Dr. Ashley Williams Hogue, a trauma, acute care and burn surgeon at USA Health and assistant professor of surgery at the University of South Alabama (USA) Frederick P. Whiddon College of Medicine, was recognized among the 2025 honorees of This is Alabama’s “Women Who Shape the State” class. Since 2023, Williams Hogue has served as director of the Center for Healthy Communities. Among her many impactful initiatives is Project Inspire, a hospital-based injury prevention program co-founded by Williams Hogue and her husband, Dr. Antwan Hogue, which seeks to reduce youth violence in the Mobile area. A skilled surgeon, Williams Hogue has received multiple professional and personal honors. She was selected as a Future Trauma Leader—one of the highest honors for a junior trauma…..