Jordyn H. Feingold, MD, MAPP, MSCR is a physician, well-being researcher, positive psychology practitioner, and founder of the emerging field of positive medicine, working to bring the science of well-being to clinicians and patients everywhere. She graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with her BA and Master of Applied Positive Psychology (MAPP) and graduated from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai with her MD and Master of Science in Clinical Research (MSCR). She is currently completing her residency training in psychiatry at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and will be starting fellowship training in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in 2024.

 

Her research and clinical interests involve disorders of gut-brain interaction and the biopsychosocial model of digestive disorders, health care worker and patient well-being, and incorporating positive psychology approaches into health care delivery. She is involved in research, curriculum development, teaching, and advocacy locally and globally on these topics. She’s developed and teaches an elective course called Positive Medicine at Mount Sinai and is co-founder of the trainee well-being curriculum called PEERS: Practice Enhancement, Engagement, Resilience, and Support. She also developed an online well-being program for clinicians, Thrive-Rx. She is co-author of Choose Growth: A Workbook for Transcending Trauma, Fear, and Self-Doubt, with Scott Barry Kaufman.