NPPES file of Aug 9, 2026

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician in Puerto Rico

20 NPPES records list thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician with a practice address in Puerto Rico. San Juan and Bayamon have the most; each record links to the provider's NPI.

CMS NPPES registry, file of Aug 9, 2026; 2023 Census estimates · NUCC 208G00000X · method

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

San Juan has the most, 8

  1. San Juan8
  2. Bayamon4
  3. Ponce3
  4. Mayaguez2
  5. Arecibo1

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician records in Puerto Rico

  1. Javier Castillo Granero, M.D.Bayamon, PR 009591598086357
  2. Alex Cedeno Rodriguez, M.D.San Juan, PR 009271932492139
  3. Jose Colon Perez, MDSan Juan, PR 009091689659088
  4. Ivan Gonzalez-Cancel, MDSan Juan, PR 009271720084171
  5. Juan Hernandez-Maldonado, MDSan Juan, PR 009171871512764
  6. Luis Iguina Mella, MDArecibo, PR 006121861550550
  7. Orlando Lopez De Victoria Rivera, M.D.Bayamon, PR 009591568450492
  8. Freddy Madera, M.D.Mayaguez, PR 006821568849859
  9. Alberto Maldonado-Molina, MDPonce, PR 007171689641631
  10. Elizardo Matos Cruz, M.D.San Juan, PR 009211346283785
  11. Francisco Melendez Quinones, M.D.San Juan, PR 009361659389187
  12. Eugenio Mulero Portela, M.D.Mayaguez, PR 006821669464517
  13. Jose Oneill-Rivera, M.D.Bayamon, PR 009611275557373
  14. Jose Quilichini, M.D.San Juan, PR 009261275646044
  15. Cid Quintana, MDSan Juan, PR 009361255325759
  16. Jorge Rodriguez-Pagan, MDCayey, PR 007371518168905
  17. Jose Rodriguez-Vega, M.D.Bayamon, PR 009611316940570
  18. Javier Ruiz Aburto, MD, FACS, FICSPonce, PR 007171295768604
  19. Ernesto Soltero, M.D.Ponce, PR 007171114077021
  20. Juan Vilaro Nelms, MDGuaynabo, PR 009661346233871

Source: CMS NPPES, primary taxonomy 208G00000X: records by practice city and the list of records, file of Aug 9, 2026.

85.0% of these records appear in a Medicare file, against 76.2% nationally

A Medicare file here is Part D prescribing (2024), a MIPS score (2023), an Open Payments record (2024) or Medicare group billing (CMS Doctors and Clinicians). A record outside them may still see patients: these files cover Medicare only.

  1. Puerto Rico85.0%
  2. United States76.2%

Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician records in Puerto Rico, measured

  • In a Medicare file17 of 20 · 85.0% here, 76.2% nationally
  • In the CMS Doctors and Clinicians file11 · 55.0% here, 63.5% nationally
  • Not updated in five years or more13 · 65.0% here, 54.0% nationally
  • Median graduation year1985 · the 11 records with a school on file

Source: CMS NPPES, file of Aug 9, 2026 (primary taxonomy 208G00000X); CMS Medicare Part D Prescribers 2024, MIPS 2023, Open Payments 2024 and Doctors and Clinicians, matched by NPI.

What the count covers

20 NPPES records list thoracic surgery (cardiothoracic vascular surgery) physician (208G00000X) as their primary taxonomy with a practice address in Puerto Rico. San Juan has 8 of them (40%).

A record is a registration a provider made and keeps up to date: it shows neither that the provider is licensed nor that they still practice there. The state's own license search is the check.

States with a similar number

  1. New Mexico20
  2. Hawaii19
  3. North Dakota18
  4. Rhode Island18

States with a similar rate per 100,000

  1. Idaho1.2
  2. Oklahoma1.3
  3. Georgia1.4
  4. Nevada1.4

The largest states

  1. California634
  2. Texas484
  3. Florida468
  4. New York446
  5. Pennsylvania377

Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov); NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy; 2023 Census population estimates. A registry record 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.