Meet Our Physicians

Douglas A. Brewer, M.D. FASCRS†

Chief of the Division of Colorectal Surgery at Mercer University School of Medicine

Douglas A. Brewer, M.D.

A Warner Robins native, Dr. Brewer graduated from Northside High School in 1979 and earned a BS degree in Biochemistry, cum laude from the University of Georgia in 1983. He earned his medical degree from the Medical College of Georgia, graduating with Honors in the top 5% of his class in 1987. Dr. Brewer’s post-graduate education includes five years of general surgery residency at the University of Louisville under the Internationally renowned Hiram C. Polk, Jr., Chairman of the Department of Surgery. He completed a one year research and clinical fellowship as a surgical registrar and research fellow at the University of Sydney in Australia in 1990. This included both clinical and basic science research into the genetics and family history of colon and rectal cancer where he completed two peer review articles related to these topics. He completed his training with a one year clinical fellowship in colorectal surgery at the prestigious Lahey Clinic in Massachusetts.

For the past decade, Dr. Brewer and Colorectal Surgery Associates has led Central Georgia both in quality and quantity as it relates to the surgical treatment of colon and rectal diseases. Dr. Brewer has been a leader in the institution and continued use of laparoscopic approaches to colon and rectal surgery for both benign diseases such as diverticulitis and inflammatory bowel disease, and colorectal cancer.

He has special expertise in managing complex pelvic floor problems such as rectovaginal fistula, rectal prolapse, and incontinence of feces. Dr. Brewer also initiated, within Colorectal Surgery Associates, Central Georgia’s first and only onsite surgical anorectal physiology laboratory that allows him to use the latest advanced technology to evaluate and treat rectal cancer and use surgical and non-surgical approaches to bowel incontinence, constipation, and pelvic pain syndromes. From an academic point of view, Dr. Brewer currently is Chief of the Division of Colon and Rectal Surgery and Clinical Professor of Surgery with the Mercer University School of Medicine Department of Surgery.

Dr. Brewer is Board Certified and recertified his boards with the American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery. He is also Vice President and President-elect of the Piedmont Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, Regional speaker for Myriad Genetic Laboratories and a Regional speaker for Genomic Health.

Elizabeth Lee Lowry, PA-C

Elizabeth Lee Lowry

Elizabeth Lee Lowry is a Warner Robins native and is a 2001 graduate of Houston County High School. She went on to earn a bachelor’s degree in pre-med Biology from the University of West Georgia in Carrollton. She worked in Radiology for a short time at Houston Medical Center before earning her Masters of Physician Assistant Studies from South University in Savannah. During her time at South University, Elizabeth served as class treasurer and was an active member of SUPAid, a community service organization with the PA program. Since graduation, Elizabeth practiced in Gastroenterology for two years in Columbus before returning to the middle Georgia area. She hopes that her love and experience for gastroenterology will have a great impact on her role within our practice.