Deepa Sirsi, MD

Specialties

Neurology with Special Qualifications in Child Neurology

Epilepsy

Hospital Affiliations

Texas Health Dallas

Texas Health Frisco

Languages

Hindi

Kannada

English

Education

Albert Einstein College of Medicine/ Montefiore - Neurology - Fellowship - 2008

New York Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Medical College - Child Neuro - Fellowship - 2007

Newark Beth Israel Medical Center - Peds - Residency - 2004

Bangalore Medical College - Medical Education - 1999

Bio

Deepa Sirsi, M.D., is an Associate Professor in the Departments of Pediatrics and Neurology at UT Southwestern Medical Center. Specializing in pediatric neurology and epilepsy, she serves as Program Director for the Pediatric Epilepsy Fellowship program. 

Dr. Sirsi earned her medical degree at Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute in Bangalore, India. She completed a residency in pediatrics at the Newark Beth Israel Medical Center and received advanced training in pediatric neurology and neurophysiology through separate fellowships at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center and Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center, respectively. 

Certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in child neurology, clinical neurophysiology, and epilepsy, Dr. Sirsi joined the UT Southwestern faculty in 2008. 

Dr. Sirsi’s research focus is in clinical trials for intractable epilepsy and Lennox-Gastaut syndrome. Her clinical interests include pediatric genetic epilepsy syndromes, dietary treatments for epilepsy, and surgery for medically intractable epilepsy.

She is a member of the American Academy of Neurology, the American Epilepsy Society, and the Child Neurology Society.