The Team
Amir Salim, M.D.
Dr. Salim is Board Certified in Family Medicine. He earned his Medical Degree from Baylor College of Medicine in 1997. He envisions taking care of the whole family with integrative and holistic approach to health care. With that goal, he pursued a residency in Family Medicine at The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. He is currently a Clinical Assistant Professor at UTMB Department of Family Medicine.
Dr. Salim has been in private practice in the Friendswood, Clear Lake, Webster area since 2000. He believes in integrating preventive medicine, nutrition and healthy lifestyle to achieve optimal physical, emotional, social, spiritual, and intellectual health.
He grew up in Jakarta, Indonesia until he was 13, and attended secondary school and junior college in Singapore. He graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with Bachelor of Science in Molecular Biology with highest honors. He conducted genetic research at MD Anderson Science Park for 2 years prior to attending medical school at Baylor College of Medicine. He enjoys teaching and mentoring medical students or nurse practitioner students during their clinical rotations in the office. He is married to Elaine who helps manage his office and is blessed with 2 daughters. He is a foodie and enjoys swimming for exercise. He loves his rescue dog, Harry Houdini who often consult with him in the office.
Rachel Boaz, NP
Rachel is a Family Nurse Practitioner. She is certified through the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. Rachel has been a nurse for over 15 years. She received her Master of Science in Nursing from the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston where she also received her undergraduate degree. Rachel has a background in Women’s Services, Community Nursing (as a school nurse), Telemetry and the Operating Room. It was during her last two clinical residency rotations with Dr. Salim that she was able to experience first-hand the ideal she had hoped for in health care, patient centered care.
Rachel is passionate about health promotion. She believes each patient should be an active participant in their health care. Nutrition, intentional movement and a healthy mind are cornerstones of her practice and lifestyle.
Her favorite activities are boxing, hiking and hot yoga. She enjoys attending or watching sporting events and spending time with her son.
Additionally, Rachel is a college instructor for associate degree nursing students. She began her career after receiving her Associate Degree in Nursing from Alvin Community College in 2004.
Misty Horn, NP
Misty Horn graduated from Texas Woman’s University (TWU) in 1996 as a Family Nurse Practitioner. She completed her Bachelors of Science in Nursing in 1993 at TWU and a Bachelor in Music Theory and Composition in 1985 from Northeast Louisiana University.
She was a commissioned officer in the United States Air Force from 1999 until her retirement in 2021. She last served as an Aerospace Nurse Practitioner at the 147th Attack Wing (ATKW), Texas Air National Guard, Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base (JRB), Houston. In 2007, she deployed to Balad Air Base, Iraq to work at theater hospital Anaconda. Misty has worked in large hospitals in the emergency department, urgent care, occupational and orthopedic medicine, pain management, family practice, pediatric and women’s health. By far her favorite area and most rewarding has been family medicine and is very pleased to be part of an amazing family practice with Dr. Salim.
Misty enjoys family time, flying right seat with husband, music, quilting, sewing, cooking and hydroponics gardening with her husband and four children.