He graduated as a Ralph J. Bunche scholar from Colby College in Waterville, Maine. But he continued his studies to pursue a medical career. He received a combined M.D. and Ph.D. in medicine and physiology/biophysics from the University of Tennessee Medical School. After a medical residency and a fellowship in endocrinology at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), he had a tour of duty as a flight surgeon in the U.S. Navy. He returned to Memphis where he became a faculty member at the VA Hospital and the University of Tennessee.

Todd's foray into film production is also intertwined with his mother's music career. He served as an executive producer of the family-produced documentary, "A Woman and Her Music," a performance documentary. He also produced a short film of Earnestine Rodgers Robinson's world premiere concert of "The Nativity" oratorio in Prague in 2003.

Todd currently practices Internal Medicine in Memphis where he lives with his wife, Bethany.