2016 WOCN® Society & CAET Joint Conference

Tod Brindle
Global Medical Affairs Director, Ostomy Care
Convatec


Dr. Tod Brindle is the Global Medical Affairs Director for Ostomy Care at Convatec. His career included serving as the clinical lead of the WOC care team at the Medical College of Virginia, VCU Medical Center. 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 NPUAP’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 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 Ohio State U. Dr. Brindle received his bachelor’s degree in nursing from Ohio State U., 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.

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