About Sumandeep Sarai Groh MD

Sumandeep received a University Curators’ Scholarship to attend the University of  Missouri Kansas City Baccalaureate-MD Program. There she was a member of the Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, and the recipient of an Estill Scholarship, James J.Lynn Scholarship, and Fulbright Scholarship. After receiving her MD, she completed her residency in pediatrics at Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri.

She is a diplomate of the National Board of Medical Examiners, the American Board of Integrative Medicine, and the American Board of Pediatrics. Sumandeep is a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Academy of Integrative Health and Medicine and serves on the Mission Health Cancer Institutional Review Board and the Om Sanctuary Board.

Prior to moving to the Asheville area, Sumandeep was a staff physician in the emergency and intensive care departments at Cook Fort Worth Children’s Hospital in Fort Worth, Texas as well as a clinical instructor at the University of Michigan School of Medicine, Ann Arbor and an assistant professor at the University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville.

In 2016 Sumandeep completed her fellowship in Integrative Medicine with Dr. Andrew Weil at the University of Arizona and looks forward to sharing her knowledge with patients of all ages.

In 2016 Sumandeep completed her fellowship in Integrative Medicine with Dr. Andrew Weil at the University of Arizona and looks forward to sharing her knowledge with patients of all ages.

Interests

Some of Sumandeep’s interests include chronic diseases such as hypertension and metabolic syndrome, stress management, mental health, anxiety, depression, healthy aging, insomnia, ADHD, nutrition, helping patients achieve optimum weight, men’s and women’s health, herbal and non-pharmaceutical approaches to pain, atopic dermatitis, autoimmune diseases, cognitive behavioral therapy, yoga, tai chi, meditation, creating healing spaces, energy medicine, herbal medicine and the relationship between inflammation and disease.

A firm conviction in teaching patients self-efficacy and guiding them in the healing process grounds Sumandeep’s practice.