Deepa Sirsi, M.D. Titles and Appointments Professor Schools Medical School Departments 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 Amygdala enlargement in pediatric epilepsy: A clinically meaningful finding? Hakim M, Joshi C, Veltkamp D, Sirsi D, Nguyen L, Bhatia S, Armstrong D, Prabhu N, Talai A Epilepsy Research 2026 Jun 224 Early Electroencephalogram to Predict Severity of Injury in Infants With Abusive Traumatic Brain Injury Varughese NA, Hasan A, Cohen N, Smith D, Clarke RL, Grapsy J, Said R, Miles D, Raman L, Sirsi D Journal of child neurology 2026 May 41 704-714 The association between early arterial oxygen and carbon dioxide with neurologic outcomes after pediatric ECPR in children with cardiac disease Yu P, Foster S, Zeida Haar L, Li X, Bhaskar P, Morriss M, Singh S, Burr T, Sirsi D, Raman L, Reeder R, Lasa JJ Resuscitation 2026 May 222 Clinical trajectories and medication response in TBC1D24-related epilepsies Mondragon E, Magielski JH, Bane B, Nolan JL, Ruggiero SM, Armstrong D, Arnold S, Sirsi D, Helbig I, McKee JL Epilepsia 2026 Mar 67 1386-1397 Delta Power in SLC6A1-Related Neurodevelopmental Disorder: Operationalizing Quantitative EEG Metrics for Biomarker Development Dahshi H, Varnet M, Goodspeed K, Tiller J, Armstrong D, Sirsi D Neurology International 2026 Mar 18 Treatment Practices for Infantile Epileptic Spasms Syndrome: Consensus and Variation in Major Pediatric Epilepsy Centers Briscoe C, Katyayan A, Harini C, Hussain SA, Bhalla S, Singh A, Donatelli S, Sandoval Karamian AG, Samanta D, Sirsi D, Catenaccio E, Planchart Ferretto MA, Thio LL, Hunter SE, Spriha P, Rao CK, Bhatia S, Erdemir G, Shrey DW, Numis AL Pediatric Neurology 2026 Jan 174 46-53 Pediatric RNS Lead Migration: Wandering Eyes or Electrode? Joshi C, Veltkamp D, Dodez C, Warren AE, Sirsi D, Talai A, Said R, Price A Annals of Neurology 2025 Aug 98 354-356 Thalamic stereo-electroencephalography exploration in pediatric drug-resistant epilepsy: implantation technique and complications Price AV, Sirsi D, Joshi C Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics 2025 Apr 35 361-368 A Multicenter Training and Interrater Reliability Study of the BASED Score for Infantile Epileptic Spasms Syndrome Mytinger JR, Albert DV, Aylward SC, Beatty CW, Bhalla S, Bhatia S, Brock GN, Ciliberto MA, Choudhari PR, Clark DJ, Cohen JM, Czech TM, Fredwall MM, Gonzalez-Giraldo E, Harini C, Hunter SE, Sandoval Karamian AG, Katyayan A, Kistler I, Kulkarni N, Liu VB, McCabe C, Murray T, Neville K, Patel SH, Pavuluri S, Phillips DJ, Samanta D, Sirsi D, Spelbrink EM, Stafstrom CE, Steenari M, Takacs DS, Terrill T, Tran L, Vidaurre J, Shrey DW Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology 2025 Mar 42 230-234 The association between early hypotension and neurologic outcome after pediatric cardiac ECPR in children with cardiac disease Yu P, Foster S, Li X, Bhaskar P, Morriss MC, Singh S, Burr T, Sirsi D, Raman L, Lasa JJ Resuscitation Plus 2024 Dec 20 Results 1-10 of 31 1 2 3 4 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)
