Bridget Brozyna MSN, DNP, APRN

In this role, Dr. Brozyna oversees nursing care for two Level 1A VA medical centers and 20 outpatient clinics serving more than 140,000 enrolled Veterans living in middle Tennessee, southern Kentucky, and northern Georgia. As part of the executive leadership team, Dr. Brozyna is responsible for complex leadership and administrative components associated with critical health care issues and activities that influence the organizational mission, healthcare, and policy. 

Dr. Brozyna has more than 35 years of nursing experience, beginning her career on active duty in the Air Force as a labor and delivery nurse. Prior to joining Veteran Affairs, Dr. Brozyna worked in a myriad of nursing roles, to include obstetrics, newborn nursery, lactation consultant, home health, pediatrics, and primary care.  

Dr. Brozyna started her career with the Department of Veteran Affairs in 2003, working in primary care as a nurse, nurse manager, and became a nurse practitioner in 2007. Dr. Brozyna continued to advance into leadership roles within Veterans Affairs for the Maine Healthcare System, Northampton VA, and Battle Creek VA prior to joining TVHS. In 2017, Dr. Brozyna worked as a project manager for the Henry Jackson Foundation. Within this role, she worked with Air Force nurse researchers and clinical nurse consultants to help standardize the rollout of evidence-based practice for the Air Force Medical Service. Most recently, Dr. Brozyna worked as a practice administrator and director of operations for a large plastic surgery office, ambulatory surgical center, and medical spa.

In her 30-year career in the USAF/USAFR, she held numerous clinical and leadership positions such as a clinical nursing leader, nursing/legal consultant to the Surgeon General, senior individual mobility augmentee (IMA) to the Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright Patterson, Air Force Base Commander, IMA to the 711th Human Performance Wing Commander, and IMA to the U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine Dean. Brozyna retired as a Colonel in the United States Air Force Reserve in 2019. 

Brozyna received her Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing from the University of Maine, her Master of Science degree as a Family Nurse Practitioner from the University of Maine, and her Doctor of Nursing Practice, Executive Leadership (DNP) degree from The Ohio State University. Dr. Brozyna holds a national certification as Nurse Executive, Advanced (NEA-BC). She is a member of the Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing, American College of Healthcare Executives, and Association of Military Surgeons of the United States.

Dr. Brozyna and her husband, Kerry, are relocating from Michigan. She has three grown children: Lyndsey, Shannon, and Joey. In her free time, she loves boating, outdoor activities, and spending time with her family and two golden retrievers.