Tessa Del Carmen, M.D., graduated from the University of Santo Tomas Faculty of Medicine and Surgery (Philippines) and completed her residency and chief residency at New York Medical College-Richmond Program and her Geriatrics fellowship at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center. After completing her fellowship, she served as Chair of Geriatrics and Director of Palliative Care Services at Richmond University Medical Center before joining the Weill Cornell Medicine Division of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine faculty in September of 2011 as Assistant Professor. She is Medical Director of the Center on Aging. Her interests focus on HIV & Aging, community medicine and palliative care.