Dr. Naidich is senior vice president and chief learning and innovation officer at Northwell Health, where he leads the Center for Learning and Innovation and systemwide programs that develop leaders, strengthen safety and advance workforce readiness. In 2025, he helped create the Northwell School of Health Sciences, which opened in September with an inaugural class of approximately 240 students. The school was supported by a $25 million grant from Bloomberg Philanthropies and built on Northwell’s partnership with the New York City Board of Education to prepare students for healthcare careers. Its curriculum focuses on nursing, medical assistant training, mental and behavioral health and management, while also offering college credits, certifications and licensing exam preparation. Dr. Naidich also led Northwell’s 2025 “Innovation Challenge,” awarding a total of $1.3 million to three employee-led projects spanning operating room connected video and extended reality streaming, AI-enabled pediatric sleep apnea detection using home sound recordings, and an all-in-one radiology platform for AI insights and continuous diagnostic improvement. Since the challenge launched in 2017, Northwell has funded various projects, with hundreds of employees submitting ideas through the program.
