Doctors Hospital of Manteca, Manteca, California

Dr. Naidu joined Doctors Hospital of Manteca in February 2020 from Managed Care Systems out of Bakersfield, California, where he served as the chief physician executive. He played a pivotal role in supporting the on-boarding of 140,000 members and 750 physicians.

Dr. Naidu previously served as System Chief Clinical Officer at Sentara Healthcare in Norfolk, Virginia, and as Vice President of Perioperative Care for Dignity Health’s 39 hospitals.

Dr. Naidu earned his B.A. in Molecular & Cell Biology from the University of California, Berkeley and his Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of California, Los Angeles School of Medicine. He is a laparoscopic surgeon who practiced for more than ten years prior to his full-time leadership roles.

He has served on the USC Schaeffer Center for Health Policy & Economics Advisory Board in Los Angeles, and the Roundtable on Quality Care for People with Serious Illness at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine in Washington, D.C. He currently serves on the Board of Directors for Blue Skies for Children, a nonprofit childcare education center in Oakland that is committed to providing high-quality support to children and their families.