Dr. Carlos M. Barrera is the founder and serving chief executive officer of CMB Group. Dr. Carlos M. Barrera is an experienced and results-oriented healthcare leader, administrator, clinician, educator, consultant, strategic planner, and public speaker. As a healthcare leader and administrator, his focus is on value creation through quality, safety, service, improving healthcare costs, community engagement, operations management and developing strong high-performing teams.
He believes that sustainable organizational growth and development depends on its leaders creating value daily. As a mission-minded individual, he aims to help organizations reach their vision through their core values. That includes fostering trust, a shared purpose and collaboration. As a community leader and strategic planner, his focus is to inspire others, improve equal access to opportunity, support economic growth/development, promote fairness and diversity. As a clinician, his goal is to influence patients to live their best lives, free of maladies.
His clinical areas of interest include physical medicine, musculoskeletal medicine, emergency medicine, laboratory medicine, chiropractic medicine and orthopedics. As an educator, he promotes student success by providing excellent learning opportunities. Dr. Barrera has a track record of founding, leading, and managing health care companies to a level of great sustainability, professional relationships and revenue. Currently, Dr. Barrera serves in both clinical and administrative roles in hospital and private practice settings, caring for patients, leading teams, and leading service lines. He is a sought-out industry expert and leader, for speaking engagements and consulting. Dr. Barrera served as the past CEO of OneCare Health- Advanced Practice Health & Wellness, a full service multidisciplinary urgent care/medical-spa in NYC from 2020- 2022 (prior to its acquisition).
Dr. Barrera also served as the founder and past CEO of Speedy-Sticks, a New York City based, nationally operating, mobile health care concierge company, between 2017-2019. Currently, Dr. Barrera serves in hospital, private practice and academical settings. Today, he leads and oversees operations across various service lines at Northwell Health- Staten Island University Hospital. He holds appointment as an adjunct faculty professor at The City University of New York- The College of Staten Island, teaching the new generation of healthcare professionals. His love for academia has him currently pursuing his Master of Public Health with a concentration in health care administration.
Dr. Barrera regularly participates in pro-bono work and community service. In his time within the New York healthcare system, he has been featured on NY1 News, Staten Island Advance, Fox News, New York Weekly, Thrive Global and SI live. During his free time, Dr. Barrera enjoys fitness training, traveling, performing research, and spending time with his son. Dr. Barrera is a graduate of The University of Bridgeport in Connecticut where he obtained his doctorate degree. He is also a proud St. Francis College Terrier, where he obtained his undergraduate bachelor’s degree in biology. Dr. Barrera has done internships/clerkships at institutions such as: Stony Brook Medicine, UB Clinics, and The Veterans Affairs Hospital. He speaks fluent Spanish and Italian, is an active member of good standing for the following professional associations: American Society for Clinical Pathology, American Heart Association and a lifelong member of Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity. ”
Vivianne Mejia, serves as our senior director of operations for CMB Group. At an early start, she made sure to set herself apart from the rest of her colleagues by tackling tasks/projects asked of her efficiently and always providing patients/clients with the best customer service. Vivianne, was one of the founding team members of CMB Group, serving the organization since its inception.She is proactive, innovative and self-driven. As a native New Yorker, she enjoys being active in her community. She is fluent in Spanish. During her free time, she enjoys being active in community through community service, fitness, traveling and time with family/friends.
Ms. Perez serves as our manager of operations for CMB Group. An inquisitive idea woman with a passion for efficiency, Ms. Perez started her career at NJIT’s Miri Lab as the organization’s research assistant. During this time, she co-currently participated in various organizational leadership programs and projects. Ms. Perez studied Biomedical Engineering as an undergraduate and graduate student , and completed her Bachelor of Science degree and Master of Science degree, from New Jersey Institute of Technology. Ms. Perez took her skill set to hold appointment here at CMB Group. Her expertise includes: healthcare management, logistics, procurement, chain management, international business, project management, business development, engineering, physician and patient retention/relationship management, and revenue cycle management. She is the recipient of the 2024 CMB Group’s Leadership Excellence Award.
Ms. Mejia joined our group in 2023 as a patient/office coordinator and rapidly rose through the ranks with her hardwork, leadership, change management and efficiency skills. Her views align with our organizational mission and values, which is to bring change to our healthcare system and help the marginalized populations that are so much in need of and often so far away from quality healthcare. Her expertise includes: leadership, community medicine/outreach, diversity and inclusion, compliance and non-profit sectors.