Puerto Vallarta and Banderas Bay Area Doctors and Hospitals.

Local Health & Beauty Resources


With the escalating cost of U.S. health care and prescription medications, its good to know that most of the medical technology and procedures available in the United States can be found in Puerto Vallarta at a fraction of the price . . .

Whether you are here for a visit, or here to stay, good health care is important, and here in Puerto Vallarta there are many doctors and medical specialists offering high-quality emergency care, as well as routine medical and surgical procedures, in modern hospitals and clinics using cutting-edge medical technologies.

Since it's no secret that medical procedures, plastic surgery and cosmetic dentistry are less expensive in Puerto Vallarta, the search for "the fountain of youth" and simple good health often leads people here. With lower costs for the latest techniques and technologies available, many vacationers return home looking, and feeling, young and beautiful.

Medical Tourism

Medical Tourism is the new buzzword in the health care industry. People travel to Puerto Vallarta from around the world for numerous reasons including long waits in their home countries, insurance denials and cost. And what better place to recover than in Puerto Vallarta!

Puerto Vallarta and Banderas Bay Area Doctors and Hospitals

(provided by the Canadian Consulate)

NOTE: Although the Canadian Consulate used care in compiling this list, they can not guarantee or otherwise assume responsibility for the professional competence or integrity of the individuals/companies whose names are listed below.


They also wish to point out that many reputable doctors and dentists have chosen not to be included on the list; consequently no negative connotation can be drawn by the absence of names from the list.

GENERAL MEDICINE / IN CASE OF EMERGENCY

Dr. Jaime Arturo Castañeda (House calls & hotel visits)
CMQ Hospital
Basilio Badillo 365
Col. Emiliano Zapata, Puerto Vallarta
Tel: (322) 223-1919 / 223-6011 / 222-5119
Emergencies: 044-322-227-5140
24 hour service / English Spoken

Family and Emergency Clinic
Terra Medica
Calle Yugoslavia No. 149
Col. Versalles,Puerto Vallarta
Tel: (322) 225-4225 / 10 am - 8 pm
Emergencies: 01-800-225-4225
English Spoken

Dr. Antonio Matilla
CMQ Hospital
Basilio Badillo 365
Col. Emiliano Zapata, Puerto Vallarta
Tel: (322) 223-1919
Emergencies: 044-322-294-1631
24 hour service / English Spoken

AMBULANCES

Medlink Ambulance
Blvd. Francisco Medina Ascencio
Plaza Neptuno Local D-1, Marina Vallarta
Tel: (322) 226-2080
Fax: (322) 226-2060
English Spoken

Cruz Roja (Red Cross)
Río Balsas Y Río Plata, Col. López Mateos
Col. Lopez Mateos,Puerto Vallarta
Tel: (322) 222-1533
Fax: (322) 222-4973

ALLERGIST

Dra. Angeles Juan Pineda
Revolución No. 110 Conj. Veracruz
Col. Bobadilla, Puerto Vallarta
Tel: (322) 224-3231
Emergencies: 044-322-294-0410
English Spoken

CARDIOLOGISTS

Dr. Leslie Swindle
Amerimed Hospital
Plaza Neptuno, Local D-1, Marina Vallarta
Tel: (322) 226-2080
Fax: (322) 226-2060
Emergencies: 044-322-107-5461
English Spoken

Dr. Adolfo Curiel
Hospital CMQ
Basilio Badillo No. 365
Col. Emiliano Zapata, Puerto Vallarta
Tel: (322) 223-1919
Emergencies: 044-322-779-7738
English Spoken

DENTISTS

Dental Center
Dra. Carla Iliana Rangel
Calle Yugoslavia No. 149
Col. Versalles, Puerto Vallarta
Tel: (322) 224-5585 / 225-4225
Emergencies: 044-322-294-0588
English Spoken

PV Smile Spa
Dr. Noel Rivas
Liverpool No. 137, 3rd floor
Zona Hotelera Norte, Puerto Vallarta
Tel/Fax: (322) 293-2696
Emergencies: (322) 109-4568

DERMATOLOGISTS

Dr. Eduardo Cervantes Gutierrez
CMQ Hospital
Basilio Badillo 365
Col. Emiliano Zapata, Puerto Vallarta
Tel/Fax: (322) 223-1919
Emergencies: 044-322-306-0465
English Spoken

Dra. Maritza Tamayo Rodriguez
Lucerna #145
Col. Versalles, Puerto Vallarta
Tel. (322) 224-9898 / 224-9292
Emergencies: 01-333-481-0187

GYNECOLOGISTS

Dr. Humberto Aguirre
Plaza Comercial Puerto Iguana, Local 2
Puerto Vallarta
Tel/Fax: (322) 221-2771
Emergencies: 044-322-294-0727
English Spoken

Dra. Laura Garcia
Jacarandas No. 273
Col. Emiliano Zapata, Puerto Vallarta
Tel: (322) 222-1889
Emergencies: 044-322-779-7739
English Spoken

Dr. Francisco Patiño Briseño
Juarez No. 688 Altos
Colonia Centro, Puerto Vallarta
Tel/Fax: (322) 222-5299
Emergencies: 044-322-292-0687
Only Spanish Spoken

INTERNISTS

Dr Jaime Arturo Castañeda
CMQ Hospital
Basilio Badillo 365
Col. Emiliano Zapata, Puerto Vallarta
Tel: (322) 223-1919
Emergencies: 044-322-227-5140
English Spoken

Dr. Armando Marin
Cornerstone Hospital
Avda. de los Tules 136
Col. Díaz Ordaz, Puerto Vallarta
Tel/Fax: (322) 224-9400 / 226-3700
Emergencies: 044-322-779-9155
24 hour service / English Spoken

NEUROLOGISTS

Dr. Javier Aguilar Lopez
Francisco Villa #880
Col. Las Gaviotas, Puerto Vallarta
Tel: (322) 225-6008
Home: (322) 225-6785
Emergencies: (322) 292-1735
Spanish Spoken Only

OPHTHALMOLOGISTS

Dr. Jaime Miramontes Contreras
CMQ Hospital
Basilio Badillo No. 365
Col. Emiliano Zapata, Puerto Vallarta
Tel: (322) 223-0011 / 222-5119
Fax: (322) 223-1919
Emergencies: 044-322-205-7116
English Spoken

Dra. Monica Gomez Rosenzweig
Paraguay No. 1092
Colonia 5 de Diciembre, Puerto Vallarta
Tel: (322) 222-0019
English Spoken

ORTHOPEDISTS

Dr Luis Fernando Villanueva
Dr. Rodolfo Medina
Dr. Jose Manuel Hernandez
Basilio Basillo #365
Col. Emiliano Zapata, Puerto Vallarta
Tel: (322) 223-0878
Fax: (322) 222-3775
Emergencies: (322) 223-1919
English Spoken

OTORHINOLARYNGOLOGIST (Ear, Nose & Throat Doctors)

Dr. Alfonso García
Basilio Badillo 365
Col. Emiliano Zapata, Puerto Vallarta
Tel: (322) 223-1919, 222-5119
Fax: (322) 223-0011
Emergencies: 044-322-120-2480
English Spoken

Dr. Jorge Maciel Bejar
Manuel M. Dieguez No. 358-A
Col. Emiliano Zapata, Puerto Vallarta
Tel/Fax: (322) 223-0444
Emergencies: 044-322-294-9865
English Spoken

PEDIATRICIANS

Dr. Angel Enrique Batista Garcia
Gorrión No. 221
Colonia Los Sauces, Puerto Vallarta
Tel: (322) 225-8363
Emergencies: 044-322-294-2348
Only Spanish Spoken

Dr. Jaime Rodriguez Ramos
Río Danubio No. 148
Colonia López Mateos, Puerto Vallarta
Tel/Fax: (322) 222-2519
Emergencies: 044-322-294-0597
Only Spanish Spoken

Dr. Antonio Mota
Lucerna #145
Colonia Versalles, Puerto Vallarta
Tel: (322) 224-9898
Fax: (322) 224-9292
Emergencies: 044-322-227-2695
English Spoken

Dra. Inés Cuevas
Juárez No. 638
Colonia Centro, Puerto Vallarta
Tel: (322) 222-3460
Fax: (322) 223-9354
Emergencies: 044-322-205-8722
English Spoken

PLASTIC SURGEONS

Dr. Ricardo Rivera Garcia
Clínica Intermedica
Lucerna No. 148
Col. Versalles, Puerto Vallarta
Tel/Fax: (322) 293-1991
Emergencies: 01-331-036-5191
English Spoken

Dr. Alfredo Vazquez Carillo
Plaza Neptuno, Local A-19
Marina Vallarta
Tel: (322) 221-0473 / 209-0038
English Spoken
(2nd office in Cornerstone Hospital)

Clinica Terra Medica
Dr. Pablo Sanchez
Calle Yugoslavia No. 149
Colonia Versalles, Puerto Vallarta
Tel: (322) 225-4225
Fax: (322) 225-8568
English Spoken

PSYCHIATRISTS

Dr. Enrique Silencio Herrera
Rafael Osuna No. 120 Esquina Berlin
Colonia Versalles, Puerto Vallarta
Tel: (322) 225-6262
Emergencies: 044-322-100-1364

REHABILITATION MEDICINE

Joseph Rehabilitacion Medica S.C.
(at Cornerstone Hospital)
Avenida de Los Tules No. 136
Col. Díaz Ordaz, Puerto Vallarta
Tel/Fax:(322) 224-9400 (Ext. 160) / 293-5726
English Spoken

SURGEONS

Dr. Rafael Lujan Rodriguez
CMQ Hospital
Basilio Badillo No. 365
Col. Emiliano Zapata, Puerto Vallarta
Tel: (322) 223-0011 / 222-5119
Fax: (322) 223-1919
Emergencies: 044-322-105-0256
English Spoken

Dr. Vicente Ortiz
Cenzontle No. 102
Col. Aralias, Puerto Vallarta
Tel/Fax: (322) 225-5023
Emergencies: 044-322-224-1989

RADIOLOGISTS & LABORATORIES

Centro de Imagenologia & Laboratorios Vallarta
Avda. de los Tules 152
Colonia Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, Puerto Vallarta
Tel: (322) 224-4287 / 293-7321
English Spoken

Dra. Cinthia Lorena Cortes
Basilio Badillo No. 365
Colonia Emiliano Zapata, Puerto Vallarta
Tel: (322) 223-1919
Emergencies: 044-322-108-9139
English Spoken

CARDIOPULMONARY REHABILITATION

Dr. Aldo Seimandi Uriarte
Clínica de Rehabilitación Cardiopulmonar y Física (MedicAir)
Avenida Mexico 993
Colonia 5 de Diciembre, Puerto Vallarta
Tel: (322) 222-1596
Fax: (322) 222-1699
Email: medicair@prodigy.net.mx
English Spoken

SPORTS DOCTORS

Dr. Javier Enrique Lomeli Covarrubias
Rafael Osuna No. 133 corner at Berlín
Colonia Versalles, Puerto Vallarta
Tel / Fax: (322) 225-4464
Cell: 044-322-101-6262
Only Spanish Spoken

NATURAL MEDICINE

Dr. Nelson Sanchez Soto
Calle Yugoslavia No. 149
Colonia Versalles, Puerto Vallarta
Tel: (322) 225-4225
Only Spanish Spoken

PUERTO VALLARTA HOSPITALS - PRIVATE

CMQ
Tel / Fax: (322) 223-1919 / 223-2423
Basilio Badillo 365
Col. Emiliano Zapata, Puerto Vallarta
Director: Dr. Jorge Villanueva
Administrator: Dra. Celia Medina

AMERIMED
Tel: (322) 226-2080
Fax: (322) 226-2060
Plaza Neptuno, Local D-1, Marina Vallarta
Director: Ing. Arturo Sojo Garza Aldape
Administrator: Lic. Jaime Galván