The healthcare industry has undergone tremendous changes in technology and services since Bryan W. Whitfield Memorial Hospital first opened its doors in 1953. What began as a 29-bed facility with 25 employees and only four patients has grown into the Tombigbee Healthcare Authority operating Whitfield Regional Hospital, Member of UAB Health System: a total healthcare delivery system that includes a 99-bed hospital and provides more than 30 healthcare services for our community. This evolution of care has progressed to include the implementation of a hospitalist program in 2018 and most recently to become the first hospital in the state to be part of UAB’s tele-ICU program.
We will continue to grow and adapt to meet our community’s current and future healthcare needs while providing a safe, compassionate environment that is conducive to the healing process.
Doug Brewer, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Tombigbee Healthcare Authority and Whitfield Regional Hospital, has dedicated his career to serving patients and healthcare professionals. With extensive experience in managing multiple hospitals, he has also led the development and construction of new healthcare facilities nationwide.
Doug serves on the Board of Trustees for Talladega College in Talladega Alabama and as Chairman of its Facilities and Grounds Committee. Doug was also recently appointed to the inaugural Board of Trustees for the Alabama School of Healthcare Sciences, a residential specialty STEM high school that will begin accepting future healthcare professionals in the fall of 2026.
Doug holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Central Oklahoma and an MBA from Kutztown University of Pennsylvania. Doug served more than eight years on the Brain Injury Association of America’s Board of Directors, serving as its national Board Chairman for two years. Part of his responsibilities included awareness and advocacy work in Washington, D.C., including serving as moderator for congressional hearings on brain injury on Capitol Hill.
Locally, Doug serves on the Industrial Development Board and the Demopolis City Schools Foundation Board. Throughout Doug’s career he has served on numerous Boards and is active on committees for the Alabama Hospital Association currently serving in his second term as the West Council President.
Prior to his current role, Doug served as President & CEO at Citizens Baptist Medical Center in Talladega, Alabama; as Chief Administrative officer at Brookwood Baptist Medical Center and Chief Operating Officer for Tenet Healthcare’s Atlanta Medical Center, a teaching hospital and a level-one trauma center. Previously, Doug served as senior vice president and corporate Chief Development Officer for Select Medical and as President and CEO at SSM Rehabilitation Network in St. Louis, Missouri, providing provided rehabilitative care at more than 70 in- and outpatient locations to individuals with brain Injury, as well as other neurological and physical injuries/illnesses.
On behalf of the Board of Trustees, employees, volunteers and medical staff of Whitfield Regional Hospital, welcome to Whitfield Regional Hospital! Since 1953, our hospital has been committed to providing our community and our region with exceptional healthcare services. Our “100/0” operational philosophy is very simple: It is a cultural expectation that each of our team take on 100% responsibility for themselves and the satisfaction of patients, families and physicians while having have 0% excuses for not giving great service and exceptional quality in every single interaction they have with every single person. This is a lofty goal but one we take serious in our pursuit of exceptional quality, unsurpassed patient safety and world class customer satisfaction.
The most sacred part of our commitment to you is the incredible blessing you bestow on us each time you entrust us with yours or a loved one’s care. We do what we do because we want to make a difference and touch lives. The opportunity to serve you and your family through the difficult times as well as be a part in the joy you feel when health returns is what makes our work so meaningful and enriching. We have a saying here: “People don’t care what you know until they know how much you care.” My hope is that from the moment you walk in our door you will know how sincerely honored and thankful we are that you have chosen to come to us.
I realize that these are simply words on a screen, but I hope that you will give each one of us the opportunity to deliver on this promise. Let me be the first to illustrate our commitment. I give my cell phone number to each family and patient that comes to our hospital, and I ask that you call me 24 hours a day/7 days per week if we are not meeting your expectations.
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