ANN ARBOR – Julie Ishak, M.S.N., R.N., NP-BC, University of Michigan Health’s top nursing executive, has been appointed chief nurse and operations executive for Michigan Medicine’s academic medical center, effective December 1.
Ishak has served as chief nursing executive for the health system since March 2024. The new role recognizes her expertise in operations and creates a single point of leadership, responsibility and decision making for the academic medical center’s clinical operations.
“Julie is a proven, dedicated and strategic leader who will position our teams well to fulfill our mission of advancing health for Michigan and the world,” said David C. Miller, M.D., M.P.H., CEO of Michigan Medicine and executive vice president for medical affairs at the University of Michigan.
“She brings 20 years of successful nursing and clinical operations experience that will benefit Michigan Medicine as we open the new D. Dan and Betty Kahn Health Care Pavilion, develop new facilities in Troy and begin planning for a new sports medicine facility in Ann Arbor,” Miller said.
“I am confident that Julie will continue to ensure our standard of excellence in quality, safety, access and outcomes for our patients as we strive to become the most consequential academic health system in the nation.”
Ishak had previously been chief nursing officer for ambulatory care at U-M Health and associate chief nursing officer for the U-M Medical Group. She is a board-certified adult nurse practitioner, certified in executive nursing practice through the American Organization of Nurse Leaders, and actively pursuing a Doctor of Nursing practice from Wayne State University.
“I am honored to step into this expanded role and to lead our amazing teams at the academic medical center as we continue to meet the needs of patients and the communities we serve,” said Ishak. “Michigan Medicine is one of the finest academic health organizations in the world, and I am looking forward to continue to build on our strong foundation and commitment to the highest standards of care.”
Michigan Medicine also announced a new role for Charles Reuland, Sc.D., M.H.S., the current chief operations integration officer. Reuland will become the chief integration and support service officer for Michigan Medicine, effective December 1.
In this new role, Reuland will lead key business and system integration and operational alignment across U-M Health, including existing and future partnerships. He will also have oversight of health system support services, including supply chain, pharmacy, radiology and pathology.
“Charlie will help bring greater focus on integration efforts to increase efficiency, effectiveness and reach as we expand our world-class health care statewide,” Miller said.
About Michigan Medicine: At Michigan Medicine, we advance health to serve Michigan and the world. We pursue excellence every day in our 12 hospitals and hundreds of clinics statewide, as well as educate the next generation of physicians, health professionals and scientists in our U-M Medical School.
Michigan Medicine includes the U-M Medical School and University of Michigan Health, which includes the C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, Von Voigtlander Women’s Hospital, University Hospital, the Frankel Cardiovascular Center, Kellogg Eye Center, University of Michigan Health-West, University of Michigan-Sparrow and the Rogel Cancer Center. The U-M Medical School is one of the nation’s biomedical research powerhouses, with total research funding of more than $800 million.
More information is available at www.michiganmedicine.org.
