Marilyn Brister, M.D., FAAFP, serves as chief quality and medical officer at Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Stephenville, assuming that role in September 2020.

She is responsible for providing clinical perspective, knowledge, experience and leadership to facilitate collaboration and alignment between the hospital and physicians on the medical staff, and also assists with recruitment and retention of physicians, engagement and integration activities.

Brister has been a member of the medical staff at Texas Health Stephenville for more than 30 years. During this time, she has held numerous leadership roles such as chief of staff from 2015-2018, medical director for the Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) program, COVID-19 infection prevention advisor, and Emergency Department (ED) Trauma and Operations Committee chair. She has also served on the Texas Health Stephenville Ethics Committee, Medical Executive Committee and Performance Improvement Committee.

She has also served as medical director of Emergency Services at Texas Health Stephenville since 2003 and facility medical director of Texas Health Stephenville for EMC of TeamHealth since 2013. She is also the medical director of several local EMS systems including Dublin EMS, Stephenville Fire and EMS, Santo EMS and Lone Camp Volunteer EMS. Her other medical interests include Hospice and Palliative Care with board certification in this area since 2008.

Brister received her medical degree from Texas A&M University College of Medicine and completed her residency in Family Medicine at The Medical Center in Columbus, Georgia. She is also involved in her community through the Dublin and San Saba Chambers of Commerce and Cross Timbers Fine Arts Council as well as chairman of the board of directors for Compassion Counseling, Inc. in Stephenville.

Brister and her husband of 34 years, Carl Adams, have two adult offspring — Rose and Blain. Outside of work, she enjoys being a grandmother to her two granddaughters, Jacklyn Tamez and Kali Cole, collecting cookie jars, reading, sewing, gardening and traveling.