Houston Healthcare Conference

Thu Sep 03, 2026

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Houston Healthcare Conference

From hospitals to community-based care: how location strategy, partnerships, and innovation are redefining delivery and real estate across the region's fastest-growing markets

Thursday September 3 2026 @ 8:00 AM CDT

$300.00

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Esmaeil Porsa, MD, MBA, MPH, CCHP-A

Dr. Esmaeil Porsa serves as the President and Chief Executive Officer for Harris Health, which is a community-focused, academic, and safety-net healthcare system dedicated to improving the health of those most in need in Harris County, Texas, through quality care delivery, coordination of care, and education. Harris Health operates 45 community-based clinics, health centers and specialty locations, and two trauma hospitals: Ben Taub Hospital (Level I) and Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital (Level III). The system provides high-quality care and treatment for nearly 1.6 million outpatient visits and more than 36,000 hospital cases each year with an operating budget of $2.9 billion. Prior to his returning to Harris Health in 2020, Dr. Porsa served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy and Integration Officer at Parkland Health where he had worked since 2007 in different capacities including the Medical Director of the Dallas County Jail Health program, Associate Chief Medical Officer and Senior Vice President for Professional and Academic Affairs and Interim Chief Medical Officer. Dr. Porsa completed a Bachelor of Science degree in biology and chemistry at Our Lady of the Lake University in San Antonio before earning his medical degree from the University of Texas Health Science Center Medical School in San Antonio. He completed his training in internal medicine at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston where he also served as the Chief Medical Resident. Dr. Porsa completed a Master of Public Health degree in epidemiology at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health as well as a fellowship program in primary care at the UTHSC-Houston Medical School in 2005. Dr. Porsa obtained his MBA degree in Health Care Leadership from the University of Texas in Dallas in 2017. Dr. Porsa has a special interest in improving population health through addressing social determinants of health (SDOH) and health care delivery in correctional settings. He is the Texas Governor appointee to the Texas Commission on Jail Standards where he currently serves as the Vice Chair. Additionally, Dr. Porsa serves on several other professional organizations including as the President of the American Heart Association in Houston, Chair of the Teaching Hospitals of Texas, Chair of the Frontline Hospital Alliance, and Chair of the Health Care Advisory Committee at Greater Houston Partnership. Dr. Porsa has served as a member of the Certified Correctional Health Care Professional Board of Trustees for the National Commission on Correctional Health Care (NCCHC) for the past decade.

Harris Health

President and CEO

Esmaeil Porsa, MD, MBA, MPH, CCHP-A

President and CEO, Harris Health

Nate Newman

Principal, Newman CRE

Robert Palussek

With more than 30 years of organizational leadership experience, Robert brings a wealth of experience to Legacy. He is known to be a high-integrity leader during times of transition and change, whether serving in health care organization operations, finance or business development. By setting high standards in terms of the customer experience and organizational excellence, he brings both a human-focused and a data-driven approach to his work. To him, managing profit and loss statements and ensuring revenue growth go hand in hand with fostering talent and strategic relationships outside of Legacy. Robert left a promising career in banking in Germany to undertake a career-defining pivot to public health upon moving to Florida in 2004. He has worked for the Monroe and Highlands County Health Departments, rising from a management analyst to finance director to Chief Operating Officer (COO). His transition to COO for the Family Health Centers of Southwest Florida led him to Houston as the COO of Avenue360. Since coming to Legacy in 2023, he has been responsible for operations in our 23 multi-disciplinary clinics as well as 39 school-based health clinics. During his tenure he saw a rise in patient encounters from 687K to over 765K a year, and a landmark electronic medical records transition to the EPIC system. Robert has extensive experience with resilience and disaster relief efforts. In 2012, he was proud to receive the “Florida Image Award” from the Florida Surgeon General. In addition, he served as Section Chief and Incident Commander during multiple tropical storms and hurricanes in Florida. At Legacy, he has proven invaluable in helping manage risk, ensure profitability and provide superior service to patients and partners both internally and externally. He believes in advancing organizational culture through the mentoring and coaching of health care leaders throughout their management journeys. Robert earned his Graduate in Business Administration in Germany, followed by his Master of Business Administration from the State University of New York. Robert lives with his wife, their daughter and two dogs.

Legacy Community Health

CEO

Robert Palussek

CEO, Legacy Community Health

Kristen Kupperman

Vice President of Design, Construction + Facilities, Texas Medical Center (TMC

Mital Brahmbhatt, MHA, LMSW

System Director, Care Coordination, Population Health, Memorial Hermann Health System

Mike Coleman

Director, Layton Construction

Ashley Dias

Principal, Perkins&Will

Todd Freed

Director of Healthcare, Houston, Austin Commercial

Cory Porter

President, Browne McGregor Architects

Kurt Lindorfer

Founding Principal, PARADIGM Structural Engineers

Why You Should Attend this Healthcare Real Estate Conference

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN

How health systems are expanding beyond traditional campuses and building decentralized networks of care across Houston
How the role of the hospital is evolving and what services are shifting into outpatient and community based settings
How developers and contractors are delivering healthcare projects more efficiently amid rising costs and tighter capital markets
What defines the right product in today’s medical office market and how location, quality, and tenant demand are shifting
How design, technology, and patient expectations are influencing the next generation of healthcare facilities
How health systems are structuring partnerships with developers and capital partners to scale growth and manage risk
Where the greatest opportunities exist for new development across Houston’s fastest growing submarkets
How industry leaders are balancing speed to market, flexibility, and long term operational performance

HOW YOU'LL DO MORE BUSINESS

Houston’s healthcare real estate market is undergoing a major transformation as health systems expand beyond traditional hospital campuses and into rapidly growing communities across the region. As patient expectations shift toward convenience, accessibility, and outpatient care, providers are rethinking how and where care is delivered, fueling demand for medical office, ambulatory facilities, and decentralized care networks.

At the same time, rising construction costs, capital constraints, and operational pressures are forcing both health systems and developers to be more strategic in how they plan, design, and deliver new projects. From reimagining the role of the hospital to scaling outpatient growth and forming new partnerships with private capital, the industry is entering a new phase of evolution.

Bisnow’s Houston Healthcare Real Estate Conference will bring together leading health systems, developers, investors, and design and construction experts to explore how the industry is adapting, unpacking the strategies shaping care delivery, medical office development, and the future of healthcare infrastructure across one of the nation’s most dynamic markets.

WHO YOU'LL MEET:

Hospital and healthcare system executives
Healthcare real estate developers
Lab and medical office investors
Lenders active in healthcare and life sciences projects
Architects, engineers and contractors specializing in healthcare facilities
Workforce and economic development leaders
Public sector officials involved in health and research infrastructure

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Venue

Hyatt Regency Houston Galleria
2626 Sage Rd
Houston, TX 77056

Ballroom: Regency Ballroom

Parking Information:

Valet Parking: $20.00
Self-Parking Garage: $10.00

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Agenda

Time	Activity
8:00 AM 8:50 AM	Breakfast & Networking
8:50 AM 9:00 AM	Opening Remarks + Commercials
9:00 AM 9:45 AM	The Great Decentralization: How Health Systems Are Rebuilding Care Delivery Across Houston How Houston health systems are rethinking care delivery as it moves beyond hospitals to meet rising demand, shifting patient expectations, and growing financial pressure.
9:45 AM 10:30 AM	From Campus to Community: Rethinking the Role of the Hospital in 2026 As care moves off campus, what role does the hospital play and how are systems redefining footprint, loyalty, and long term strategy?
10:30 AM 10:45 AM	Networking + Coffee Break
10:45 AM 11:30 AM	Building Smarter, Not Bigger: Delivering Healthcare Projects in a High-Cost Environment In a high cost environment, healthcare leaders are rethinking what gets built, what gets fixed, and where speed and savings may be creating unseen risks.
11:30 AM 12:15 PM	Right Product, Right Place: Winning in Houston’s Evolving Medical Office Market A closer look at where Houston’s medical office market is truly performing and how shifting power dynamics are reshaping development and investment decisions.
12:15 PM 1:15 PM	Lunch
1:15 PM 2:00 PM	Designing for the Next Generation of Care: Flexibility, Technology & Patient Experience How healthcare design is evolving to balance flexibility, technology, and real world performance in facilities built for decades of change.
2:00 PM 2:45 PM	The New Healthcare Deal: How Health Systems Are Partnering With Developers & Capital Inside the evolving partnerships, capital stacks, and deal structures redefining how healthcare real estate gets financed and executed.
2:45 PM 3:00 PM	Closing Networking