Joseph Salem Challita, MD
Pediatrics Physician · Carolina, PR
Joseph Salem Challita, MD is a pediatrics physician with a practice address in Carolina, Puerto Rico, and NPI 1578522413, issued on Mar 20, 2006. Check the license (Puerto Rico 10552, as entered in NPPES) with the Puerto Rico board that licenses this profession; the Medicare figures below come from public CMS files.
- Name
- Joseph Salem Challita
- Credential
- MD
- Primary taxonomy
- Pediatrics Physician 208000000X
- License number
- 10552 PR
Self-reported in NPPES; status is on the state search - Practice location
- Carolina Shopping Court, Suite 201 A, Carolina, PR 00985
- Phone
- (787) 767-8758
- Enumerated
- Mar 20, 2006
- Record last updated
- Sep 19, 2022
- Fax
- (844) 759-2966
- Medicaid ID
- 38109600 PR
- Entity
- Type 1 · individual
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Also registered at Carolina Shopping Court, Suite 201 A
A shared address usually means a shared clinic or building; it does not show who employs whom.
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Verify Joseph Salem Challita in five checks
- 1IdentityNPI record in CMS NPPESNPI lookupConfirmed in NPPES
- 2LicenseActive license and public ordersWhich Puerto Rico board licenses this profession
Search for license 10552Check the board - 3Other statesLicenses and actions elsewhereDocInfo (FSMB)Not checked
- 4ExclusionsMedicare and Medicaid bansHHS-OIG exclusion listNot checked
- 5CertificationBoard certificationABMS AOA NCCPA AANPNot checked
95% fewer Medicare Part D claims than the average pediatrics physician in 2024
20 Medicare Part D claims, against an average of 375 among the 5,609 providers of this specialty who prescribed in Part D.
Source: CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers by Provider and Drug, 2024 (data.cms.gov). Part D covers prescriptions for Medicare patients only; drugs with fewer than 11 claims are not published.
Joseph Salem Challita among 808 pediatrics physician records in Puerto Rico
Joseph Salem Challita, MD is one of 808 pediatrics physician records with a practice address in Puerto Rico. 56% of them appear in a Medicare file (Part D prescribing, MIPS, Open Payments or Medicare group billing); this one does. Its NPI, issued in 2006, is newer than 12% of them.
- NPI issued2006 · 12% of these records are older, 47% newer
- In a Medicare fileYes · 56% of these records are
- In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians fileNo · under 1% of these records are
- Record last updated2022 · 64% of these records were not updated in five years or more
Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026, every record with primary taxonomy 208000000X and a Puerto Rico practice address; Medicare files: CMS Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024, Doctors and Clinicians (data.cms.gov).
27 pediatrics physician records list a practice address in Carolina
They are 27 of the 1,535 NPPES records with a practice address in Carolina, and 808 pediatrics physician records in Puerto Rico.
All 808 in Puerto Rico → Every provider in Carolina → Pediatrics Physician nationwide →
The 8 pediatrics physician records with the nearest ZIP codes
- Bernadette Barbosa, M.D.Carolina, PR 009851760466940
- Dania Berroa, M.D.Carolina, PR 009851255523379
- Carlos Gonzalez, MDCarolina, PR 009851720070055
- Ariel Gonzalez, M.D.Carolina, PR 009851235261785
- Rosana Rosario, MDCarolina, PR 009851972564821
- Edith Calderon, M.D.Carolina, PR 009841952384257
- Mariana Lopez-Vazquez, M.D.Carolina, PR 009841568457802
- Jeannette Lube, M.D.Carolina, PR 009841841269941
Common questions
What is Joseph Salem Challita, MD's NPI number?
Joseph Salem Challita, MD's National Provider Identifier (NPI) is 1578522413, issued on Mar 20, 2006. An NPI identifies a provider in billing; it is not a license.
Where is Joseph Salem Challita, MD located?
The NPPES record lists a practice address at Carolina Shopping Court, Suite 201 A, Carolina, PR, 00985. Phone: (787) 767-8758. Providers update this record themselves, so call before visiting.
How can I verify Joseph Salem Challita, MD's license?
NPPES lists Puerto Rico license number 10552, as entered by the provider. Search the Puerto Rico board that licenses this profession; the NPPES record confirms identity only.
How much does Joseph Salem Challita, MD prescribe under Medicare Part D?
In 2024, Joseph Salem Challita, MD had 20 Medicare Part D claims; the average among pediatrics physician prescribers was 375. Part D covers Medicare prescriptions only.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy. Medicare files from data.cms.gov. An NPI identifies who bills; it is not a license.
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.