Julie Ishak, DNP, RN, NP-BC, CENP

Julie Ishak, DNP, RN, NP-BC, CENP, is the President of U-M Health’s Academic Medical Center. 

She previously served as Chief Nurse and Operations Executive for the academic medical center and as chief nursing executive for the health system. Ishak also served as chief nursing officer for ambulatory care at U-M Health and associate chief nursing officer for the U-M Medical Group. Before joining U-M Health, she served as Vice President of the Neuroscience Center of Excellence and Director of Nursing for Critical Care System Renal Services and Women’s Health and Respiratory Care at Ascension.

She is a board-certified adult nurse practitioner, is certified in executive nursing practice through the American Organization of Nurse Leaders and is a graduate of the Inforum Women’s Executive Leadership Academy.

Ishak earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Detroit Mercy and her Master of Science in Nursing and Doctor of Nursing Practice from Wayne State University.