NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Doctors and health care providers in Carolina, PR

1,535 individual NPPES records list a practice address in Carolina, 6th of 92 Puerto Rico cities. The largest group is general practice physician: 162, 11% of the city's records, against 10% across Puerto Rico. Page 17 of 31.

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Written with AI tools from the named public files; every figure is computed from those files (how it is made).

The 8 largest groups in Carolina

  1. General Practice Physician162
  2. Pharmacist153
  3. Pharmacy Technician86
  4. Clinical Psychologist78
  5. Clinical Social Worker58
  6. Psychologist52
  7. Emergency Medicine Physician50
  8. Students in training49

Source: CMS NPPES primary taxonomy, file of Aug 9, 2026.

Carolina in Puerto Rico

  • Rank in Puerto Rico6th of 92 cities by records
  • Share of the state3.8% of Puerto Rico's records
  • Specialties present25 or more taxonomy codes
  • Top three groups26.1% of all records
  • General Practice Physician rank5th of the 10 Puerto Rico cities with the most

Compared with Puerto Rico as a whole, Carolina has 4.7× the state's share of emergency medicine physician records and 0.40× its share of student in an organized health care education/training program records.

Providers in Carolina, alphabetically

  1. Jorge Mendez -Lopez, M.D.General Practice Physician1205833274
  2. Lorraine Mendez CarrenoEmergency Medicine Physician1518277946
  3. Iliana Mendez Garcia, M.D.Medical Physician Assistant1093787475
  4. Ivelisse Mendez GuerraPharmacy Technician1326305715
  5. Hector Mendez-Rivera, MDCardiovascular Disease Physician1205949906
  6. Annette Mendoza, PHPharmacist1922299304
  7. Jose Mendoza, OPTOptician1780721258
  8. Harry Mercado, M.DFamily Medicine Physician1932186798
  9. Maria Mercado, RPHPharmacist1699989996
  10. Jose Mercado Montalvo, MDPulmonary Disease Physician1912915463
  11. Pedro Mercado PesantePersonal Emergency Response Attendant1679689624
  12. Carla Mercado RiveraStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1669302006
  13. Salvador Mercado Rodriguez, M.D.General Practice Physician1104893197
  14. Joanna Mercado/alvaradoEmergency Medical Services (Emergency Medicine) Physician1811974496
  15. Giovanni Mictil, MSN - CRNACertified Registered Nurse Anesthetist1942944012
  16. Iris Millan, RPHPharmacist1609922095
  17. Ismenio Millan-Aponte, MDGeriatric Medicine (Family Medicine) Physician1700990728
  18. Katia Miller PaganHospitalist Physician1215295241
  19. Karen Mir-Badillo, PH.D.Clinical Psychologist1871721407
  20. Caritza Miranda, M.S.Speech-Language Pathologist1174756100
  21. Carmen Miranda, BSNRegistered Nurse1649464108
  22. Jose Miranda, DMDGeneral Practice Dentistry1700090669
  23. Neysha Miranda, PTPhysical Therapist1205165388
  24. Viviana Miranda, MSSpeech-Language Pathologist1134404684
  25. Edgar Miranda GonzalezEmergency Medicine Physician1649685298
  26. Paloma Miranda Malaret, PHARMDPharmacist1689430597
  27. Rafael Miranda Malave, M.D.Nephrology Physician1528007788
  28. Gabriel Miranda Ramirez, M.D.Urology Physician1588649677
  29. Raysa Miranda-OrtizOccupational Therapist1073341186
  30. Arturo Miro, MDPsychiatry Physician1790741221
  31. Luis Mojica, TECNICHIAN PHARMACYPharmacy Technician1649898172
  32. Ruben MojicaPhysical Therapist1922662816
  33. Abdiel Molina, MSPsychologist1720718463
  34. Esther Molina, M.SClinical Psychologist1790608305
  35. Marla Molina, OTLOccupational Therapist1255610655
  36. Maribel Molina Garcia, M.D.Specialist1699859629
  37. Alexandra MollSpeech-Language Pathologist1003513003
  38. Ivette MollOccupational Therapist1326938283
  39. Luz Moncerrate, LPNLicensed Practical Nurse1255525044
  40. Teresa Monge, M.D.Nephrology Physician1093085227
  41. Jose Monge-Canales, M.D.Family Medicine Physician1679540017
  42. Luis Montalvo Toledo, M.D.General Practice Physician1871945980
  43. Monica Montana, M.D.General Practice Physician1942480272
  44. Michelle Montcourt, DCChiropractor1821935925
  45. Mayelin Montero, PSYDClinical Psychologist1144194762
  46. Candace Moore, M.D.Emergency Medicine Physician1982973137
  47. Agnes Mora, RPHPharmacist1023096609
  48. Ayram Morales, OPTOptician1427744564
  49. Carolyn Morales, MSPT, DPTPhysical Therapist1780070300
  50. Chris Morales, PHARMDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1750218509

The largest Puerto Rico cities

  1. San Juan8,960
  2. Ponce3,338
  3. Bayamon2,958
  4. Guaynabo2,143
  5. Caguas2,093

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How to read this directory

Carolina, Puerto Rico appears in the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System with 1,535 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 Carolina - 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 Carolina 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 Carolina is weighted toward General Practice Physician (162 clinicians, followed by Pharmacist with 153 and Pharmacy Technician with 86). 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, Carolina reports roughly 47.9 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 Carolina 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 Carolina, PR?

There are 1,535 registered healthcare providers in Carolina, PR, covering 25 or more specialties. This includes physicians, dentists, therapists, and other licensed providers.

What are the most common medical specialties in Carolina?

The most common specialties in Carolina are General Practice Physician, Pharmacist, Pharmacy Technician, Clinical Psychologist, Clinical Social Worker. General Practice Physician has the most providers with 162.

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.