Doctors and health care providers in Arecibo, PR
976 individual NPPES records list a practice address in Arecibo, 8th of 92 Puerto Rico cities. The largest group is general practice physician: 136, 14% of the city's records, against 10% across Puerto Rico. Page 20 of 20.
The 8 largest groups in Arecibo
Source: CMS NPPES primary taxonomy, file of Aug 9, 2026.
Arecibo in Puerto Rico
- Rank in Puerto Rico8th of 92 cities by records
- Share of the state2.4% of Puerto Rico's records
- Specialties present25 or more taxonomy codes
- Top three groups30% of all records
- General Practice Physician rank7th of the 10 Puerto Rico cities with the most
Compared with Puerto Rico as a whole, Arecibo has 4.8× the state's share of certified registered nurse anesthetist records and 0.49× its share of student in an organized health care education/training program records.
Providers in Arecibo, alphabetically
- Bernice VelezSpecialist1053184960
- Glorimil VelezCommunity Health Worker1689964835
- Ivelisse VelezPharmacist1942593512
- Nydia Velez, M.D.Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine Physician1598969677
- Angel Velez Cruz, MDGeneral Practice Physician1942884390
- Namyr Velez OliverasDiagnostic Radiology Physician1164819512
- Iriamar Velez Quinones, MDGeneral Practice Physician1336143379
- Lydia Velez Rivera, M.D.General Practice Physician1174565287
- Magda Velez Vazquez, DRAClinical Psychologist1518825926
- Arlene Velez-Galan, PH.D.Counseling Psychologist1871095844
- Luis Velez-Quinones, M.D.Pulmonary Disease Physician1437247988
- Brenda Vera, M.S.W., PH.D.Clinical Psychologist1760612733
- Enid VeraPsychologist1629869474
- Bertha VicentePharmacist1548471824
- Joan Vicente-Santos, MDMedical Physician Assistant1578246864
- Jacqueline Vidot, RPHPharmacist1487771887
- Humberto Villa, DMDPeriodontics1144426461
- Lourdes Villanueva, BSOccupational Therapist1568961936
- Esther Villanueva Valdes, M.D.General Practice Physician1457431231
- William Villanueva-Bosque, MDPulmonary Disease Physician1871595694
- Miriam Viruet Cortes, MS CCC-SLPSpeech-Language Pathologist1053295188
- Glorisel Vives RodriguezOccupational Therapy Assistant1225523111
- Victor Vivoni, M.D.Surgery Physician1093718652
- Laura Williams-Negron, OPTOptician1962062596
- Jose Zaragoza-Buxo, M. D.Allergy & Immunology Physician1205088630
- Josefina Zeda, PH.DSpecialist1265634422
How to read this directory
Arecibo, Puerto Rico appears in the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System with 976 registered healthcare providers spanning 25 or more distinct NUCC-taxonomy specialties. This count includes every individual clinician who has applied for an NPI and listed a practice address in Arecibo - physicians, dentists, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, chiropractors, physical therapists, optometrists, psychologists, podiatrists, and every other credentialed provider type CMS tracks. It does not measure hospital beds, urgent-care capacity, or whether a given clinic is accepting new patients; it measures the pool of professionals with current NPI enrollment and a Arecibo practice location on file. Every figure is drawn from the federal National Provider Identifier Registry (CMS NPPES) - more than 7 million providers, maintained since May 2007, with 2024 Medicare Part D data, and, according to CMS, can be searched, compared, and traced in our methodology.
The provider mix in Arecibo is weighted toward General Practice Physician (136 clinicians, followed by Pharmacist with 87 and Clinical Psychologist with 70). That distribution reflects how NPPES records specialty: providers self-select a primary taxonomy code, so a family physician who also practices geriatrics will show up under whichever NUCC code they registered first. Relative to Puerto Rico's population, Arecibo reports roughly 30.4 providers per 100,000 residents using the state-level denominator, which is a rough proxy rather than a precise access-to-care measurement; the true catchment area of any {cityName} clinician extends beyond the municipal boundary.
For Arecibo patients, this directory is most useful as a starting shortlist. Important: PlainDoctor is a directory of publicly available CMS government data, not a review site, a ranking, or medical advice. NPPES data is self-reported and refreshed monthly; call the practice directly to confirm the provider is still there, accepts your insurance, and is taking new patients.
For informational purposes only; this directory is not medical advice and not a substitute for checking a license. See also: how to find a doctor and how to verify one.
Common questions
How many doctors are in Arecibo, PR?
There are 976 registered healthcare providers in Arecibo, PR, covering 25 or more specialties. This includes physicians, dentists, therapists, and other licensed providers.
What are the most common medical specialties in Arecibo?
The most common specialties in Arecibo are General Practice Physician, Pharmacist, Clinical Psychologist, Clinical Social Worker, Pharmacy Technician. General Practice Physician has the most providers with 136.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov). Records are self-reported registrations, not licenses.
Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.