Dr. Raley joined UTMB's Department of Family Medicine as a faculty member in 1999.  She attended medical school at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.  Dr. Raley completed her residency in Family Practice at The University of Texas at Houston. Her practice is located at the Family Medicine Clinic in Dickinson and is caring and compassionate provider.
  
Dr. Raley is board certified in Family Medicine by the American Board of Family Medicine.  She is an inaugural member of the Academy of Master Clinicians. She is married with two feline children and is a wildlife enthusiast. Dr. Raley's interests are in women's health, preventive medicine and medical student education.

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.

Dr. Jerome L Yaklic is Professor and Chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at UTMB. Dr. Yaklic is board-certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology and Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery. He received his medical degree from the Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan and remained in Detroit completing his Obstetrics and Gynecology residency in the Wayne State/Detroit Medical Center/Hutzel Hospital program.

Since completing his residency, Dr. Yaklic has practiced in a variety of environments. He has practiced in small rural hospitals, large urban, academic medical centers, and military facilities. Before coming to UTMB he served as Chair of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine and as its Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs.

Dr. Yaklic has been active in medical education for the majority of his career and is published on a variety of Ob/Gyn subjects. He has served as principal site investigator on several FDA drug and device trials. He has broad clinical interests with an emphasis on urinary urge and stress incontinence, fecal incontinence, vulvar and bladder pain, pelvic organ prolapse, endometriosis, minimally invasive and vaginal surgery.

Born in California, Dr. Abrahim got to Texas as fast as she could and considers herself a native Texan and true Aggie, as she attended Texas A&M University for both her undergraduate degree and medical school. She completed her Family Medicine residency at UTMB Health and is excited to be on the mainland giving back to the community in which she was raised. She aims to help her patients reach their health goals by providing comprehensive, up-to-date, evidence-based care. In her free time she enjoys exercising, watching movies, learning to cook new meals and traveling with my husband and family.

Dr. Xie joined the UTMB Health Department of Family Medicine in 2021. Dr. Xie earned her Bachelor of Science at the University of Texas at Dallas and her Doctorate of Osteopathic Medicine from the University of North Texas Health Science Center in Fort Worth, Texas. Dr. Xie completed her residency training from Baylor College of Medicine in Houston Texas and also served on the Texas Association of Family Physician's (TAFP) Resident Council. She is a board certified family physician and will be seeing patients at the Family Medicine Clinic - Island West.

Dr. Xie's clinical interests include patient mental wellbeing and also women's health. Dr. Xie is a member of Doctors for Change serving on the Mental Health Committee and the Anti-Human Trafficking Committee.

Dr. Erin Hommel is a graduate of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. She also completed her fellowship and residency at Duke University Hospital where she served as Chief Resident. She is board certified in Internal Medicine and Geriatric Medicine. Dr. Hommel currently serves as the Internal Medicine Director of Quality Management, as well as, an Associate Program Director of the internal Medicine Residency Program. She is an assistant professor of Geriatric Medicine and serves as attending faculty on the ACE Unit, Geriatric Consults, and Geriatric Clinic Service.

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. 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.

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.