Medical access in Cayey
Cayey has 91 verified specialists in the federal registry for 44,328 residents: 20.5 per 10,000. The island median is 4.9.
Called several offices and nobody called you back? Or called and the number no longer exists?
It is not that you are doing something wrong. The federal government already measured what is happening to you in Cayey: an official shortage designation (dental health, 20 of 25 points). What you are living has a name, a number, and a date. Here it is, in plain language.
🏛️ The federal government already recognized the shortage here
Cayey has an active federal provider-shortage designation (HPSA): dental health (score 20/25). That is not our opinion: it is HRSA, the federal health agency. What that means and the money it brings →
The numbers that do not add up (until you see the third one)
The official record and what you see, side by side. Neither one is lying; they measure different things. The line below each card explains which.
Cayey has 20 dentists in the federal registry.
And it is still a federal dental shortage area: 20 of 25 points, among the highest scores there are.
How can both be true? The designation measures access for the low-income population: 7,860 people per available dentist for that group. There are dentists. What is missing is an appointment for those on the government plan.
⚠️ And a detail almost nobody knows: the federal government does not remove anyone from the registry on its own. When a doctor or dentist retires, moves, or closes the office, it is on them to take themselves out of the system, and many never do. That is why these counts are a ceiling, not a floor: the real shortage can be worse than the number says. And it is why people call an office "in the registry" and find it already closed. Every name below links its federal NPI so you can confirm before making the trip.
The diagnosis already comes with money
This information was always public. It was scattered across four federal databases, in English. We just gathered it and put it in plain language.
What almost nobody knows: a shortage designation is not just a diagnosis. It is a key. It unlocks real federal money:
- 💵A dentist or dental hygienist, the same: up to $50,000, and Cayey's 20/25 score competes near the top of the priority list.
The problem is already recognized and funded. What is missing is not a diagnosis. It is more professionals knowing the key exists.
Are you a health professional? See if your site qualifies: nhsc.hrsa.gov · FY2026 cycle figures (HRSA), verified Jul 2026.
What Cayey HAS
Tap any to see the full list with names and phone numbers.
Full directory of Cayey
Every name by category, alphabetical. Tap one for their profile, phone, and the link to verify their NPI in the federal registry.
🤧 Allergist / Immunologist 1
💉 Anesthesiologist 4
👂 Audiologist 6
❤️ Cardiologist 9
🦷 Dentist 20
- Addison Flores Call
- Desiree M Correa Carro Call
- Gilbert H Lopez Call
- Irma I Santiago Call
- Jaime E Diaz Vicente Call
- Jaime J Diaz Correa Call
- Jose E. Berrios Call
- Jose Miguel Feliu Baez Call
- Juan C Hernandez Call
- Judith Ortiz Colon Call
- Maria I Vera Call
- Maria Idamis Torres Pillich Call
- Mario J Herrera Call
- Monica Marie Oliveras Serrano Call
- Orban Mendoza Marin Call
- Paolo Arguinzoni Call
- Ramon Torres Call
- Roberto A Torres Call
- Thomas Manuel Medina Call
- Wanda Iris Rodriguez Call
🧴 Dermatologist 1
🫘 Dialysis Center 2
🥗 Dietitian / Nutritionist 4
🚑 Emergency Medicine 7
👂 ENT (Ear, Nose & Throat) 2
👨👩👧 Family Medicine 8
🩺 Gastroenterologist 3
🔪 General Surgeon 8
👵 Geriatrician 1
🏠 Home Health Agency 1
🏥 Hospital (CMS-certified) 1
🦠 Infectious Disease 3
🩺 Internal Medicine 23
- Abimael Jose Velez Velez Call
- Alvin Torres Call
- Biomaris Medina-Rivera Call
- Brenda I Mora Rodriguez Call
- Carlos H Angel Hoyos Call
- Elsie L Rosario Call
- Emily Velazquez Gutierrez Call
- Gerald C Mazo Cruzado Call
- Hector A Santos Rivera Call
- Ivan Fernando Irizarry Rodriguez Call
- Jacqueline Fernandez Estrada Call
- Jorge Luis Sanchez Cotto Call
- Juan A Mendoza Ortiz Call
- Lidiannie Otero de Leon Call
- Marta R. Ortiz-Pagan Call
- Natallie Judith Deida Perez Call
- Pedro A Granados Call
- Ricardo Jimenez Call
- Roberto Sandoval Rodriguez Call
- Rosa A Coca Call
- Sandra Ivette Vazquez Call
- Trinidad Mercado Call
- Wilberto Santiago Rodriguez Call
🫘 Nephrologist (Kidney) 4
💉 Nurse Practitioner (NP) 4
🖐️ Occupational Therapist 7
🎗️ Oncologist / Hematologist 3
👁️ Ophthalmologist (Eye MD) 1
👓 Optometrist 8
🦴 Orthopedic Surgeon 4
🧒 Pediatrician 2
💊 Pharmacist 45
- Alex Francisco Rodriguez-Ramos Call
- Alexandra Hernandez Call
- Ana Gabriela Flores Santiago Call
- Ana I Rodriguez-Rivero Call
- Angel Rafael Rodriguez-Rivera Call
- Arleen Y Echeandia-Feo Call
- Brenda Camacho Perez Call
- Carmen Alicia Lameiro Bonilla Call
- Carmen Amalia Aponte Call
- Carmen L Tirado Call
- Carmen Luisa Lopez Call
- Carmen M Gonzalez Call
- Celines Rodriguez Call
- Cristina del Rosario Vazquez Call
- David Guerrero de Hostos Call
- Edna Y Arguinzoni Call
- Elena Rivera Call
- Gloria W Rivera Collazo Call
- Hilda Magaly Quiles Call
- Ileana Rodriguez Call
- Ivette D Sotomayor Call
- Jeanaira Rosado Call
- Jelisabel Irizarry Call
- Jose M Torres Burgos Call
- Julio Ortiz Cruz Call
- Kelie A Nicholson Velez Call
- Manuel Elias Torres Cintron Call
- Maria De Los A Rivera Call
- Migdalia Sepulveda Call
- Mildred Gonzalez Call
- Nasla Sharie Duran Call
- Nelida Serrano Call
- Nereida Jimenez Call
- Nidza Torres Call
- Nina Liz Guzman Call
- Nydia Fe Rivera Call
- Ricardo Aponte Call
- Riviam Perez Rodriguez Call
- Sandra M Burgos Call
- Sandra Melendez Call
- Solymar Rivera Matos Call
- Yalexly Ortega Call
- Yarielis Delmar Badillo Pagan Call
- Yazmin Ortiz del Valle Call
- Yosue Ramirez Call
🩺 Physiatrist (Rehab) 6
🏃 Physical Therapist 2
🩺 Physician Assistant (PA) 7
🦶 Podiatrist 1
💬 Professional Counselor 9
🧠 Psychiatrist 2
🧠 Psychologist 9
🫁 Pulmonologist (Lungs) 3
🩻 Radiologist 5
🦴 Rheumatologist (Arthritis) 1
🗣️ Speech-Language Pathologist 17
- Celinette Malave Rivera Call
- Delmi Yamilet Collazo Call
- Elizabeth Rabell Call
- Gabriela Alexandra Ramos Ramos Call
- Genesis Berrios Diaz Call
- Janneliz Marie Collado Lebron Call
- Jeannette I Pagan
- Jeannette Rolon Call
- Julia Enid Jimenez Franco Call
- Leira I Rodriguez Henriquez Call
- Maricelis Rosario-Robles Call
- Melissa Bezares Lamboy Call
- Neytza Rodriguez Call
- Patricia Torres Colon Call
- Paula Almenas Adames Call
- Wanda I Abac Vega Call
- Zoarelith Rodriguez Call
🫁 Thoracic Surgeon 1
⏱️ Urgent Care 1
🩺 Urologist 2
What is MISSING (and where the nearest one is)
Of the most sought-after specialists, these have no verified practice in Cayey:
- ✗🤰 OB-GYN: none verified here; the Centro region has 3 →
A specialist missing from town is not always a crisis: what matters is how far the nearest one is and whether the appointment comes in time. That is why each gap shows where they DO exist.
📋 Citable facts about Cayey
For press, mayors, school papers, or Facebook arguments: copy the fact with the source attached.
Cayey has 91 verified medical specialists for 44,328 residents: 20.5 per 10,000. Rank 68 of Puerto Rico's 78 municipalities (median: 4.9).
Source: federal NPPES registry + Census · registromedicopr.com/pueblo/cayey
Cayey has 2 verified psychiatrists. In Puerto Rico, 36 municipalities have none.
Source: federal NPPES registry + Census · registromedicopr.com/pueblo/cayey
Cayey has no verified practice of: OB-GYN.
Source: federal NPPES registry + Census · registromedicopr.com/pueblo/cayey
Cayey has an active federal shortage designation (HPSA) for dental health (score 20/25, 7,860 low-income residents per provider), per HRSA.
Source: federal NPPES registry + Census · registromedicopr.com/pueblo/cayey
Cayey's HPSA designation unlocks federal NHSC loan repayment: up to $50,000 per 2 years for dental health providers serving the designated area (HRSA, FY2026 cycle).
Source: federal NPPES registry + Census · registromedicopr.com/pueblo/cayey
🔔 I will let you know when a new one arrives in Cayey
When a new specialist shows up verified in the federal registry for this town, I will email you. That is it. No spam, no marketing list.
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