Adnan Munkarah, MD

Director

Adnan Munkarah, MD, is the executive vice president and chief clinical officer for Henry Ford Health System. Dr. Munkarah is responsible for the complete spectrum of clinical activities across the health system, ensuring comprehensive healthcare delivery, enhancing the quality of care and patient safety, and exceeding patients’ expectations of the overall care experience. He oversees the development and achievement of strategic goals for clinical service lines, innovative clinical care programs, and medical staff expansion and engagement which includes the independent and employed physicians within Henry Ford Medical Group (over 1,500 physicians) and Allegiance Medical Group (200 providers). Working the system Chief Academic Officer, he ensures the success of the system research and educational enterprise and its alignment with the clinical programs. Additionally, Dr. Munkarah provides oversight for the health system’s population health and accountable care strategies.

Prior to his current position as Chief Clinical Officer, Dr. Munkarah has served in many leadership roles throughout his professional career including director of the gynecologic oncology division at Karmanos cancer Center, chairman of the department of Women’s Health in the Henry Ford Medical Group, Chairman of the Board of Governors for the Henry Ford Medical Group and Chief Medical Officer of Henry Ford Hospital and Medical Group.

Dr. Munkarah is a board-certified gynecologic oncologist with a prolific career as clinician, researcher and educator. He is a professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Wayne State University and Michigan State University. He has authored more than 165 articles and book chapters. He has served as a visiting professor and invited lecturer at national and international meetings. Among his many honors and awards, Dr. Munkarah has received Patterson Chair in Gynecologic Cancer Research, Best Doctors in America, APGO Excellence in Teaching Award, Clark Kirkman award as Surgical educator, Lebanese Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology International Achievement Award, and repeatedly named one of the Top Doctors by HOUR Detroit Magazine in the area of Gynecology Oncology.

Dr. Munkarah is a fellow of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, the American College of Surgeons, and the Felix Rutledge Society, a member of many professional societies including the Society of Gynecologic Oncologists, the American Society of Clinical Oncology, the American Association of Cancer Research, and the American Medical Association. He has been engaged with AMGA through multiple venues, attending the annual and the large group meetings (in person and recently virtual), being part of CMO and then CEO council and presenting in various platforms.

A graduate of the American University of Beirut in Lebanon, Dr. Munkarah received his Doctor of Medicine with Distinction in 1985. He completed residency training in Internal Medicine in 1988 and Obstetrics and Gynecology in 1992 at Wayne State University, and fellowship training in Natural Immunity and Gynecologic Oncology at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in 1995.