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 37 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. Milangie NistalRegistered Nurse1932779485
  2. Michelle NovoaStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1023709581
  3. Ayden NunezSpecialist1417592346
  4. Isabel NunezStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1003665175
  5. Iselmarie Nunez, PT, DPTPhysical Therapist1891484663
  6. Lina Nunez, RPTPhysical Therapist1578880951
  7. Tatiana Nunez, MDEmergency Medicine Physician1356961924
  8. Alberto Nunez FidalgoStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1659293751
  9. Marilyn Nunez OquendoMassage Therapist1730965815
  10. Jose Nunez-Orta, DMDDentist1437548658
  11. James O'Neil, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1548115470
  12. Jeamilette O'Neill, A.U.D.Specialist1932175841
  13. Manuela Ocampo, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1154266005
  14. Karol Ocasio Gutierrez, M. ED.School Psychologist1871412148
  15. Carlos Ocasio RamirezStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1508750571
  16. Jose Ocasio-RiveraClinical Social Worker1073038857
  17. Mildred Ocasio-Santiago, DMDGeneral Practice Dentistry1669525176
  18. Jose F Ocasto, MDSurgery Physician1326029646
  19. Natalie Ojeda AlvarezCase Manager/Care Coordinator1427443548
  20. Fernando Ojeda-FonsecaGeneral Practice Physician1154066207
  21. Jennifer Olan MaldonadoClinical Social Worker1427976315
  22. Jose Olivari, M.D.General Practice Physician1992912240
  23. Vasco Oliveira, PH.D., M.D.Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1093244477
  24. Gerardo OlivellaGeneral Practice Physician1578040648
  25. Oscar OlivenciaStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1386325520
  26. Osmary Olivencia Sanchez, PSY.DClinical Psychologist1932250925
  27. Valeria OliverStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1053995035
  28. Pedro Oliver Segarra, MDEmergency Medicine Physician1114637626
  29. Maria Oliver-Ricart, MDAnatomic Pathology & Clinical Pathology Physician1972081891
  30. Wilmarie OliveraClinical Social Worker1841645215
  31. Eduardo Olivera Acevedo, MDStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1821641895
  32. Adriana OliverasStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1770403818
  33. Ana Oliveras, RPHPharmacist1396759106
  34. David Oliveras, TAC-III-05-20-9071Addiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1003697442
  35. Jofgrek Oliveras Gotay, M.D.General Practice Physician1053495218
  36. Rafael Oliveras-Rentas, PSY.D.Clinical Psychologist1447344114
  37. Suleyka Olivero-RiveraClinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Physician1124312657
  38. Odette Olivieri, MDPediatrics Physician1497863807
  39. Gabriela Olmedo VegaStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1720936644
  40. Rafael Oms Rivera, MDPhysical Medicine & Rehabilitation Physician1629140926
  41. Sebastian Ongay TorresStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1568149821
  42. Yolymar Oquendo AlvaradoStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1902771702
  43. Adriana Oquendo LopezStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1508780156
  44. Angeris Oquendo-Cruz, PSYDPsychologist1013707314
  45. Kevin Orellana PerdomoStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1558287789
  46. Bethzaida Orengo, DOCTORATE IN CLINICAClinical Psychologist1255605168
  47. Katherine OrengoSpeech-Language Assistant1124989561
  48. Arielys Orengo Acevedo, PSYDClinical Psychologist1891684239
  49. Dennis Orengo Borrero, CSWClinical Social Worker1992404198
  50. Karla Orengo GonzalezStudent in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program1831030154

The largest Puerto Rico cities

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

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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.