum-for-children |access-date=2021-10-30}} is the founder and executive director of the Global Center for Resiliency and Wellbeing.{{Cite web |title=About-us |url=https://www.resilientoption.com/about-us |access-date=2021-10-30 |website=www.resilientoption.com}} Formerly, he was a professor of medicine at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota, and chair of the Mayo Mind Body Initiative.{{cite web|last=Sood|first=Amit|title=His Holiness shares views on mindfulness at Mayo Clinic discussion|url=http://www.dalailama.com/news/post/696-his-holiness-shares-views-on-mindfulness-at-mayo-clinic-discussion|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120429130417/http://www.dalailama.com/news/post/696-his-holiness-shares-views-on-mindfulness-at-mayo-clinic-discussion|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 April 2012}} 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.{{cite web|last=Sood|first=Amit|title=Mayo Clinic|website=Mayo Clinic|url=http://www.mayoclinic.org/bio/12394378.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080706013738/http://www.mayoclinic.org/bio/12394378.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 July 2008}}
Sood held various positions at Mayo Clinic (research fellow, Consultant, Instructor of Medicine) and fellow of the American College of Physicians.{{Cite web|last=Wang|first=Jennifer|title=Mind Over Money: How To Balance Mental Well-being With Busy Careers From Mayo Clinic's Dr. Sood|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/jenniferwang/2016/10/18/mind-over-money-how-to-balance-mental-wellbeing-with-busy-careers-from-mayo-clinics-dr-sood/|access-date=2021-05-15|website=Forbes|language=en}}{{Cite web|last=Pieters|first=Jeff|date=October 24, 2020|title=Former Mayo doctor featured on 'Sunday Morning'|url=https://www.postbulletin.com/newsmd/wellness/6732324-Former-Mayo-doctor-featured-on-Sunday-Morning|access-date=2021-05-15|website=Post Bulletin|language=en}}
He's the co-developer of HappiGenius, a program designed on social-emotional learning for children.
Works
=Books=
- {{Cite book|title=The Mayo Clinic Handbook for Happiness|first=Amit|last=Sood|publisher=Da Capo Lifelong Books|year=2015|isbn=978-0738217857}}
- {{Cite book|title=The Mayo Clinic Guide to Stress-Free Living|first=Amit|last=Sood|publisher=Da Capo Lifelong Books|year=2013|isbn=978-0738217123}}
- {{Cite book|title=Immerse: A 52-Week Course in Resilient Living: A Commitment to Live With Intentionality, Deeper Presence, Contentment, and Kindness. (Volume 1)|first=Amit|last=Sood|publisher=Da Capo Lifelong Books|year=2015|isbn=978-0692615416}}
=Peer-reviewed papers=
Sood's papers with more than two hundred citations apiece include the following:[https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C33&q=Amit+Sood&oq=Amit+Sood#d=gs_cit&u=%2Fscholar%3Fq%3Dinfo%3AR6DS8LOa88IJ%3Ascholar.google.com%2F%26output%3Dcite%26scirp%3D0%26hl%3Den] Google Scholar Author page, Accessed May 23, 2021
- 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.
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External links
- {{Official website|http://www.stressfree.org/}}
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Category:20th-century Indian medical doctors