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Get to know 3M’s President of Skin & Wound Care, Paul Keel. 3M Skin & Wound Care is one of 3M Health Care’s flagship businesses that provides innovative, effective, skin-friendly solutions in several medical product segments including wound care, IV site dressings, and skin integrity. Learn why 3M remains one of the most trusted names in healthcare and the intricate driving forces behind the company’s 100+ year staying power and global influence.

Q: Please describe your work experiences that prepared you for your current position as President of Skin & Wound Care:

A: Prior to joining 3M Skin & Wound Care, I was President of 3M Unitek, our orthodontics division. 3M Unitek has been a leading global supplier of products and services for orthodontic specialists for over 60 years. Prior to Unitek, I led business development for 3M Health Care, which has a long tradition of innovation and customer focus, central values to 3M Skin & Wound Care, as well. Before 3M, I enjoyed a variety of leadership roles at General Mills, McKinsey & Company and General Electric. The breadths of these experiences, many centering on healthcare have been good primers for my current role.

Q: What should our readers know first and foremost about 3M’s wound care division?

A: 3M is one of the most trusted names in healthcare. In addition to our medical products franchise, which includes Skin & Wound Care and Infection Prevention divisions, we’re market leaders in oral care through 3M ESPE (dental products) and 3M Unitek (orthodontics). 3M Health Information Systems (HIS) provides the coding and grouping systems for three-quarters of US hospitals. 3M Food Safety provides rapid method diagnostics solutions that keep our food supply safe and 3M Drug Delivery Systems technology can be found in a healthy proportion of all inhalation or transdermal therapeutics on the market today.

  3M Skin & Wound Care is one of 3M Health Care’s flagship businesses. We provide innovative, effective, skin-friendly solutions in several medical product segments including wound care, IV site dressings and skin integrity. Our products are sold in virtually every country in the world. We have customer service teams, R&D centers, and manufacturing plants on six continents, and we’re proud to partner with leading healthcare providers around the world in advancing the science of medicine.

Q: How were you first introduced to the arena of wound care and why do you enjoy working in this arena?

A: My mother is an RN, my wife and sister are physicians and I‘ve done research in health economics in addition to working in various sectors of the industry for over a decade. So I have benefitted from exposure to healthcare from multiple perspectives. As your readers know well, wound care attracts people who are passionate about patient care. The same passion that draws doctors and nurses to the clinic draws team members to 3M Skin & Wound Care, myself included. By working with the many talented and committed people whom this field draws, 3M can make a lasting and material difference. There is still so much that is unknown about how our bodies repair themselves. We take seriously our role in helping to unravel this mystery. At the end of each day, this is what propels my colleagues and me forward.

Q: How does 3M value the use and many dimensions of the Tegaderm™ Technology?

A: With over 25 years on the market, the Tegaderm™ brand is the standard for IV site care and the world leader in transparent film dressings.