Tod Brindle, PhD, MSN, RN, ET, CWOCN

Convatec

Director of Medical Affairs, Ostomy Care

Dr. Tod Brindle is the Director of Medical Affairs, Ostomy Care at Convatec. Previously he was the Global Surgical Medical Director and United States Medical Director for Mölnlycke Healthcare. His clinical career included serving as the clinical lead of the wound, ostomy, continence care team at the Medical College of Virginia, VCU Medical Center in Richmond Virginia (USA). There, he managed acute and chronic wounds, ostomy and continent diversions in neonates and adults. His doctoral research is focused on the etiology and prevention of pressure injuries in total artificial heart and ventricular assist device cardiac surgery patients including lipidomic biomarkers of oxidative stress in deep tissue injury. He publishes, lectures and provides facility consultation internationally in his specialty area of complex abdominal wound and enteroatmospheric fistula management, ostomy care, pressure injury prevention and hospital acquired infection in high-risk populations. He currently serves as the chair for the National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel’s Prophylactic Dressing Standards Initiative Mechanical Performance and Durability working group. Past appointments include serving on the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Magnet Commission Board, the Board of Directors for the Association for the Advancement of Wound Care (AAWC) and as the co-chair of the wound track for the WOCN National Conference Planning Committee. He is the recipient of multiple awards for his clinical practice including the 2013 ANCC Magnet National Nurse of the Year for exemplary professional practice, the 2012 Magnet Consortium Award for the State of Virginia, the 2014 Alumni Transformer in Nursing and Healthcare and the 2011 Distinguished Alumnus Award, both from THE Ohio State University. Dr. Brindle received his bachelor’s degree in nursing from THE Ohio State University, an Enterostomal Therapy degree from the Cleveland Clinic, and his Master’s Degree and PhD from Virginia Commonwealth University. His doctoral studies focused on lipidomic biomarkers of oxidative stress and risk of pressure injury formation in cardiac surgery patients undergoing total artificial heart and ventricular assist device surgeries.