Akshay Sood MD

Akshay Sood, MD, is a pulmonary disease physician at the UNM Sleep Disorders Center and a tenured Professor of Internal Medicine at the University of New Mexico School of Medicine. He also serves as Assistant Dean of Mentoring and Faculty Retention within the UNM Health Sciences Center Office of Faculty Affairs and Career Development. Dr. Sood completed postdoctoral fellowship training in Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Occupational & Environmental Medicine at Yale University and earned a Master of Public Health from Yale. He received his medical degree from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS). Dr. Sood is board certified in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease, and Critical Care Medicine, and also holds board certification in Occupational Medicine. His clinical and academic work centers on respiratory conditions at the intersection of pulmonary and occupational health, including the evaluation and management of occupational lung disease. He holds an endowed chair focused on mining-related lung diseases and is recognized for service efforts that support miners and rural communities in New Mexico. His research examines non-smoking host risk factors for obstructive lung diseases, with particular attention to inhalational dust exposure and other environmental and workplace contributors to respiratory illness.