Bob Jones High School, Madison, News, RSS Facebook, RSS General, RSS Twitter
 By  GreggParker Published 
8:20 pm Thursday, July 24, 2014

Dr. Douglas Downey joins surgery staff at Madison Hospital

Dr. Douglas Downey has joined the surgery staff at Madison Hospital. (CONTRIBUTED)

Dr. Douglas Downey has joined the surgery staff at Madison Hospital. (CONTRIBUTED)

MADISON – Dr. Douglas Downey, general surgeon at Madison Hospital, is no stranger to the medical profession.

Downey’s father works as a professor of physiology at the University of South Alabama College of Medicine. “I grew up around doctors and medical students and was always fascinated with the profession,” he said.

He chose the medical field “to take care of people. There’s no greater personal satisfaction I get than making people feel better.”

Originally, he envisioned family practitioner or orthopedic surgeon as his specialty.

However, he watched his first gallbladder operation as a third-year medical student at Huntsville Hospital “and fell in love … with the technical procedure (and how the surgery) made such a tremendous difference in the patient’s course,” Downey said.

In 1999, Downey earned a bachelor’s degree at the University of South Alabama. He graduated from the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine in 2003.

After residency, he was stationed at Eglin Air Force Base near Fort Walton Beach, Fla. and practiced at Eglin Hospital for five years.

Downey sees patients of all ages and performs all general surgical procedures. These surgeries include appendectomy, lap and open hernia repair, abdominal wall reconstruction, laparoscopic procedures, splenectomy, lap and open colon resection, breast surgery, venous access and melanoma.

In 2012, Huntsville Hospital hired Downey in anticipation of Madison Hospital’s opening. “I’m excited by the amount of growth I have seen in the area over the past 11 years since we left the area,” he said.

His wife Sara works for Dynetics as an electrical engineer. Their children are Amina, 14, a freshman at Bob Jones High School; Amir, a fifth-grade at Rainbow Elementary School; and 16-month-old Amara.

Sara Downey has relatives in Madison and Huntsville. “We’ve seen the quality of the schools and wanted to raise our children in the Madison community,” Dr. Downey said.

Downey is a Fellow of the American College of Surgeons and Madison County Medical Association.

Downey’s office address is 8375 U.S. 72 W. For information, call 256-265-5951, email to douglas.downey@hhsys.org or visit Madisonalhospital.org.

Also on The Madison Record
Rocket City Marching Invitational set for Saturday, Sept. 20 at stadium
Bob Jones High School, Madison, Madison County Record, ...
Gregg Parker 
September 17, 2025
MADISON – Bob Jones High School Bands, in collaboration with title sponsor KODA Technologies, will present the third annual Rocket City Marching Invit...
Mayor Paul Finley bids farewell, reflects on accomplishments at 2025 Madison Update
A: Main, Madison County Record, News, ...
Maria Rakoczy 
September 17, 2025
MADISON - Madison Mayor Paul Finley will be leaving the office of mayor this Nov. after sitting out the Aug. 26 election. Finley addressed the busines...
District 6 seat to be decided Tuesday in runoff election
A: Main, Madison County Record, News, ...
Maria Rakoczy 
September 17, 2025
MADISON - There is one final race to be decided from Madison’s municipal Aug. 26 election. The representative for District 6 on the Madison City Counc...
Heart of the Valley YMCA exits Chapter 11 bankruptcy, renews mission focus
A: Main, Business, Madison County Record, ...
Gregg Parker 
September 17, 2025
HUNTSVILLE – On Sept. 8, Heart of the Valley YMCA announced its successful emergence from Chapter 11 bankruptcy. This development marks a new chapter ...
MCDAB presents check to Parks and Recreation, chairperson steps down
Madison County Record, News, The Madison Recor, ...
Maria Rakoczy 
September 17, 2025
MADISON - After serving as the chairperson for the Madison City Disability Advocacy Board (MCDAB) for nine years, Janessa Crosswy is moving and steppi...
State lawmakers, local city leaders meet with Space Command leader to discuss transition
Madison County Record, News, The Madison Recor, ...
By ALEX ANGLE Alabama Daily News 
September 17, 2025
WASHINGTON — Space Command is moving quickly to bring the headquarters to Huntsville through meetings with members of the state’s congressional delega...
Best-Selling Author Jen Hatmaker to share memoir on Oct. 21
Events, Madison County Record, News, ...
Gregg Parker 
September 17, 2025
MADISON – Jean Hatmaker, “New York Times” Best-Selling Author, speaker and podcaster, will share thoughts from her memoir, “Awake,” at Blue Apple Book...

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *