NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Doctors and health care providers in Ponce, PR

3,338 individual NPPES records list a practice address in Ponce, 2nd of 92 Puerto Rico cities. The largest group is students in training: 974, 29% of the city's records, against 8% across Puerto Rico. Page 28 of 67.

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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 Ponce

  1. Students in training974
  2. Clinical Psychologist245
  3. General Practice Physician230
  4. Pharmacist141
  5. Clinical Social Worker137
  6. Internal Medicine Physician116
  7. Registered Nurse79
  8. Pharmacy Technician75

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

Ponce in Puerto Rico

  • Rank in Puerto Rico2nd of 92 cities by records
  • Share of the state8.3% of Puerto Rico's records
  • Specialties present25 or more taxonomy codes
  • Top three groups43.4% of all records
  • Students in training rank2nd of the 10 Puerto Rico cities with the most

Compared with Puerto Rico as a whole, Ponce has 3.8× the state's share of case manager/care coordinator records and 0.44× its share of psychologist records.

Providers in Ponce, alphabetically

  1. Janangelis LopezStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1689507394
  2. Jeannette Lopez, R.PH.Pharmacist1831623321
  3. Jesus Lopez, D.M.D.General Practice Dentistry1710047154
  4. Katherine LopezPharmacist Clinician (PhC)/ Clinical Pharmacy Specialist1366300873
  5. Kevin LopezStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1295624591
  6. Kimberlie LopezClinical Social Worker1194355594
  7. Laura Lopez, PHARM DPharmacotherapy Pharmacist1356472443
  8. Leslie Lopez, DDSGeneral Practice Dentistry1568521250
  9. Mariemma Lopez, MDGeneral Practice Physician1740491174
  10. Nancy LopezOptician1952142986
  11. Paola LopezForensic Psychologist1558122796
  12. Providencia Lopez, OTALOccupational Therapy Assistant1780220574
  13. Ruben LopezStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1982524310
  14. Sofia LopezStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1750203477
  15. Shaira Lopez Acevedo, SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHSpeech-Language Pathologist1356577563
  16. Allison Lopez Aranzamendi, PSYDClinical Psychologist1699539593
  17. Josmary Lopez Barbosa, MCSWClinical Social Worker1124765326
  18. Ashley Lopez CanizaresStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1811519135
  19. Luis Lopez Castro, M.D.General Practice Physician1881742021
  20. Haydeeliz Lopez CruzSpeech-Language Pathologist1669060794
  21. Luis Lopez Del Pozo, MDGeneral Practice Physician1548338700
  22. Sergio Lopez Del Pozo, MDInternal Medicine Physician1679686091
  23. Maria Del Mar Lopez EspietStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1740919562
  24. Hilda Lopez Flores, M.D.Anesthesiology Physician1225086739
  25. Nydia Judith Lopez Garcia, MDPediatrics Physician1871877068
  26. Hector Lopez Gonzalez, MD, MHASurgery Physician1871158667
  27. Robert Lopez GonzalezStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1730924424
  28. Jeimmy Lopez HernandezStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1760305700
  29. Carlos Lopez MaldonadoStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1245089143
  30. Eric Lopez Martino, M.D.Internal Medicine Physician1205808003
  31. Jose Lopez Moa, M.D.General Practice Physician1063691616
  32. Raul Lopez PineiroStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1073446803
  33. Alejandra Lopez RamosInternal Medicine Physician1548725567
  34. Alma Lopez Rivera, PSYDClinical Psychologist1164759171
  35. Teodoro Lopez Rivera, D.M.D., MSCD.Pediatric Dentistry1487650164
  36. Yadira Lopez RiveraStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1689419251
  37. Julissa Lopez Santiago, PHDPsychologist1962776914
  38. Hector Lopez VegaCertified Registered Nurse Anesthetist1437742178
  39. Maylin Lopez-Cortes, M.D.Emergency Medicine Physician1609179274
  40. Dorimar Lopez-HernandezStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1134087349
  41. Alejandro Lopez-Mas, M.D.Interventional Cardiology Physician1043487960
  42. Maritza Lopez-Montalvo, M.D.Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician1821292525
  43. Grisela Lopez-Negron, CPHTPharmacy Technician1356534804
  44. Dariana Lopez-RodriguezStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1013806314
  45. Yma Lopez-Rosado, PSYDClinical Psychologist1467445528
  46. Isamar Lorenzo, SLPSpeech-Language Pathologist1134710551
  47. Jean Lozada DominguezStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1407605587
  48. Celia Lozada-Murcelo, MDFamily Medicine Physician1194224410
  49. Jose Lucca Rodriguez, PHDClinical Psychologist1578713921
  50. Nicole Luciano, LCDAClinical Social Worker1225990021

The largest Puerto Rico cities

  1. San Juan8,960
  2. Bayamon2,958
  3. Guaynabo2,143
  4. Caguas2,093
  5. Carolina1,535

All of Puerto Rico →

How to read this directory

Ponce, Puerto Rico appears in the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System with 3,338 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 Ponce - 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 Ponce 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 Ponce is weighted toward Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program (974 clinicians, followed by Clinical Psychologist with 245 and General Practice Physician with 230). 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, Ponce reports roughly 104.1 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.

Of Puerto Rico's most common specialties, Counseling Psychologist is the most prominent one with no provider currently listing a Ponce practice address, a coverage gap Ponce patients typically fill by traveling to a larger nearby hub.

For Ponce 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 Ponce, PR?

There are 3,338 registered healthcare providers in Ponce, PR, covering 25 or more specialties. This includes physicians, dentists, therapists, and other licensed providers.

What are the most common medical specialties in Ponce?

The most common specialties in Ponce are Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program, Clinical Psychologist, General Practice Physician, Pharmacist, Clinical Social Worker. Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program has the most providers with 974.

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.