Chief Medical Officer, Texas Health Resources

Andrew Masica, M.D., M.S.C.I., SFHM, serves as the chief medical officer for Texas Health Resources. Masica has extensive experience leading system-level clinical quality, safety and care delivery innovation initiatives.

As the senior physician executive for Texas Health, Masica's operational responsibilities focus on deployment of evidence-based practices into daily patient care and reduction of non-beneficial clinical variability as a driver of quality and safety across the continuum. He also has system-level oversight of Texas Health’s clinical service line programs, medical staff affairs, research initiatives, a growing Graduate Medical Education platform, and academic collaborations, including a broad academic affiliation agreement with UT Southwestern Medical Center.

Prior to joining Texas Health, Masica held positions with Ascension and Baylor Scott & White Health. He has served as a member of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s National Advisory Council and as a section editor for the Journal of Hospital Medicine. He has been designated as a Senior Fellow by the Society of Hospital Medicine and recognized as Young Healthcare Executive of the Year by the Dallas-Fort Worth Hospital Council. In addition, he maintained an active practice in hospital-based internal medicine for 18 years.

Masica earned his undergraduate degree at Harvard University and his medical degree from the Indiana University School of Medicine. He completed a residency in internal medicine at UT Southwestern Medical Center, followed by a clinical pharmacology research fellowship at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. He also earned a Master of Science in Clinical Investigation at Vanderbilt’s School of Medicine.