Noelle Marie C. Javier, MD

Dr. Javier is a Professor in the departments of Medicine, Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, and Medical Education at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai New York. She graduated from the University of the Philippines College of Medicine, then completed residencies in internal medicine at Long Island College Hospital New York and Mount Sinai Jersey City Program in New Jersey. Dr. Javier was a fellow in both geriatric medicine and hospice and palliative medicine at the University of Michigan Ann Arbor. In her capacity as a clinician and educator at Mount Sinai, most of her time is spent doing inpatient primary and consultative services for both subspecialties. Dr. Javier is also heavily involved in education and research. Her areas of scholarly interest include wound care, pain management, palliative care in the nursing home, palliative rehabilitation, pediatric palliative care, and LGBTQI+ holistic medical care.

Martine Sanon, MD

Dr. Sanon is an Associate Professor of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Dr. Sanon is committed to improving care for older adults in acute and hospital settings through interdisciplinary education, innovative care models, and systems-based approaches. She has developed geriatric emergency medicine programs, implemented co-management models for surgical patients, standardized inpatient geriatric care across clinical sites, and improved care transitions for vulnerable older adults. In April 2024, Dr. Sanon was honored with the American Geriatrics Society Outstanding Mid-Career Clinical Educator of the Year Award in recognition of her leadership and contributions to geriatric education. Her academic focus centers on training physicians in the care of hospitalized older adults and advancing clinical models that improve outcomes for this vulnerable population across acute care settings.

Erica Kaufman West, MD

Erica Kaufman West, MD, completed her undergraduate degrees at Valparaiso University in Indiana. She received her medical degree from Georgetown University School of Medicine. She finished her Internal Medicine residency and her chief resident year at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California. She stayed to complete her fellowship in Infectious Diseases at the West LA VA/Cedars-Sinai/Olive View-UCLA Medical Center program. She has been working in the Midwest since then, focusing on acute inpatient as well as outpatient care in HIV, Hepatitis C and wound care. She now works as the AMA’s Director of Infectious Diseases while maintaining her clinical practice.