DeTar Healthcare Systems Welcomes Brett Maxfield as New CEO
10/8/2025
DeTar Healthcare System has named Brett Maxfield as its new chief executive officer, effective October 20. Maxfield has almost a decade of healthcare experience and has held executive leadership positions in hospitals in Texas and Mississippi.
Maxfield was most recently chief operating officer and interim CEO of Longview Regional Medical Center in Longview, Texas, where he focused on expanding healthcare services in the community. Prior to that he was the chief operating officer and interim chief executive officer at Merit Health-Biloxi (now Memorial Hospital Biloxi) in Biloxi, Mississippi.
“Brett not only has strong leadership skills and operational expertise, he is also familiar with the healthcare needs of a growing community like Victoria,” said Dr. Mark Stevens, chairman, DeTar Board of Trustees. “We are excited to welcome him to DeTar to support our talented team of providers, nurses and employees and continue to build on the momentum we have to help area residents access more care close to home.”
Maxfield has experience at multiple Texas hospitals. In addition to Longview, his healthcare experience also includes roles at Navarro Regional Hospital in Corsicana, Texas, and at Cedar Park Medical Center in Austin, Texas. He and his wife Kristin are excited to relocate to Victoria to be closer to family in Rockport and Houston.
“I look forward to starting the next chapter of my career at Detar Health System, and expanding its legacy of providing safe, quality, accessible healthcare,” said Maxfield. “From the opening of the cancer center to the family medicine residency program to the new partnership with Texas A & M, DeTar continues to advance the quality and availability of healthcare services, and I’m honored to have the opportunity to build on this success.”
Maxfield received his Bachelors of Business Administration from Texas Tech University and his MHA/MBA from the University of Houston Clear Lake.
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