Healthcare Excellence, Delivered Three Ways

Biography. Andrew Casas is a seasoned and transformational healthcare executive with more than three decades of leadership experience across health systems, academic medical practices, and managed care organizations. Most recently serving as Executive Vice President for Clinical Operations and Chief Operating Officer of UT Physicians, the academic practice plan of McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston.

Over his 25-year tenure at UT Physicians, Andrew rose through successive leadership roles, leading the transformation of the practice from a 450-provider enterprise to one encompassing more than 2,600 clinicians in over 130 locations across the Greater Houston area. Under his guidance, the organization expanded its clinical footprint from 24k square feet to over 1.5 million square feet.

Andrew's leadership spans operations, managed care contracting, financial oversight, strategic growth planning, and multidisciplinary team development. He is recognized for his ability to blend clinical, financial, and regulatory insight to improve outcomes, elevate patient experience, and optimize system performance.

Biography. With more than 25 years in healthcare operations, Saeed Chaudhry is a senior operations executive whose career spans academic medicine, multi-site physician practice management, and integrated hospital and clinic environments. He spent nearly two decades at UT Physicians / UTHealth Houston, progressing from Financial Analyst to Vice President of Operations, where he led operations across more than 130 practice sites and oversaw over 800,000 square feet of clinical facility buildouts, remodels, and expansions.

At UT Physicians, Saeed built and led the enterprise operations center, deployed multi-site operational systems, and drove programs across ambulatory clinics, patient access, revenue cycle, and provider productivity — directly supporting the practice's growth into one of the largest multi-specialty physician organizations in the Greater Houston area.

Today, Saeed continues in senior healthcare operations leadership across multi-site hospital and clinic environments in Texas, alongside his consulting, advisory, and digital work through C3. He works hands-on with practice technology and applied AI — workflow automation, analytics, and AI-driven patient outreach — bringing an operator's perspective to digital tools that actually get used. His broader expertise includes M&A integration and post-deal operations, real estate and construction, enterprise call center operations, healthcare strategy, and KPI framework development.

Biography. Sharif Z. Mansur is a Houston-based healthcare executive and strategic transformation leader with nearly 13 years of experience advancing healthcare quality, performance, operational excellence, and organizational transformation across complex academic and clinical systems. During his tenure with UTHealth Houston and UT Physicians, Sharif progressed through increasingly senior leadership roles, culminating in his appointment as Executive Director of Healthcare Transformation Initiatives.

As institutional leader for major state and federally funded healthcare programs — including DSRIP, NAIP, and TIPPS — Sharif oversaw program governance, regulatory compliance, financial performance, and execution that generated more than $1.4 billion in incentive revenue. His experience also includes leading enterprise PMO functions, clinical quality initiatives, physician and clinic engagement, executive performance reporting, and centralized credentialing and provider onboarding across UTHealth, UT Physicians, and Memorial Hermann Hospital.

He is a Certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, recognized for translating complex organizational and regulatory priorities into practical strategies and frontline execution.