Stanford Medicine

Health System with 3 hospitals across 1 state

Health System Overview

Health SystemStanford Medicine
Total Hospitals3
Commercial/Acute Hospitals3
Total Beds1119
Commercial/Acute Beds1119
HeadquartersStanford, CA
Websitestanfordhealthcare.org

Hospitals by Type

Acute Care Hospital
2 hospitals
67% of health system
Children
1 hospitals
33% of health system

Teaching Status

67%
Teaching
Teaching Hospitals: 2
Non-Teaching Hospitals: 1
Teaching hospitals serve as educational institutions for medical professionals while providing patient care.

Hospital Locations

Hospitals in this Health System

HospitalTypeBedsTeachingRecently Joined
Stanford Health Care Tri-ValleyAcute Care Hospital110NoNo
Stanford Health CareAcute Care Hospital613YesNo
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital StanfordChildren396YesNo

Executive Leadership

Niraj Sehgal, MD, MPH

Executive Vice President & Chief Physician Executive

Niraj Sehgal, MD, MPH, is the Executive Vice President & Chief Physician Executive for Stanford Healthcare and a Professor of Medicine and Senior Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs in the Stanford School of Medicine. His clinical focus is in hospital medicine, and his academic career has centered on enhancing the quality and safety of care. Dr. Sehgal earned his undergraduate degree from Washington University and his medical degree from Rush University. He completed his Internal Medicine residency and served as Chief Resident at Stanford University, followed by a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Stanford Prevention Research Center, during which he obtained his MPH from UC Berkeley. Prior to returning to Stanford in 2020, he spent 16 years at UCSF, holding several leadership positions, including Associate Chair for Quality & Safety and UCSF Health's first Chief Quality Officer. He is recognized for his work in fostering teamwork, developing leaders, and advocating for health equity, and was inducted into UCSF's Academy of Medical Educators in 2009.

Priya Singh

Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy Officer

Priya Singh is the Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy Officer, and Senior Associate Dean at Stanford Medicine, which is a large academic health system. She joined Stanford Medicine in 2013 and in her current role, she is responsible for enterprise strategy, strategic planning, global strategy, industry relations, and public relations/communications for Stanford Health Care, Stanford Medicine Children's Health, and the School of Medicine. She led Stanford Medicine's first integrated strategic plan, aligning the research, education, and clinical care missions. Before her tenure at Stanford Medicine, Singh held leadership positions at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, where she focused on executive education and global innovation programs. Prior to her time at Stanford University, she held senior marketing management roles at companies including Oracle, Respond.com, and Levi Strauss & Co. Priya Singh earned her bachelor's and master's degrees in business management from Bombay University, India. She has been recognized for her leadership and influence, appearing on lists such as Fortune's Most Powerful Women and Silicon Valley Business Journal's Women of Influence. She also serves on the Board of Directors for Juul Labs.

Michael Pfeffer

SVP & Chief Information Officer

Leads the unified Stanford Medicine Technology and Digital Solutions team, bringing together the best of the School of Medicine and Stanford Health Care IT.

Michael Halaas

Chief Operating Officer and Associate Dean in the School of Medicine

Leads the unified Stanford Medicine Technology and Digital Solutions team with Michael Pfeffer.

Ronny Suwignjo

Vice President, Business and Clinical Services for Patient Care Services

Seasoned healthcare executive focusing on the integration of finance, hospital operations, and process improvement. Brings extensive knowledge and expertise to his role. Acts as a divisional finance leader, business partner, clinical service administrator, and strategic advisor to the Senior Vice President and Chief Nurse Executive. Holds MBA, MS in Operations Research, and BS in Industrial and System Engineering from the Ohio State University. Active member of American College Healthcare Executives and Healthcare Financial Management Association.

Christian Lindmark

Vice President - Chief Technology Officer

Christian Lindmark is the Vice President and Chief Technology Officer at Stanford Health Care and Stanford University School of Medicine. He has over 20 years of experience in healthcare IT, with a background in strategy, operations, and management. At Stanford, he has been responsible for IT infrastructure, customer experience and support services, biomedical engineering, identity and access management, and IT facilities design and construction for the past eight years. Lindmark was involved in the design and implementation of the technologically advanced Stanford Health Care hospital that opened in 2019. His work includes focusing on private 5G networks, the implementation of AI in healthcare, and IT sustainability. Before joining Stanford, he worked at NYU Langone and provided consulting services to healthcare organizations.

Michael Mucha

Chief Information Security Officer

Michael Mucha is the Chief Information Security Officer for Stanford Health Care and the Stanford School of Medicine at Stanford Medicine, where he oversees cybersecurity risk management for medical education, research, and adult healthcare. He has been with Stanford for over 20 years, setting and implementing the data security strategy. Prior to joining Stanford Medicine in 2003, Mucha held security roles at Exodus Communications and Ernst and Young. He also worked as an attorney at Kroll & Tract, specializing in insurance litigation. Mucha holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and a Juris Doctorate from the University of Miami. His background in both engineering and law informs his approach to cybersecurity, bringing both technical and legal compliance perspectives. At Stanford, he has been involved in initiatives such as implementing encryption, data loss protection, and an event correlation system, as well as updating role-based access to systems.