Dr. Newman Joins Navina as CMO, Scaling AI in Healthcare
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NEW YORK, Nov. 5, 2026 /CourierPR/ -- Dr. Joshua Newman, a physician with two decades of experience in building healthcare technology at enterprise scale, has joined Navina as its Chief Medical Officer. The appointment underscores the company's rapid growth and commitment to advancing technology in the healthcare industry. Navina, a leading AI-powered clinical intelligence platform, has scaled its platform across over 20,000 clinicians and care team members at over 1,300 clinics across the United States. This growth has enabled the company to support the care of more than five million patient lives.
Dr. Newman's appointment brings to Navina a rare combination of experience, both as a frontline clinician and as a senior executive responsible for scaling healthcare technology from inside one of the world's largest enterprise software companies. He spent nearly 14 years at Salesforce, where he served as Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, as well as Senior Vice President and Global General Manager of Healthcare and Life Sciences. Most recently, he was Chief Strategy Officer at Alleviate.care, a physician-led hospice and palliative care organization. He began his career in clinical practice and served as an assistant professor of medicine at UCLA.
Dr. Newman's deep expertise and commitment to advancing technology in the healthcare industry are a perfect fit for the next phase of Navina's growth and development.
At Navina, Dr. Newman will oversee and help drive the platform's implementation and adoption, working directly with the physicians and care teams who use it. He will also partner with Navina's go-to-market teams to directly support customers and prospects, and represent the company in ongoing industry conversations around AI adoption and technology's role in driving better population health and patient outcomes.
Dr. Newman's appointment is a testament to Navina's commitment to advancing technology in the healthcare industry. The company was named 2025 Best in KLAS for Clinician Digital Workflow and was selected as one of TIME's World's Top HealthTech Companies of 2026. Navina also received a 2026 Newsweek AI Impact Award, highlighting its industry-leading 86% usage rate among leading organizations like Privia Health, agilon health, and Summit Health.
Navina is redesigning population health, driving clinical and financial outcomes through every patient-clinician interaction. Native to the clinician workflow, Navina's AI copilot empowers providers and care teams with clinical intelligence that supports confident, data-driven decisions and accurate documentation. By enabling proactive care right from the start and eliminating costly retrospective processes, Navina enhances value-based care performance while reducing administrative burden.