Program Leadership

Program Director

Deborah Young Bradshaw, MD is a native of upstate New York. She has been a faculty member since 1990 and has served as Program Director since 2006. She graduated from Wellesley College and SUNY Upstate Medical University. She completed her neurology residency at Boston University and a fellowship in Electromyography at the Lahey Clinic. Her interests include clinical neuromuscular disease, medical ethics, medical education and creative writing on medical and non-medical subject matter.

Program Coordinator

Mary Phelan coordinates the residency and clinical neurophysiology fellowship programs in the Department of Neurology. She graduated from SUNY Empire State College in 2006. Prior to joining Upstate Ms. Phelan worked in the airline industry for many years. She joined the staff in the Research Development Office at Upstate in 2002 and started in her current position in 2005.

Chairman

Jeremy M. Shefner, MD, PhD, has served as Chair of the Department of Neurology since 2005. He earned a PhD at the University of Illinois, Chicago and his MD at Northwestern University. He completed his neurology residency and EMG fellowship at Harvard University. He is co-founder of the Northeast ALS Clinical Trials Group and is active in clinical and basic ALS research.