Medical access in Dorado
Dorado has 60 verified specialists in the federal registry for 36,141 residents: 16.6 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 Dorado: an official shortage designation (dental health, 22 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
Dorado has an active federal provider-shortage designation (HPSA): dental health (score 22/25). 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.
Dorado has 14 dentists in the federal registry.
And it is still a federal dental shortage area: 22 of 25 points, among the highest scores there are.
How can both be true? The designation measures access for the low-income population: 22,064 people per available dentist for that group. There are dentists. What is missing is an appointment for those on the government plan.
40 pharmacists to fill your prescription.
1 cardiologist, 1 oncologist, and 1 neurologist to write it.
The chain is complete at the end and broken at the start: the medicine arrives easily, the prescription does not.
⚠️ 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 Dorado's 22/25 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 Dorado HAS
Tap any to see the full list with names and phone numbers.
Full directory of Dorado
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 2
👂 Audiologist 2
❤️ Cardiologist 1
🦷 Dentist 14
- Alexandra Marie Ortiz Javier Call
- Alfredo Felipe Sanchez Call
- Derrick Ranier Champion Call
- Elizabeth Suzanne Rosellini Call
- Guillermo Jose Berrios Garcia Call
- Helios A Zeno Call
- Luis F Jimenez Call
- Luis M Tirado Call
- Maria E Nater Call
- Myriel Torres Call
- Priscilla Milagros Melendez Call
- Rafael A Melendez Call
- Rolando Torres-Rivera Call
- Scharie T Jordan Call
🧴 Dermatologist 7
🫘 Dialysis Center 2
🥗 Dietitian / Nutritionist 7
🚑 Emergency Medicine 5
👨👩👧 Family Medicine 8
🩺 Gastroenterologist 2
🔪 General Surgeon 5
👵 Geriatrician 1
🏠 Home Health Agency 2
🕊️ Hospice 1
🦠 Infectious Disease 1
🩺 Internal Medicine 8
💉 Nurse Practitioner (NP) 3
🤰 OB-GYN 1
🖐️ Occupational Therapist 9
🎗️ Oncologist / Hematologist 1
👁️ Ophthalmologist (Eye MD) 5
👓 Optometrist 5
🦴 Orthopedic Surgeon 1
🧒 Pediatrician 1
💊 Pharmacist 40
- Adriana Beatriz Diaz Bula Call
- Alberto Alvarado Call
- Alejandro Rivera Call
- Ana M Lopez Call
- Ashley Marie Rodriguez Vazquez Call
- Belmarie Palen Soberal Call
- Brenda Rosa Oquendo Call
- Carmen A. Remigio Call
- Carmen Agosto Call
- Denise Santiago Jimenez Call
- Evelyn Diaz-Perez Call
- Gladiany Ramos Marrero Call
- Ileana M Gonzalez Call
- Jeannette Otero Call
- Jomar Alexis Medina Ortiz Call
- Jose Guillermo Garcia Bayon Call
- Josefina Curet Prestamo Call
- Juan Hidalgo Call
- Juan Maysonet-Camacho Call
- Judith Perez Call
- Laura Ivette Alvarez-Salgado Call
- Leyda Morales Arocho Call
- Liza Nivia Otero Call
- Luis F Rosario Osoria Call
- Lydia Rosa Colon Call
- Mara Nieves-Alvarez Call
- Maria S Marrero Call
- Mariely Diaz Call
- Mario E. Laureano Call
- Marycelis Ramos Rodriguez Call
- Nayda Mercedes Rivera Call
- Nelson Torres Call
- Olga Salgado Call
- Patzy Anzalota Call
- Samira Mieles Call
- Sasha M Carattini Martinez Call
- Saul Dastas Call
- Wilma M Guzman Call
- Yaneily Mari Vicenty Call
- Yasmin Marin Torres Call
🩺 Physiatrist (Rehab) 2
🏃 Physical Therapist 3
🩺 Physician Assistant (PA) 3
💬 Professional Counselor 9
🧠 Psychiatrist 2
🧠 Psychologist 11
🫁 Pulmonologist (Lungs) 1
🩻 Radiologist 3
🗣️ Speech-Language Pathologist 23
- Auricelli Torres Call
- Carmelo Nieves-Colon Call
- Gabriela M Rivera Lopez Call
- Gedaliz Leon Ortolaza Call
- Gilbert Otero Giboyeaux Call
- Gisela Martinez Call
- Jacqueline Mercado Call
- Jaileene E Baez Call
- Jeisha L Vicenty Call
- Jennifer Gonzalez Call
- Karely Escobar Call
- Kayley M Ortega Sustache Call
- Lilliam Vega Call
- Linda J. Martinez Call
- Marta Elena Martinez Call
- Monica Barbosa Call
- Nicole Hernandez Call
- Rafaela Padin Call
- Rebeca Fernandez Call
- Rosa Colon Call
- Wanda I Rodriguez Call
- Xiomaris Rodriguez Nunez Call
- Zaira Ivette Vega Rosario Call
🩺 Urologist 2
📋 Citable facts about Dorado
For press, mayors, school papers, or Facebook arguments: copy the fact with the source attached.
Dorado has 60 verified medical specialists for 36,141 residents: 16.6 per 10,000. Rank 63 of Puerto Rico's 78 municipalities (median: 4.9).
Source: federal NPPES registry + Census · registromedicopr.com/pueblo/dorado
Dorado has 2 verified psychiatrists. In Puerto Rico, 36 municipalities have none.
Source: federal NPPES registry + Census · registromedicopr.com/pueblo/dorado
Dorado has an active federal shortage designation (HPSA) for dental health (score 22/25, 22,064 low-income residents per provider), per HRSA.
Source: federal NPPES registry + Census · registromedicopr.com/pueblo/dorado
Dorado'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/dorado
🔔 I will let you know when a new one arrives in Dorado
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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