Deepa Sirsi, M.D. Professor School Medical School Department Pediatrics | Neurology You have reached the Academic Profile. For more information on the doctor and patient care, please visit the clinical profile. Biography Deepa Sirsi, M.D., is a Professor in the Department of Pediatrics and Neurology at UT Southwestern Medical Center. Specializing in pediatric neurology and epilepsy, she serves as the Program Director of the Pediatric Clinical Neurophysiology Fellowship and Director of the Pediatric Epilepsy Center at Children’s Medical Center Dallas. Dr. Sirsi earned her medical degree from Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute in India. She comnpleted her pediatrics residency at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, followed by fellowships in pediatric neurology at New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center and clinical neurophysiology at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine-Montefiore Medical Center. Board-certified in child neurology, clinical neurolphysiology, and epilepsy by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, she has been a member of the UT Southwestern faculty since 2008. Education Medical School Bangalore Medical College, India (1999) Residency Newark Beth Israel Medical Center (2004), Pediatrics Residency New York Presbyterian Hospital/Cornell Campus (2007), Pediatric Neurology Fellowship Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center (2008), Neurophysiology Research Interest Genetic Epilepsy Syndrome Publications Featured Publications Spatially clustering de novo variants in CYFIP2, encoding the cytoplasmic FMRP interacting protein 2, cause intellectual disability and seizures. Zweier M, Begemann A, McWalter K, Cho MT, Abela L, Banka S, Behring B, Berger A, Brown CW, Carneiro M, Chen J, Cooper GM, Finnila CR, Guillen Sacoto MJ, Henderson A, Hüffmeier U, Joset P, Kerr B, Lesca G, Leszinski GS, McDermott JH, Meltzer MR, Monaghan KG, Mostafavi R, Õunap K, Plecko B, Powis Z, Purcarin G, Reimand T, Riedhammer KM, Schreiber JM, Sirsi D, Wierenga KJ, Wojcik MH, Papuc SM, Steindl K, Sticht H, Rauch A Eur. J. Hum. Genet. 2019 Jan Evolution of EEG findings in children with autism spectrum disorder: A tertiary care centre?s clinical experience. Thodeson D, Dowd D, Golla S, Evans P, Huang R, Sirsi D Journal of Psychology and Psychiatry (Online-Open Access Text) 2018 2 2 1-4 SYN1 Gene Mutation in a Child with Focal Epilepsy and Reflex Bathing Seizures Sirsi D, Armstrong D, Muñoz-Bibiloni J, Redondo B, Park JY. J Pediatr Epilepsy 2017 6 2 119-124 Paroxysmal Choreoathetosis in a Child with SCN2A Mutation and Neonatal Seizures. George N, Thodeson D, Park J, Sirsi D. Neurology & Neurosurgery 2017 4 4 De novo and inherited mutations in the X-linked gene CLCN4 are associated with syndromic intellectual disability and behavior and seizure disorders in males and females. Palmer EE, Stuhlmann T, Weinert S, Haan E, Van Esch H, Holvoet M, Boyle J, Leffler M, Raynaud M, Moraine C, van Bokhoven H, Kleefstra T, Kahrizi K, Najmabadi H, Ropers HH, Delgado MR, Sirsi D, Golla S, Sommer A, Pietryga MP, Chung WK, Wynn J, Rohena L, Bernardo E, Hamlin D, Faux BM, Grange DK, Manwaring L, Tolmie J, Joss S, Cobben JM, Duijkers FA, Goehringer JM, Challman TD, Hennig F, Fischer U, Grimme A, Suckow V, Musante L, Nicholl J, Shaw M, Lodh SP, Niu Z, Rosenfeld JA, Stankiewicz P, Jentsch TJ, Gecz J, Field M, Kalscheuer VM Mol. Psychiatry 2016 Aug Fosphenytoin-induced dyskinesias in an infant with Sturge-Weber syndrome. Thodeson DM, Reiber DC, Dolce AM, Sirsi D Neurology 2016 Apr 86 16 1561-2 Does autoimmunity have a role in Myoclonic Astatic Epilepsy? A case report of Voltage Gated Potassium Channel mediated seizures. Does Autoimmunity have a Role in Myoclonic Astatic Epilepsy? A Case Report of Voltage Gated Potassium Channel Mediated Seizures. Sirsi D, Dolce A, Greenberg BM, Thodeson D anncaserep 2016 1 Type II Cortical Dysplasia in Dominant Frontal Lobe Presenting as Gelastic Epilepsy. Dubey D, Thodeson D, Dowling M, Sirsi D, Arnold S, Said R Pediatr. Neurol. 2015 Jul 53 1 97-8 The safety and tolerability of newer antiepileptic drugs in children and adolescents. Kayani S, Sirsi D J Cent Nerv Syst Dis 2012 4 51-63 Is intranasal midazolam better than rectal diazepam for home management of acute seizures? Sirsi D Arch. Neurol. 2011 Jan 68 1 120-1 Results 1-10 of 13 1 2 Next Last Books Featured Books Epilepsy Board Review. 1st ed. Modur PN, Gupta PK, Sirsi D. (Ed.) (2016). New York: Demos Medical Publishing. Honors & Awards Top Doctor in Plano, TXInternational Association of Healthcare Professionals (IAHCP) (2018) Best Pediatric SpecialistsD Magazine (2017) Best Doctors in DallasD Magazine (2016) Top Scholar AwardEpilepsy Foundation (2007) Intern of the Year AwardPediatrics, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center (2003) Professional Associations/Affiliations American Academy of Neurology (2011) Fellow, American Epilepsy Society (2017) Member, American Epilepsy Society (2008)
