Stanford Hospital & Clinics names new COO

Stanford Hospital & Clinics has appointed Daniel Ginsburg as its new chief operating officer, effective Jan. 12, 2009. Ginsburg succeeds Michael Peterson, whose retirement as the hospital's COO was announced in June, 2008. Ginsburg is currently senior vice president for Cancer and Women's Programs at Massachusetts General Hospital, where he also serves as president and chief operating officer of the Massachusetts General Physicians Organization.