Joseph I. Sirven

Dr. Joseph Sirven (Joe) is a Professor of Neurology and Chairman of the Department of Neurology at the Mayo Clinic in Arizona. Previously, he served as Director of Education for Mayo Clinic Arizona with oversight over all educational activities at the Mayo Clinic Arizona campus including, medical student rotatios, residencies, fellowships, PhD candidates, nursing, allied health and continuing medical education programs. He is currently Education chair for the Epilepsy Section of the American Academy of Neurology, Chair of the Annual Course Committee for the American Epilepsy Society and Chair of the Quality of Life Committee for the Epilepsy Foundation. He is also editor-in-chief of epilepsy.com.

Dr. Sirven has published extensively on epilepsy and its treatment. His interests in epilepsy include status epilepticus, surgical therapy, epilepsy in older adults and psychosocial issues particularly those involving Hispanic populations and transportation. His articles have appeared in Neurology, Epilepsia, Lancet, Archives of Neurology, Annals of Neurology, Epilepsy & Behavior and Mayo Clinic Proceedings. He is editor of 4 textbooks: Clinical Neurology of the Older Adult, the American Epilepsy Society's Introduction to Epilepsy; Clinical Epilepsy, and An Atlas of Video EEG Monitoring. He is currently co Director of the Epilepsy Program at Mayo Clinic Arizona.

Dr. Sirven received his undergraduate degree, a BS in Biology from Georgetown University in Washington DC. He received his MD degree from Louisiana State University in New Orleans, Louisiana. He completed a residency in Neurology from the University of Minnesota. His EEG and epilepsy fellowship was completed at the University of Pennsylvania.