06/12/2026
💙 BITTERSWEET NEWS…
…that Doug Brewer, an early and passionate advocate for the Alabama School of Healthcare Sciences, will soon be retiring as CEO of Whitfield Regional Hospital, which he established as our healthcare partner.
Doug’s efforts to support Demopolis as the location for ASHS and to make rural medicine a critical part of our mission were influential and helped bring us to where we are today — holding our first student orientation this week, with our state-of-the-art residential campus rising on 10 acres next to Whitfield, and with classes about to begin in mere weeks.
Doug is a member of the statewide board of trustees governing ASHS, and we look forward to his continued involvement, even as he enjoys his well-deserved retirement.
Here’s the Black Belt News Network story ⬇️ about Doug’s retirement and his statement featured on the ASHS Foundation website making the case for ASHS, rural medicine, Demopolis and Whitfield.🩵
🔗 https://www.blackbeltnewsnetwork.com/news/whitfield-regional-hospital-ceo-doug-brewer-retiring-after-eight-years-at-the-helm/article_26513a07-7e86-4c2a-957f-e7a0f56e753c.html