Amit Sood

Amit Sood
The Mayo Clinic Guide to Stress-Free Living
Born
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

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]

  1. ^ a b 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.