NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Doctors and health care providers in Lares, PR

201 individual NPPES records list a practice address in Lares, 44th of 92 Puerto Rico cities. The largest group is general practice physician: 36, 18% of the city's records, against 10% across Puerto Rico. Page 4 of 5.

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

Lares in Puerto Rico

  • Rank in Puerto Rico44th of 92 cities by records
  • Share of the state0.5% of Puerto Rico's records
  • Specialties present25 or more taxonomy codes
  • Top three groups44.3% of all records

Compared with Puerto Rico as a whole, Lares has 3× the state's share of pharmacy technician records.

Providers in Lares, alphabetically

  1. Hecmarie Rodriguez Quiles, RN, BSNCase Management Registered Nurse1508428244
  2. Jeannette RomanPathology Specialist/Technologist1013120989
  3. Maria Roman, M.D.General Practice Physician1316027121
  4. Yesenia RomanSpeech-Language Pathologist1386530947
  5. Carmen Roman VargasPharmacy Technician1750406690
  6. Jose Romero CarreroPharmacist1003446741
  7. Reyniel Romero Perez, PHARMDPharmacist Clinician (PhC)/ Clinical Pharmacy Specialist1497493209
  8. Juan Rosado Valentin, DMDGeneral Practice Dentistry1538229208
  9. Melany Ruiz, PH.DClinical Psychologist1619426996
  10. Myrta Ruiz, PHARMACY THECNICIAPharmacy Technician1356660575
  11. Isabel Ruiz CruzPharmacy Technician1154452001
  12. Luis Ruiz Torres, RN, BSNCase Management Registered Nurse1184286817
  13. Juan Ruiz-Valle, MDGeneral Practice Physician1073817425
  14. Felix RullanStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1164257176
  15. Eugenia Sanabria IrizarryPharmacy Technician1053443937
  16. Eileen Santiago, RPHPharmacist1063165629
  17. Gustavo Santiago Borges, MDInternal Medicine Physician1841743838
  18. Nilda Santiago Cordero, RPHTPharmacy Technician1174967434
  19. Wilmarie Santiago MercadoStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1891635678
  20. Jose Sarazu, PSYDClinical Psychologist1346801750
  21. Iris Segarra Miranda, THLSpeech-Language Assistant1104290469
  22. Rebeca Segarra Otano, MSWClinical Social Worker1548934805
  23. Jan Kristian SiscoCounseling Psychologist1396467049
  24. Kristyan SosaStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1285402016
  25. Waleska SosaPhysical Therapist1841371895
  26. Nector Soto, PHARMACISTPharmacist1871887505
  27. Pedro Soto, BS PH.Pharmacist1487786778
  28. Edgar Soto Perez, MDGeneral Practice Physician1710657085
  29. Natalia Soto Ruiz, M. D.General Practice Physician1144477373
  30. Ivette Soto Toledo, PTPhysical Therapist1972689529
  31. Nayda Tacoronte, RD/ LNDRegistered Dietitian1467533513
  32. Carmen TorresPharmacy Technician1245363340
  33. Gadier TorresClinical Psychologist1306514559
  34. Lymairin Torres, SPEECH AND LANGUAGESpeech-Language Assistant1861071854
  35. Lymari TorresPharmacist1720371784
  36. Mayline TorresPharmacy Technician1689066052
  37. Sharleen Vazquez, MACounseling Psychologist1366058190
  38. Yanina VazquezPharmacy Technician1295946994
  39. Sara Vega RosarioPharmacy Technician1417080367
  40. Higinio Vega-Ojeda, MDFamily Medicine Physician1992773931
  41. Gloria VelezPharmacy Technician1104218577
  42. Ileana Velez, BS PH.Pharmacist1407053028
  43. Lisandra Velez, PHARMACIST TECHNICIAPharmacy Technician1720106271
  44. Mayra Velez, P.H.Pharmacist1912031816
  45. Jakeline Velez Hernandez, MS-SLPSpeech-Language Pathologist1295025195
  46. Madelyn Velez Quiles, RPHTPharmacy Technician1932543170
  47. Luz Velez Roman, PHARMDPharmacist1699300921
  48. Tanya Velez Santiago, MSWClinical Social Worker1710768767
  49. Johanna Velez Velez, MDNeonatal-Perinatal Medicine Physician1881072957
  50. Julissa VeraPharmacy Technician1285845909

The largest Puerto Rico cities

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

All of Puerto Rico →

How to read this directory

Lares, Puerto Rico appears in the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System with 201 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 Lares - 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 Lares 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 Lares is weighted toward General Practice Physician (36 clinicians, followed by Pharmacy Technician with 30 and Pharmacist with 23). 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, Lares reports roughly 6.3 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 Lares 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 Lares, PR?

There are 201 registered healthcare providers in Lares, PR, covering 25 or more specialties. This includes physicians, dentists, therapists, and other licensed providers.

What are the most common medical specialties in Lares?

The most common specialties in Lares are General Practice Physician, Pharmacy Technician, Pharmacist, Clinical Social Worker, Clinical Psychologist. General Practice Physician has the most providers with 36.

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.