Dr. Naden graduated from the University of Iowa College of Medicine in 1983 and completed his internship at Blodgett Hospital in Grand Rapids Michigan in 1984. He finished his residency at the University of California-San Francisco, Department of Radiation Oncology in 1988.

Dr. Naden has practiced in Wisconsin and Iowa as a Radiation Oncologist throughout most of his career, and most recently in Arkansas at Saint Bernard Medical Center and Highlands Oncology. He joined Highlands full time in June of 2023, practicing in their new Mountain Home cancer center.

Dr. Naden has many interests including golf, tennis, pickleball, fishing, skiing, book clubs, hiking, and bridge. He has 3 grown children.