Douglas L. Strong joined the University of Michigan Health System in 1998 as associate vice president for Health System Finance and Strategy. In 2002 he was named interim Chief Financial Officer, and assumed the post permanently in 2004. In October 2005 he was named interim chief executive officer of the University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers, and in August 2006 he assumed the post on a permanent basis.

Strong has played an integral role in sustaining the robust financial health of the institution and as CEO he will strengthen the efforts that have brought the University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers to its current position as a high-quality, safe, financially sound and highly ranked institution.

Strong came to the University of Michigan from the University of Chicago, where he served as chief financial officer and associate dean of the Pritzker School of Medicine and the Biological Sciences Division. Previously, he was associate dean for administration and finance at the School of Medicine of the State University of New York at Stony Brook and associate dean of planning and operations at the Saint Louis University School of Medicine. He also held several positions at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.

Strong holds a master of business administration degree in health care administration from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, as well as a master of arts degree from the University of Pennsylvania 's School of Arts and Sciences.