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Medicine care team

Neurology

Dr. Jeffrey  Jirsch, MD, MSc, FRCPC, CSCN

Neurologist and Epileptologist
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine

Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
2075 Bayview Ave., Room A4 02
Toronto, ON
M4N 3M5


Administrative Assistant: Nicole Leon
Phone: 416.480.5200
Fax: 416.480.5354
Email: nicole.leon@sunnybrook.ca

Clinical profile

Dr. Jeffrey Jirsch is a neurologist and epileptologist at Sunnybrook Hospital. Dr. Jirsch is also an Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto and the Seizure Disorders and Electroencephalography lead at Sunnybrook.

Research profile

Education:

  1. B.Sc. (Hons), 1992, McGill University, Canada
  2. M.Sc, 1994, Queen’s University, Canada
  3. MD, 1998, University of Toronto, Canada
  4. PGME (Neurology), 2003, McGill University
  5. Epilepsy Fellowship, 2006, Columbia University, USA
  6. Diploma in Leadership,2020, University of Alberta, Canada

Appointments and Affiliations:

  1. Associate Professor, department of medicine, division of neurology, U of T

Research Focus:

  1. Translational Research in EEG

Research Summary:

Dr. Jirsch is a clinician-investigator interested in the design, conduct and analysis of novel utilities for electroencephalography in the care and prognostication of Traumatic Brain Injury Patients

Grants (Active): Title: EEG and the Adaptive Reconfiguration Index to Predict Recovery after Brain Injury; Kimel-Schatzky Traumatic Brain Injury Foundation

  1. Hanna N, Jirsch J, Alain C, Corvinelli S, Lee JS. Electroencephalogram measured functional connectivity for delirium detection: a systematic review. Front Neurosci. 2023 Nov 16:17:1274837.
  2. Yanes R, Briard JN, Nguyen TJ, Sultanem M, Nguyen DK, Gibbs S, Ikeda K, Jirsch J, Josephson C, Boisse Lomax L, Cloutier V, Keezer M. A Prospective Post-Marketing Observational Study of Brivaracetam in People With Focal Epilepsy. Can J Neurol Sci. 2023 Dec 27:1-5. doi: 10.1017/cjn.2023.328.
  3. Anderson D, Jirsch JD, Wheatley MB, Brindley PG. Electroencephalogram patterns in critical care: A primer for acute care doctors. J Intensive Care Soc. 2022 Feb;23(1):58-69. doi: 10.1177/1751143720949454.
  4. Spring AM, Pittman DJ, Rizwan A, Aghakhani Y, Jirsch J, Connolly M, Wiebe S, Appendino JP, Datta A, Steve T, Pillay N, Javidan M, Scantlebury M, Hrazdil C, Josephson CB, Boelman C, Gross D, Singh S, Bello-Espinosa L, Huh L, Jetté N, Federico P. Effect of Training on Visual Identification of High Frequency Oscillations-A Delphi-Style Intervention..Front Neurol. 2022 Feb 14;13:794668. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2022.794668
  5. Nathoo N, Anderson D, Jirsch JD. Extreme Delta Brush in anti-NMDA encephalitis correlates with poor functional outcome and death. Front Neurol 2021 Front Neurol. 2021 Jul 9;12:686521. doi: 10.3389/fneur.2021.686521. PMID: 34305794; PMCID: PMC8299704.
  6. Fang J, Jirsch JD, Wang S, Zhou D, Mu J, An D, Si Y, Zhao G. Neurologists' attitudes toward driving among persons with epilepsy in China: A pilot electronic survey. Epilepsy Behav. 2019 Mar 15;94:47-51.
  7. Jirsch JD, Urrestarazu E, LeVan P, Olivier A, Dubeau F, Gotman J. High-frequency oscillations during human focal seizures. Brain. 2006 Jun;129(6):1593-608.