Dr. Amit Sood

Dr. Amit Sood is the current CEO of the Global Center for Resiliency and Wellbeing, a former Professor of Medicine at Mayo Clinic and Director of the Mind-Body Medicine Initiative. He is internationally known for his work on stress management, resilience, wellbeing, mindfulness, and burnout.

Dr. Sood has authored or co-authored over 80 peer-reviewed articles and has authored multiple books including The Mayo Clinic Guide to Stress-Free Living, The Mayo Clinic Handbook for Happiness, Immerse: A 52-Week Course in Resilient Living, Mindfulness Redesigned for the Twenty-First Century, Stronger, SMART with Dr. Sood, That Makes Sense, and It Takes You to Tango.

As an international expert in his field, Dr. Sood’s work has been widely cited in the press including The Atlantic Monthly, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Forbes, NPR, Reuters Health, Time Magazine (online), Good Housekeeping, Parenting, Real Simple, Shape, US News, Huffington Post, Mens Health Magazine, AARP, The Globe and Mail, CBS News, and Fox News. He is a highly sought-after speaker on resilience, stress management, wellbeing, and burnout.

Dr. Sood’s videos including the TEDx talk, Happy Brain: How to Overcome Our Neural Predispositions to Suffering, and A Very Happy Brain, have been seen by millions of viewers all over the world. He has presented keynotes at some of the highest impact forums like, TEDx, Lake Nona, Forbes Under 30 Forum, Conference Board, Beckers, YPO, NPR, NAMI, NBGH, NASA, Delta Airlines, PepsiCo, Mayo Clinic, and American Psychological Association.

Dr. Sood received the 2010 Distinguished Service Award, the 2010 Innovator of the Year Award, the 2013 Outstanding Physician Scientist Award and the 2016 Faculty of the Year Award from Mayo Clinic. He also was honored as the Robert Wood Johnson Health Care Pioneer in 2015. The Intelligent Optimist (formerly Ode Magazine) selected Dr. Sood as one among top 20 intelligent optimists helping the world to be a better place. Dr. Sood serves on the wellbeing advisory board for Everyday Health, scientific advisory board for Thrive Global, is an industrial fellow with U.C. Berkeley, and is a fellow with the Atria Health and Research Institute.