E-Mail: VDELEON(at)jhmi.edu
Phone: 410-955-7892

1830 E. Monument St., Room 307
Baltimore, MD 21205 USA

Ph.D., Anatomy, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 2004
M.A., Anthropology, University of Florida, 1998
L.L.M., Taxation, New York University, 1992
J.D., Law, University of Florida, 1991
B.A., History, 1988

craniofacial development
morphological integration
fluctuating asymmetry as indication of developmental stability
morphometric methods and software
brain dysmorphology in autism and related disorders

Curriculum Vitae

Web resource for the "MomentMacro" for calculating cross-sectional moments

Applied Statistics for the Natural Sciences Problem Sets

DeLeon VB, Richtsmeier JT. 2009. Fluctuating asymmetry and developmental instability in sagittal craniosynostosis. Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal 46:187-196. DOWNLOAD PDF (visit Allen Press CP-CJ page)

Seidenstricker L, Becker D, Govier D, DeLeon VB, Lo LJ, Kane AA. 2008. Comparative osseous and soft tissue morphology following cleft lip repair. Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal, in press.

Rose, K.D., V.B. DeLeon, P. Missiaen, R.S. Rana, A. Sahni, L. Singh, and T. Smith. 2008. Early Eocene lagomorph (Mammalia) from western India and the early diversification of Lagomorpha. Proc. Royal Soc. London B 275: 1203-1208. DOWNLOAD PDF (visit Royal Society Publishing site)

DeLeon VB. 2007. Fluctuating asymmetry and stress in a medieval Nubian population. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 132:520-34. DOWNLOAD PDF (visit Wiley AJPA page)

Becker DB, Fundakowski C, Govier D, DeLeon V, Marsh JL, Kane AA. 2006. Long-term osseous morphological outcome of surgically treated unicoronal craniosynostosis. Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, 117:929-935.

Perlyn CA, DeLeon VB, Babbs C, Govier D, Burell L, Darvann T, Kreiborg S, Morriss-Kay G. 2006. The Craniofacial Phenotype of the Crouzon Mouse: Analysis of a Model for Syndromic Craniosynostosis Using Three-Dimensional MicroCT Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal,43:740-747. DOWNLOAD PDF (visit Allen Press CP-CJ page)

Aldridge K, Boyahjiev SA, Capone GT, DeLeon VB, Richtsmeier JT. 2005. Precision and error of three-dimensional phenotypic measures acquired from 3dMD photogrammetric images. American Journal of Medical Genetics, 138A: 247-253.

Richtsmeier JT, DeLeon VB, Lele S. (2002) The promise of geometric morphometrics. Yearbook of Physical Anthropology, 45:63-91. DOWNLOAD PDF (visit Wiley AJPA page)

DeLeon VB, Zumpano MP, Richtsmeier JT. (2001) The effect of neurocranial surgery on basicranial morphology in isolated sagittal craniosynostosis. Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal, 38(2):134-46. DOWNLOAD PDF (visit Allen Press CP-CJ page)

Kirsten M. Brown, Madeleine B. Chollet