Northeast Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine Staff
Physicians
Marguerite Uphoff, M.D.
Dr. Uphoff entered medical school at the University of Minnesota and graduated with her doctor of medicine at age 24. She began her pediatric residency at Stanford University, completed it at Children's Hospital in Oakland, and then spent a year in Accra, Ghana, where she served as a pediatric resident. She returned to California to earn a master of public health degree in maternal-child care at Berkeley and complete the second year of her pediatric residency, before moving east for her final year of residency at Upstate Medical Center in Syracuse. Dr. Uphoff, who is board certified in pediatric medicine, also serves as the medical director for the Ithaca City School District.
Rajaram Rao, M.D.
Dr. Rao attended Mahatma Gandhi Memorial College and did his medical training at Kasturba Medical College in Manipal, India. Upon completion of medical school in India, he became a Diplomate in Child Health and did postgraduate work in pediatrics at Sion Medical College Hospital and infectious disease at Kasturba Hospital in Bombay, India. After obtaining his postgraduate degree, Dr. Rao moved to the United States, where he completed four more years of training in pediatric medicine. This included a fellowship in neonatology. Dr. Rao, who is board certified in pediatric medicine, is a facilitator for CATCH (community access to child health), a program of the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Jeffrey Snedeker, M.D.
Dr. Snedeker graduated from Cornell University with honors, and the University of Wisconsin Medical School. He conducted virology research while in Wisconsin, and completed a residency in pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. He went to Duke University Medical Center for a fellowship in pediatric infectious disease, and stayed on for the next six years to teach and conduct research at Duke. Dr. Snedeker is board certified in both pediatric medicine and pediatric infectious disease. He has a faculty appointment at Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, where he sees patients and teaches pediatric infectious disease at Golisano Children's Hospital. Dr. Snedeker also serves as Chair of the Board of Trustees of Cayuga Medical Center at Ithaca.
Audrey DeSilva, M.D.
Dr. DeSilva graduated from Swarthmore College and joined Boston Children's Hospital as a research assistant in pediatric hematology and oncology. She earned a master's degree in human genetics and genetic counseling at the University of Michigan, and then worked as a pediatric genetic counselor at the Albert Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia. After graduating cum laude from Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, she completed her three-year pediatric residency at Children's Hospital at Strong in Rochester. Dr. DeSilva received a number of awards during medical school, among them the Dean's Prize in Pediatrics. She is board certified in pediatrics and has a special interest in eating disorders.
Andrea Torrado, M.D.
Dr. Torrado graduated from Temple University and went on to attend medical school at the Medical College of Pennsylvania. She did her internship at the A.I. Dupont Institute for Children at Thomas Jefferson University and completed her residency in pediatrics at St. Christopher's Hospital for Children in Philadelphia. Dr. Torrado is board certified in pediatrics.
John Bradshaw, M.D.
Dr. Bradshaw attended medical school at the Universidad de Montemorelos in Nuevo Leon, Mexico. He completed a general medicine internship at the Hospital del Sureste in Tabasco, Mexico, and for the next three years worked as a physician in Brazil, Kenya, and Sudan. His training continued with a pediatric internship and residency at the University of Chicago Children's Hospital, followed by a clinical and research fellowship in pediatric infectious diseases at Vanderbilt University in Nashville. He has been a physician volunteer in Armenia, Haiti, and at the AmeriCares HIV Summer Camp for Children in New York. Dr. Bradshaw is board certified in pediatrics and board eligible in pediatric infectious diseases. He is fluent in Spanish and Portuguese.
Suzanne Bradshaw, M.D.
Dr. Bradshaw graduated magna cum laude in biochemistry and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa at the University of California at San Diego. While an undergraduate, she worked as a research fellow for the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland. She went on to medical school at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in Nashville, where she was the Amos Christie Scholar in clinical pediatrics. Dr. Bradshaw's volunteer medical experience includes work in the United States, Uganda (for which she received the Overall Fellowship Award for International Medicine in Kampala, Uganda), Haiti, and Armenia. She is board certified in pediatrics and speaks French fluently.
Nurse Practitioners/Physician Assistants
Kathleen Murphy, RPA-C, IBCLC completed her Physician Assistant training at Lemoyne College. Prior to becoming a physician assistant, Kathleen graduated cum laude with dual majors in biology and psychology from SUNY Albany and also served as Paramedic for Bangs Ambulance. Prior to joining Northeast Pediatrics in 2007, she worked in emergency medicine. Kathleen completed coursework and training in lactation and is now a Board Certified Lactation Consultant. Recently, Kathleen completed certification training to become a BLS instructor. She is a member of the American Association of Physician Assistants.
Holly Mulford, PNP, MPH Holly received her Master of Science in Nursing, Pediatric Nurse Practitioner degree from the University of Maryland. Prior to joining Northeast Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Holly worked in a pediatric emergency room at Sinai Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland. For the past four years, Holly has been living with her family in the Democratic Republic of Congo where she volunteered as a nurse practitioner caring for the children in the community where she was living. Holly also holds a Master of Public Health from Johns Hopkins University and is the founder of Tumaini, a charitable organization that provides support and resources to a small orphanage in a remote region of the DR of Congo. Holly is a licensed Pediatric Nurse Practitioner in the state of New York.
Jennifer McLaughlin, FNP, CLC received her Master of Science in Nursing, Family Nurse Practitioner degree from Binghamton University. While at Binghamton University, Jennifer completed a Capstone project in which she developed a Clinician Toolkit for the treatment of Pediatric patients diagnosed with Attention Deficit Disorders. In addition to her training as a Family Nurse Practitioner, Jennifer has previous experience as a Registered Nurse within the maternity and newborn nursery at Wilson Hospital in Binghamton, NY. Jennifer has a special interest in assisting new mothers with newborn care and lactation and plans to pursue certification in Lactation Counseling. Jennifer is licensed by the State of New York as a Family Nurse Practitioner.
Our staff of Registered Nurses, Clinical Assistants and Receptionists are experienced in working with children, adolescents and families. We provide pediatric medical care for children from birth to 12 years of age in our pediatric office, and adolescent care from 12 to 21 years of age at our two locations; 10 Graham Road West and at our second location at 821 Cliff St (Rt. 96) in Ithaca. We care for newborns and children who need hospital care at Cayuga Medical Center at Ithaca.
Appointments may be scheduled with our receptionists from 7 a.m.- 4 :30 p.m. Monday through Friday and from 8 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. on Saturday. In our Adolescent Medicine office, appointments may be scheduled from 8:30 a.m. – 4:30pm.