Adnan Munkarah, M.D.

President, Clinical Enterprise & Chief Physician Executive

Adnan Munkarah, M.D., is President, Clinical Enterprise and Chief Physician Executive at Henry Ford Health, where he leads the health system’s clinical, operational, and academic mission across hospitals, ambulatory, medical groups, physician networks, nursing, quality and safety, research and education.

A physician leader with more than two decades of experience, he is known for connecting strategy to bedside realities. His leadership contributed to a successful joint venture in 2024 that extended Henry Ford Health’s clinical enterprise to include 12 acute care hospitals, nearly 6,000 physicians and over 2,700 advanced practice providers. The health system now earns over $12 billion in annual revenue.

Adnan was a principal lead in cultivating the 30-year partnership between Henry Ford Health and Michigan State University, an agreement considered futuristic and transformational by local, regional and national stakeholders and observers. In its first two years as an NIH-recognized organization (2023-2025), Henry Ford + MSU received nearly $230 million in total anticipated NIH awards. The partnership is advancing collaborative educational opportunities and accelerating discoveries, and currently investing $335 million in a new Detroit research center.

He is the executive sponsor for what will be a 72-bed state-of-the-art physical medicine and rehabilitation facility in Detroit, in partnership with Shirley Ryan AbilityLab and the Gilbert Family Foundation. In addition, Adnan helped develop the strategic partnership with Grand Rapids’ BAMF Health, for a future 45,000-square-foot facility in Detroit, which will house a molecular imaging clinic, molecular therapy clinic and a commercial radiopharmacy supporting both patient care and clinical research.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Adnan served as an executive leader guiding clinical standards and deployment strategies to support patient care and workforce safety.

Adnan earned his MD from the American University of Beirut and completed residency training in internal medicine, obstetrics and gynecology at Wayne State University. He completed fellowship training in gynecologic oncology at MD Anderson Cancer Center.

Prior to joining Henry Ford Health, Adnan served as division medical director and multidisciplinary specialty lead for gynecologic oncology at Wayne State University and the Karmanos Cancer Center, where he expanded the clinical services by 40%, establishing the largest clinical gynecologic oncology service in the state at the time. He also started a clinical fellowship training program in gynecologic oncology to help train future providers and leaders in the field. At King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, one of the largest academic medical centers in the Middle East, Adnan led the transformation of obstetrics and gynecology services, strengthening outcomes, patient experience and the adoption of novel therapeutics, including HPV vaccination.

Published over 160 times in peer-reviewed journals, Adnan has served as principal investigator on a number of research studies. His academic appointments include Chair of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Women’s Health at Henry Ford Health, with longstanding faculty roles as Professor at Wayne State University and Michigan State University. Adnan has served as an oral examiner for the Americal Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology. He has also served on the National Cancer Institute’s Ovarian Cancer Task Force.

Adnan currently serves on the board for Populance, a population health case management company serving hundreds of thousands of patients in Michigan. He also serves on the Clinical Board for Henry Ford Hospital, and on the board at Lawrence Tech University.

Previously, Adnan served as chair for the Board of Governors of the Henry Ford Medical Group, one of the largest multispecialty physicians’ groups in the nation. He also served on the Board of Directors for Health Alliance Plan by Henry Ford Health (formerly HAP), a provider-sponsored health insurance plan, and was a director on the American Medical Group Association board. Other previous boards and council appointments include the American Medical Association’s Integrated Physicians Practice Section and HAVEN, a nationally recognized nonprofit providing comprehensive programs to promote violence-free homes and communities.

In 2025, Adnan was recognized on Modern Healthcare’s list of 50 Most Influential Clinical Executives. He has been on HOUR Detroit’s Top Doctors list for 17 consecutive years. His leadership during the COVID pandemic earned him recognition as one of Crain’s 2021 Michigan Healthcare Heroes. He has been awarded the APGO excellence in teaching award by the Association of the Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics and was recognized by the Lebanese Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology for outstanding contribution and international achievement. In 2022, he was awarded the Excellence in Healthcare Award from the Arab American and Chaldean Council, as well as the Academic and Community Leadership Award from the National Arab American Medical Association.