Doctors and health care providers in Lajas, PR
124 individual NPPES records list a Lajas practice address, 60th of 92 Puerto Rico cities. The largest group is general practice physician: 24, 19% of the city's records, against 10% across Puerto Rico.
The 8 largest groups in Lajas
Source: CMS NPPES primary taxonomy, loaded Aug 27, 2026.
Lajas in Puerto Rico
- Rank in Puerto Rico60th of 92 cities by records
- Share of the state0.3% of Puerto Rico's records
- Specialties present25 or more taxonomy codes
- Top three groups38.7% of all records
- General Practice Physician rank11th of the 10 Puerto Rico cities with the most
Compared with Puerto Rico as a whole, Lajas has 2.1× the state's share of pharmacy technician records.
Providers in Lajas, alphabetically
- Litsie AcostaPharmacy Technician1346787926
- Paulina AcostaPharmacist1487455721
- Zaida AcostaPharmacy Technician1174727390
- Hecmarie Alameda BlancoWound Care Registered Nurse1700484334
- Yomarie AliceaPharmacy Technician1073055265
- Lilliam Alvarado Aviles, NURSEGeneral Practice Registered Nurse1326133828
- Luis Arizmendi Pineiro, MDEmergency Medicine Physician1518040229
- Magdalena Borges AlamedaSpeech-Language Assistant1366332926
- Maria Camacho, MSWClinical Social Worker1427577964
- Nelly Cancel PabonStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1952155012
- Rusdaly Caraballo Orengo, PHARMDPharmacist1598413395
- Alexis CarrasquilloPsychologist1770444135
- Edward Cintron MercadoStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1528811650
- Brenda Cintron-Rodriguez, MSSchool Psychologist1548077159
- Betzaida Collado, DMDGeneral Practice Dentistry1669591806
- Jose ColonPharmacy Technician1457599771
- Frances Colon Vega, MDPediatrics Physician1427122316
- Zita Cotes, PHARMACY TECHNICIANPharmacy Technician1417448457
- Luis Cruz-Garcia, MDGeneral Practice Physician1376528125
- Lisvette Cuevas Cruz, MDGeneral Practice Physician1528632072
- Marieli Davila, MSWClinical Social Worker1053660605
- Ivan Del Toro Martinez, MDGeneral Practice Physician1629825203
- Rafael EscabiFamily Medicine Physician1942334446
- Mara Figueroa, M.APsychologist1154692499
- Jaime Figueroa Sosa, MDGeneral Practice Physician1184124612
- Jose Flores, MDGeneral Practice Physician1851026215
- Wanda Flores, LCDASchool Psychologist1407718737
- Awilda Flores Cancel, MDPediatrics Physician1528199817
- Alicia Franco, PH.D.Clinical Psychologist1003025768
- Pedro Garcia, PHARMACISTPharmacist1972622793
- Rina Garcia Cortes, L.N.D.Registered Dietitian1134154008
- Dennis Gonzalez, MDGeneral Practice Physician1164732467
- Enid Gonzalez-Pagan, O.D.Optometrist1326121013
- Andres Gutierrez, M.D.General Practice Physician1588634919
- Carolina Gutierrez PachecoStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1295623767
- Taryn HenriquezPharmacy Technician1487703559
- Myrna Hernandez FloresOccupational Therapy Assistant1265391163
- Yaritza Hernandez Lopez, PTPhysical Therapist1205655230
- Kevin Hernandez Montalvo, PHARMDPharmacist1235005075
- Marian Homs, PSY.D.Clinical Psychologist1710463948
- Paula Irizarry CintronGeneral Practice Physician1760068555
- Maria Irizarry Ortiz, D.M.DGeneral Practice Dentistry1760756779
- Walter Irizarry-Morales, MDGeneral Practice Physician1679568000
- Walter Irizarry/campero, M.D.General Practice Physician1154337335
- Eric Jusino BelenPharmacist1770345522
- Marisol Lebron, PHARMDPharmacist1598217150
- Orlando Llavona Gonzalez, MDGeneral Practice Physician1659340875
- Sheyla LopezPharmacy Technician1023238839
- Jose Lopez Rodriguez, MDInternal Medicine Physician1164436895
- Wanda Lopez-Alma, M.T.,M.S.Laboratory Management Specialist/Technologist1962945311
How to read this directory
Lajas, Puerto Rico appears in the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System with 124 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 Lajas - 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 Lajas 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 Lajas is weighted toward General Practice Physician (24 clinicians, followed by Pharmacy Technician with 13 and Pharmacist with 11). 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, Lajas reports roughly 3.9 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 Lajas 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 Lajas, PR?
There are 124 registered healthcare providers in Lajas, PR, covering 25 or more specialties. This includes physicians, dentists, therapists, and other licensed providers.
What are the most common medical specialties in Lajas?
The most common specialties in Lajas are General Practice Physician, Pharmacy Technician, Pharmacist, Clinical Social Worker, Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program. General Practice Physician has the most providers with 24.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file loaded Aug 27, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov). Records are self-reported registrations, not licenses.
Every figure on PlainDoctor is rendered directly from the federal CMS NPPES registry, Medicare Part D, MIPS, and Open Payments records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 27, 2026.