Jessica Lorraine Rash, CPNP-PC, is a board certified and Texas state licensed Pediatric Nurse Practitioner. She provides care for pediatric patients in the department of Urgent Care and General Academic Pediatrics at the Galveston and Bay Colony clinics. Jessica graduated with her Associates in Nursing in 2011 from El Paso Community College. Then in 2020, she received her Bachelors in Nursing from Lamar University, and from there went on to Houston Christian University where she received her Master's in Nursing for Pediatric Nurse Practitioner in Primary Care in 2022.

Prior to joining UTMB in October of 2022, Jessica worked as a Level IV NICU nurse for twelve and a half years, both in her hometown of El Paso and HCA hospitals in Houston. She is currently still an Elementary School Nurse, which she has done for eight and a half years and serves as the PLC Chair of Professional Practice.

Jessica has a great love of her role in the community and spends a lot of her time volunteering in events that involve the children and families in her school community.

Dr. Zuleica Santiago-Delgado joined the Department of Family Medicine in 2018. She is a family physician at the Family Medicine Clinic - Island East with a focus in women's health and obstetrics. Dr. Santiago-Delgado earned a Bachelor of Science in Molecular and Cellular Biology from the University of Puerto Rico in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, and a Doctorate of Medicine from Ponce Health Science University in Ponce, Puerto Rico. Dr. Santiago-Delgado completed her residency training at UTMB Health.

Dr. Santiago-Delgado is a board certified family physician and her academic and clinical interests include women's health, academic medicine, and underserved population medicine.

Christine Kley is a board-certified family medicine physician. Areas of clinical interest include preventative medicine, women’s health, and travel medicine. She enjoys teaching and received the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine Teaching award in residency training. Outside of clinic, she enjoys spending time with her family, exploring the Houston restaurant scene, and crafting.

Russell R. Snyder, M.D., is the Vice Chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and the Director of the Division of Gynecology at UTMB and is the holder of the endowed Faculty Distinguished Chair in Obstetrics and Gynecology Honoring Drs. Al Leblanc, Harry Little, and Charlie Powell. Dr. Snyder received his medical degree from the University of Texas Medical School at Houston, and completed his residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center in 1982. He subsequently completed a fellowship in Gynecologic and Breast Pathology at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology in Washington, D.C., in 1984. He retired from the USAF in 1997 as the Chairman of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Wilford Hall and Consultant to the Surgeon General for Obstetrics and Gynecology. Dr. Snyder has made UTMB his home since then.

Dr. Snyder is board-certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology and has been an oral board examiner for the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology since 1996. He currently sits on the Board of Directors for the Exxcellence Foundation for Women's Health and is a past member of the Board of Directors for the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology and the American Board of Family Medicine. He is currently on the Editorial Board for Clinical Updates in Women's Health Care and is one of the editors of the text book Step Up to Obstetrics and Gynecology. He is a reviewer and past member of the editorial board for the journal Obstetrics and Gynecology. He is also a past member of the executive board of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and has been very active in other College activities and committees to include the Committee for Obstetric Practice. He is also a member of the FDA Medical Devices Advisory Panel for Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Dr. Snyder's clinical interests include gynecologic surgery, evaluation of abnormal pap-smears, vulvar disorders, abnormal bleeding, PMS, contraception, absence of periods, and the management of menopausal symptoms.

Dr. Lem, as he is commonly known, is a Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Pediatric Hospital Medicine Physician whose clinical practice is focused on General Pediatric Inpatient Care, improving the efficiency and quality of care of children hospitalized with common, serious infections such as pneumonia and meningitis and the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) disease. He received his medical degree from the Central America Health Science University, Belize.

He completed his residency in Pediatrics at Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois. He went on to complete fellowship in Pediatric Infectious Disease at the University of Florida Health Science Center, Jacksonville. Upon completing his fellowship, he joined UTMB as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics in 2008.

Dr. Namita Bhardwaj is a native Houstonian. She completed her undergraduate studies at the University of Texas at Austin where she completed her undergraduate coursework in biology and earned her Bachelors of Science and Bachelors of Arts. She went on to attend Ross University to complete her medical education and to earn her MD.

Dr. Bhardwaj completed her family medicine residency at UT Health in Houston, TX. She served as chief resident in her final year of training and was recognized as an outstanding PGY 3 resident and awarded the Scholarly Achievement Award. Dr. Bhardwaj then went on to pursue her fellowship training in Primary Care Sports Medicine at Texas Tech Health Sciences Center in El Paso. There she served as team physician for several of the local teams including the El Paso Rhinos, University of Texas at El Paso Division I Sports teams, as well as area high schools covering a wide array of sports.

In her role at UTMB, Dr. Bhardwaj serves as the medical director for Galveston ISD. You can always find her and her team of residents and students on the sidelines at Ball High School football games. Dr. Bhardwaj's scholarly interests include opioids and sports related injuries. She has also served as Physician of the Day for the Texas Legislature. Dr. Bhardwaj enjoys attending sporting events, spending time with family and friends, reading and traveling in her spare time.

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Dr. Abbey Berenson is a Professor in the department of Obstetrics and Gynecology who specializes in Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology and Women's Health Care.   She is also the Director of the UTMB Center for Interdisciplinary Research in Women's Health Care.  Dr. Berenson received her medical degree and completed her residency at the Baylor College of Medicine and received a Ph.D. from the University of Texas Medical Branch.   Dr. Berenson is board certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology by the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology.  Her clinical interest include Women's Health Care research, HPV vaccines and vaccination, and contraception.

Dr. Berenson's research interests involve the study of reproductive-aged women's health. Her interest include: Comparative effectiveness studies among diverse populations of young women; Contraception practices, methods, and effects (clinical); and Interventions directed at cervical cancer prevention (clinical).  She is also studying the quadrivalent human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine that requires three injections spaced 1 month and 6 months after the first vaccine, and is intended for use by adolescents and adults 9-26 years of age.

Tammie Michael completed her Associates Degree in Nursing at Galveston College in Galveston, Texas in 2005 on the National Dean's List. She then completed her Bachelor of Science in Nursing at the University of Texas Arlington and Master of Science in Nursing at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas. Upon completion of her MSN, Tammie joined UTMB as a Nephrology Nurse Clinician and later transitioned to Geriatrics as an Adult- Geriatric Nurse practitioner heading the House Call Program. She is also a specialty certified Medical-Surgical Registered Nurse. Tammie is currently a BSN Clinical Instructor at the University of Texas Medical Branch School of Nursing. She is also an active member of organizations such as the Galveston Coalition of Advanced Practice Nurses, Gerontological Advanced Practice Nurses Association, American Association of Nurse Practitioners, Texas Nurse Practitioners Association, and the Texas Nurse Practitioners Political Action Committee.

Prior to acquiring her Nurse Practitioner's license in 2015, Adetutu worked as an RN in the TDCJ Women's Unit for nine years. In her role as Nurse Practitioner, she will be working primarily on a grant, "Identifying Therapeutic Targets of Accelerated Sarcopenia".