Amit Sood | |
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 The Mayo Clinic Guide to Stress-Free Living | |
| Born | |
| Alma mater | Gandhi Medical College, Bhopal, AIIMS, New Delhi |
| Occupation(s) | Integrative medicine practitioner, researcher, physician and writer |
| Title | Professor of medicine at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine |
| Spouse | Richa Sood |
| Website | www |
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]
- ^ a b Shearer, Jordan (19 August 2021). "Rochester father-daughter team creates social-emotional curriculum for children". Rochester Post-Bulletin. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
- ^ "About-us". www.resilientoption.com. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
- ^ Sood, Amit. "His Holiness shares views on mindfulness at Mayo Clinic discussion". Archived from the original on 29 April 2012.
- ^ Sood, Amit. "Mayo Clinic". Mayo Clinic. Archived from the original on 6 July 2008.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Pieters, Jeff (24 October 2020). "Former Mayo doctor featured on 'Sunday Morning'". Post Bulletin. Retrieved 15 May 2021.