Carla Freire

Project Leader at Boston Consulting Group (BCG)

Washington DC-Baltimore Area

About

I’m an MD/PhD healthcare leader with over 10 years of experience spanning clinical practice, academic research, and healthcare strategy consulting. I currently serve as a Project Leader at BCG, where I work across biopharma, medical devices, and provider organizations to help senior leaders design and deliver growth, operational improvement, and large-scale transformation initiatives My career reflects a proven track record of adaptability across different sectors of healthcare, from frontline patient care and academic research to advising executive teams on complex strategic and operational challenges. I bring a rare combination of clinical credibility, rigorous research training, and hands-on strategy execution, and I am motivated by work that improves how healthcare is delivered at scale

Experience

  • Boston Consulting Group (BCG) (Full-time · 4 yrs 3 mos)
    • Project Leader
      Sep 2024 - Present · 1 yr 10 mos

      Project Leader at BCG with experience across biopharma, medical devices, and provider transformation, partnering with senior executives to drive growth, operational improvement, and enterprise change Select experiences include: 1) Product & portfolio strategy 2) Org design & change management 3) Post-merger integration strategy & execution 4) Competitive intelligence 5) Transformation & operational improvement

    • Consultant
      Apr 2022 - Sep 2024 · 2 yrs 6 mos

  • Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Johns Hopkins Medicine
    Aug 2018 - Apr 2022 · 3 yrs 9 mos

    Research Fellow in the Department of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine with focus on discovery of novel treatments for Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Opioid-induced Respiratory Depression.

  • Universidade de São Paulo (São Paulo, Brazil)
    • Craniofacial Surgery Fellow
      Mar 2017 - Feb 2018 · 1 yr

    • Otorhinolaryngology Resident
      Mar 2014 - Feb 2017 · 3 yrs