Sood, Akshay, MBBS, MPH

EDUCATION
M.B.B.S., 1990, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
M.P.H., 1997, Yale University School of Medicine
Certificate (Public Health Informatics) 2005, University of Illinois at Chicago

EMPLOYMENT

2006 - Present	Adjunct Associate Scientist, Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, NM
2006 - Present	Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Health Sciences Center School of Medicine, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
2006 - Present	Medical Staff Physician, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
2005 - 2006	Director, Intensive Care Unit, Memorial Medical Center, Springfield, IL
2001 - 2006	Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Southern Illinois University (SIU) School of Medicine, Springfield, IL
2001 - 2006	Attending Physician, SIU Physicians and Surgeons Clinics, Springfield, IL
2001 - 2006	Medical Staff Physician, St. John's Hospital, Springfield, IL
2001 - 2006	Medical Staff Physician, Memorial Medical Center, Springfield, IL
2000 - 2001	Adjunct Assistant Clinical Professor of Internal Medicine, Touro University College of Osteopathic Medicine
1997 - 2001	Private Practice, Pulmonary Associated, Las Vegas, NV
1995 - 1997	Fellowship, Occupational & Environmental Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
1995 - 1996	Occupational Physician, Bristol-MyersSquibb Pharmaceutical Research Institute, Wallingford, CT
1994 - 1997	Fellowship, Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT
1991 - 1994	Residency, St. Luke's Hospital, New York, NY
1991	Internship, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
American Thoracic Society
American College of Chest Physicians
American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS

Sood, A. and C. A. Redlich: Pulmonary Function Tests at Work. Clin. Chest Med. 22: 783-793, 2001.
Eid, W., B. Dawson, P. Hopkins-Price, J. Vigil, Jr., L. Eagleton, J. Henkle and A. Sood: Association Between Bronchial Hyper-reactivity and Body Mass Index in Adult. Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 165: A435, 2002.
Layous, F., M. H. Baker, J. Q. Henkle and A. Sood: Association of (Infiliximab) Tumor Necrosis Factor a-Neutralizing Agent and Paradoxical Worsening of Tuberculosis. Chest 122: 244S, 2002.
Layous, F., B. Dawson, P. Hopkins-Price, L. Eagleton, J. Vigil, Jr., J. Henkle and A. Sood: Association Between Bronchial Hyper-reactivity and Body Mass Index in Children in Central Illinois. Chest 122: 44S, 2002.
Sood, A. Information Technology and Investigation Centers of North America. In Occupational Disorders of the Lung, 1st Ed., WB Saunders Company, London, 2002.
Burk, M. and A. Sood: Acute Pulmonary Manifestations of Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis. J. Burns & Surg. Wound Care [serial online] 2: 2003.
Dhaliwal, K. D. and A. Sood: Ammonia Inhalational Lung Injury During Illicit Methamphetamine Production. J. Burns & Surg. Wound Care [serial online] 2: 15, 2003.
Layous, F., B. Dawson, P. Hopkins-Price, L. Eagleton, J. Vigil, Jr., J. Henkle and A. Sood: The Effect of Choice of Reference Equation on Analysis of Pulmonary Function Tests. Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 167: A421, 2003.
Shaliwal, K. D. and A. Sood: Inhalational Lung Injury During Illicit Methamphetamine Production. General Environmental and Occupational Health Care, American Thoracic Society Environmental and Occupational Health Assembly [online].
Sood, A.: Human Health Effects of Carbon Monoxide. J. Burns & Surg. Wound Care [serial online] 2: 3, 2003.
Sood, A.: Medical Screening and Surveillance of Shift Workers for Health Problems in Clinics in Occupational and Environmental Medicine. In Chronobiology and Shirt Work, Vol. 3, pp. 339-349, WB Saunders Company, Philadelphia, PA, 2003.
Sood, A., E. S. Ford and C. A. Camargo, Jr.: Gender-Specific Association Between Leptin and Asthma. Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 167: A443, 2003.
Rajoli, N., A. Sood, J. Henkle, B. Dawson, S. Verhulst, P. Hopkins-Price and V. Bellum: Anti-smoking Reactive Telephone Help Lines: Who Calls? Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. 169: A31, 2004.
Sood, A.: Inorganic Gases. In Textbook of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (C. A. Redlich and D. Brodkin, eds.), 2nd Ed., WB Saunders Company, 2004.
Sood, A., W. S. Beckett and M. R. Cullen: Variable Response to Long-Term Corticosteroid Therapy in Chronic Beryllium Lung Disease. Chest 126: 2000-2007, 2004.
Beckett, W. S., M. Kallay, A. Sood and D. Milton: Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis Associated with Environmental Mycobacteria. Grand Rounds in Environmental Medicine. Environ. Health Perspect. 113: 767-770, 2005.
Mann, A., A. Sood, S. Verhulst, P. Hopkins-Price and E. Mensah: Abstract 4462, Physician Evaluation of Pulmonary Websites. Proc. Am. Thoracic Soc. 2: A385, 2005.
Sood, A.: Does Obesity Weigh Heavily on the Health of the Human Airway? Editorial. J. Allergy Clin. Immunol. 115: 921-924, 2005.
Sood, A., B. Dawson, W. Eid, L. Eagleton, J. Henkle and P. Hopkins-Price: Obesity is Associated with Bronchial Hyper-responsiveness in Women. J. Asthma 42: 847-852, 2005.
Sood, A., S. Verhulst, L. Eagleton, J. Henkle and P. Hopkins-Price: Is Obese Asthmatic Airway More Reactive Than Non-obese Asthmatic Airway? Proc. Am. Thoracic Soc. 2: A849, 2005.
Sood, A., E. S. Ford and C. A. Camargo, Jr.: Association Between Leptin and Asthma in Adults. Online First Thorax, 2006.
Beckett, W. S., M. Kallay, A. Sood, Z. Zuo and D. Milton: Respiratory Symptoms Associated with Occupational Exposure to Metal Working Fluid. General Environmental and Occupational Health Care, American Thoracic Society Environmental and Occupational Health Assembly [online].
Sood, A. and W. S. Beckett: Asbestos and Silica-Related Diseases. In Conn's Current Therapy (R. E. Rakle and E. T. Bope, eds.), 58th Ed., WB Saunders, Inc., Philadelphia (in press).
Taiwo, O., A. Sood and C. A. Redlich: Pulmonary Disability Evaluation. In Pulmonary and Respiratory Therapy Secrets (P. E. Parsons and J. E. Heffner, eds.), 3rd Ed., Hanley and Belfus, Inc., Philadelphia (in press).