Medical access in Trujillo Alto
Trujillo Alto has 32 verified specialists in the federal registry for 67,780 residents: 4.7 per 10,000. The island median is 4.9.
🧠 Trujillo Alto is one of the municipalities without a single psychiatrist. It is not an isolated case: there are 36 across the island. The full map →
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 Trujillo Alto: 2 official shortage designations (dental health, 20 of 25 points; mental health, 18 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
Trujillo Alto has 2 active federal provider-shortage designations (HPSA): dental health (score 20/25) · mental health (score 18/25). 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.
Trujillo Alto 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: 15,160 people per available dentist for that group. There are dentists. What is missing is an appointment for those on the government plan.
0 psychiatrists and 11 psychologists in the registry.
For the low-income population, the federal count comes to people per available mental health provider.
The designation measures outpatient appointments available to low-income patients, not total offices. That is why the federal number and the list above can say different things and both be true.
64 pharmacists to fill your prescription.
0 cardiologists, 0 oncologists, 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 psychologist, counselor, clinical social worker, or psychiatrist practicing here can qualify for the federal government to repay up to $50,000 of their student loans (National Health Service Corps, 2 years of service).
- 💵A dentist or dental hygienist, the same: up to $50,000, and Trujillo Alto'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 Trujillo Alto HAS
Tap any to see the full list with names and phone numbers.
Full directory of Trujillo Alto
Every name by category, alphabetical. Tap one for their profile, phone, and the link to verify their NPI in the federal registry.
🦷 Dentist 20
- Alberto Luis Martinez Call
- Ana N. Lopez Call
- Annette Soler Call
- Brenda J Latorre Call
- Elsimarie Rosa-Hernandez Call
- Emilia Del C Cardona Rivera Call
- Ernesto G Curbelo Marrero Call
- Felix Pereira Diaz Call
- Fernando Luis Joglar Call
- Francisco Rosa Call
- Juliana Ramirez Call
- Luis Alberto Cruz Call
- Luis Alberto Negron Call
- Luis Alberto Quinones Call
- Maria del Rocio Quinones-Gonzalez Call
- Pedro Luis Hernandez Call
- Stephanie Monique Marrero Cervoni Call
- Veronica Monllor Call
- Wilda Guzman Call
- Zoraya Diaz Monserrate Call
🫘 Dialysis Center 1
🥗 Dietitian / Nutritionist 11
🚑 Emergency Medicine 5
👨👩👧 Family Medicine 3
🩺 Gastroenterologist 2
🏠 Home Health Agency 6
🦠 Infectious Disease 1
🩺 Internal Medicine 3
💉 Nurse Practitioner (NP) 3
🖐️ Occupational Therapist 7
👓 Optometrist 8
🧒 Pediatrician 3
💊 Pharmacist 64
- Alfredo Jose Hernandez Call
- Amarylis Latorre Call
- Amelia Diaz Call
- Ana Beatriz Hernandez Diaz Call
- Ana Iglesias Call
- Ana Malave Call
- Ana Mary Pineiro Salgado Call
- Andrea Del Mar Cardona Acevedo Call
- Annabelle Vazquez Call
- Annette Colon Rodriguez Call
- Beatriz C Jimenez Mangual Call
- Carla Alejandro Call
- Carmen Isabel Guillama Call
- Carmen Rosado Call
- Damaris Lopez Call
- David J Lopez-Maldonado Call
- David Vargas Call
- Eli Setlain Montoyo Rosario Call
- Elisa F Vivo Call
- Everedith Y Tavarez Call
- Francisco Marcelo Escoda Call
- Francisco Ramirez Call
- Gabriel la Santa Call
- Gabriela Maria Sosa Piernes Call
- Gloria Ivelisse Trinidad Call
- Gloria Z Marchand Call
- Graciela Cruz Call
- Gustavo Jimenez Call
- Harold Alexis Quiles Torres Call
- Ileanexis Torres Call
- Ivonne M Santos Dejesus Call
- Jackimarie Nunez Vellon Call
- Javier Irizarry-Acosta Call
- Jessica Nicole Rios - Santiago Call
- Jessy Anette Marrero-Carrasquillo Call
- Jose A Zayas Call
- Joshua Wool Call
- Juan Rodriguez Call
- Kathleen Alamo Call
- Krismarie Carrasquillo Nieves Call
- Leyla Vera Mercado Call
- Luz Maria Gordon Roman Call
- Magali Pineiro Call
- Manuel Fuentes Valentin Call
- Maria Matias Call
- Maria Russe Call
- Maribel Diaz Call
- Marisol Lopez Call
- Michelle Quinones Call
- Migdalia Quiles Call
- Mirsonia L Perez Call
- Myrtelina Rosado Call
- Neian Enic Contreras Alvarado Call
- Nilmari Miranda Merced Call
- Olga E. Lebron Call
- Olga Milena Colon Call
- Saribel Martinez Call
- Shaina Marie Santiago Vargas Call
- Sibelle Gonzalez-Torres Call
- Silvino Negrin Call
- Vivianna M Mas-Kildare Call
- Yamitza Marie Ortiz Torres Call
- Yolanda Lourdes Arrubarrena Call
- Zulma Idalia Bonilla Call
🩺 Physiatrist (Rehab) 1
🏃 Physical Therapist 18
- Caroll Lynn Garcia Call
- Dinorah Arzola Call
- Edna L Velez Call
- Elimaris Fuentes Tirado Call
- Eneida Diaz-Adorno Call
- Giselle Annette Rodriguez Call
- Jenniffer Gonzalez Call
- Joanne M. Ortiz Call
- Juan Miguel Perez Call
- Lizbeth Gomez Carrasquillo Call
- Luisa Ramos Call
- Milagros Soto-Fierro Call
- Nilma E Lugo Call
- Nilmarie Soto de Jesus Call
- Odalis A Reyes Diaz Call
- Rafael Antonio Lopez Andino Call
- Ruth Diaz Morales Call
- Zuziwe Sanchez Call
🩺 Physician Assistant (PA) 2
💬 Professional Counselor 9
🧠 Psychologist 11
🫁 Pulmonologist (Lungs) 1
🗣️ Speech-Language Pathologist 27
- Amarilis Santiago Call
- Carmen Mercedes Tatis De Leon Call
- Edna I Gonzalez Call
- Gabriela Ivana Montilla Rivera Call
- Heidy Salgado Call
- Jackeline Perez Carrasquillo Call
- Jeniece Montalvo Call
- Karina Vidal-Luquis Call
- Keiry Torres Call
- Larianne Lliran Ortega Call
- Laura M Valdes Diaz Call
- Lourdes Adames Call
- Mara Zoe Feliciano Call
- Maria Cristina Perales Velez Call
- Mariel Vega Call
- Monica Torres Call
- Nadina Velez Marrero Call
- Nereida Robles Rosa Call
- Paola Castro Call
- Roxanna Cabrera Bartolomei Call
- Stephanie Feliciano-Guadalupe Call
- Yaleika Collazo Call
- Yara Liz Quirindongo Montanez Call
- Yaritza M Maldonado Berrios Call
- Yeliffer Marie Lorenzo Call
- Zahira M. Corchado Garcia Call
- Zaidelys Rodriguez Fernandez Call
⏱️ Urgent Care 1
What is MISSING (and where the nearest one is)
Of the most sought-after specialists, these have no verified practice in Trujillo Alto:
- ✗🧠 Psychiatrist: none verified here; the Metro region has 348 →
- ✗❤️ Cardiologist: none verified here; the Metro region has 182 →
- ✗🤰 OB-GYN: none verified here; the Metro region has 78 →
- ✗👵 Geriatrician: none verified here; the Metro region has 73 →
- ✗🎗️ Oncologist / Hematologist: none verified here; the Metro region has 86 →
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 Trujillo Alto
For press, mayors, school papers, or Facebook arguments: copy the fact with the source attached.
Trujillo Alto has 32 verified medical specialists for 67,780 residents: 4.7 per 10,000. Rank 37 of Puerto Rico's 78 municipalities (median: 4.9).
Source: federal NPPES registry + Census · registromedicopr.com/pueblo/trujillo-alto
Trujillo Alto has not a single verified psychiatrist. It is one of 36 Puerto Rico municipalities with none.
Source: federal NPPES registry + Census · registromedicopr.com/pueblo/trujillo-alto
Trujillo Alto has no verified practice of: Psychiatrist, Cardiologist, OB-GYN, Geriatrician, Oncologist / Hematologist.
Source: federal NPPES registry + Census · registromedicopr.com/pueblo/trujillo-alto
Trujillo Alto has an active federal shortage designation (HPSA) for dental health (score 20/25, 15,160 low-income residents per provider) and mental health (score 18/25), per HRSA.
Source: federal NPPES registry + Census · registromedicopr.com/pueblo/trujillo-alto
Trujillo Alto's HPSA designation unlocks federal NHSC loan repayment: up to $50,000 per 2 years for dental health and mental health providers serving the designated area (HRSA, FY2026 cycle).
Source: federal NPPES registry + Census · registromedicopr.com/pueblo/trujillo-alto
🔔 I will let you know when a new one arrives in Trujillo Alto
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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