Amit Sood Explained
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]
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
- Book: Sood, Amit. The Mayo Clinic Handbook for Happiness. Da Capo Lifelong Books. 2015. 978-0738217857.
- Book: Sood, Amit. The Mayo Clinic Guide to Stress-Free Living. Da Capo Lifelong Books. 2013. 978-0738217123.
- Book: Sood, Amit. 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. 2015. 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.
Notes and References
- News: Shearer . Jordan . 2021-08-19 . Rochester father-daughter team creates social-emotional curriculum for children . en . Rochester Post-Bulletin . 2021-10-30.
- Web site: About-us . 2021-10-30 . www.resilientoption.com.
- Web site: Sood. Amit. His Holiness shares views on mindfulness at Mayo Clinic discussion. https://web.archive.org/web/20120429130417/http://www.dalailama.com/news/post/696-his-holiness-shares-views-on-mindfulness-at-mayo-clinic-discussion. dead. 29 April 2012.
- Web site: Sood. Amit. Mayo Clinic. Mayo Clinic. https://web.archive.org/web/20080706013738/http://www.mayoclinic.org/bio/12394378.html. dead. 6 July 2008.
- Web site: Wang. Jennifer. Mind Over Money: How To Balance Mental Well-being With Busy Careers From Mayo Clinic's Dr. Sood. 2021-05-15. Forbes. en.
- Web site: Pieters. Jeff. October 24, 2020. Former Mayo doctor featured on 'Sunday Morning'. 2021-05-15. Post Bulletin. en.
- 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
