Burnout in the News

Peer Reviewed Clinical Study Finds AMI Meditation Reduces Burnout and Stress While Increasing Compassion

By Mark Pettus, MD

Pioneering Research

In 1949, Dr. Hans Selye, a Hungarian-Canadian physician, was runner-up for the Nobel Prize in Medicine for his pioneering research in the understanding and biologic mechanisms of the human stress response. It was Selye who first described the relationship between chronic stress and illness. While the medical enterprise was rapidly evolving toward disease-specific diagnosis and treatment, Selye recognized features common to all diseases that could be traced to the chronic effects of stress.

His research demonstrated three phases of the stress response. The first was the “alarm phase” with rapid rises in adrenal-based cortisol and adrenaline, essential […]

Clinical Study Author Mark Pettus MD: “Heart and Science of Yoga” Physicians Conference Curriculum Proven to Reduce Burnout 23.3% and Stress 19.9%

With the national physician burnout rate soaring to 53%, Mark Pettus MD will announce to the 12th annual Heart and Science of Yoga Physicians Conference that its proprietary curriculum has been proven to reduce physician burnout 23.3% and stress 19.9% in a recent peer-reviewed five year clinical study. This unique comprehensive curriculum in Yoga Science as Holistic Mind/Body Medicine, to be held at the Equinox Resort and Spa in Manchester, Vermont, is accredited for 34 CMEs through the American Medical […]

First AMI Meditation Foundation Course Starting Since Clinical Study Finds Leonard Perlmutter’s Curriculum Reduces Burnout and Stress While Increasing Compassion

AVERILL PARK, NY, November 29, 2022 —

Following the publication of a peer-reviewed clinical study which found that his AMI Meditation syllabus can significantly reduce burnout and stress while increasing compassion, Leonard Perlmutter, founder of The American Meditation Institute, will teach a new six-session semester of his ground-breaking Foundation Course December 6, 2022 through January 10, 2023 from 6:30 to 8:30pm ET […]

Stemming the Physician Burnout Tide by Helping Medical Students

The American Meditation Institute offers yoga and meditation instruction in Albany NY. Accredited Nursing CME & Physician CME Courses. Meditation and Yoga Retreats in Albany NY area.The American Meditation Institute offers yoga and meditation instruction in Albany NY. Accredited Nursing CME & Physician CME Courses. Meditation and Yoga Retreats in Albany NY area.