Penn Medicine Provider
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Vivianna M. Van Deerlin, MD, PhD
she/her/hers
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Pathology and Laboratory Medicine HUP

About me

  • Director, Molecular Pathology Laboratory
  • Interim Director, Division of Precision and Computational Diagnostics
  • Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

As a Molecular Genetic Pathologist my medical practice encompasses interpretation of testing in all areas of precision medicine and molecular diagnostics including testing for applications in oncology (hematological and solid tumor), infectious diseases, constitutional molecular genetics (including neurogenetics), and identity testing (including transplant chimerism and molar pregnancy evaluation). The field of precision molecular medicine is constantly evolving, changing, and growing. In the Division of Precision and Computational Diagnostics we have a development team dedicated to responding to these challenges striving to keep Penn Medicine at the cutting edge of precision diagnostics.

Education and training

  • Medical School: Washington University in St. Louis
  • Residency: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
  • Fellowship: Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

Insurance accepted

My Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Van Deerlin is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

Diamond JM, Cantu E, Porteous M, Suzuki Y, Meyer KC, Lederer D, Milewski RK, Arcasoy S, D'Ovidio F, Bacchetta M, Sonett JR, Singh G, Costa J, Tobias JW, Rodriguez H, Van Deerlin VM, Olthoff KM, Shaked A, Chang BL, Christie JD Peripheral Blood Gene Expression Changes Associated with Primary Graft Dysfunction after Lung Transplantation. , Am J Transplant, 17(7): 2017,1770-1777


Cairns NJ, Irwin DJ, Van Deerlin VM, Lee VM-Y, Trojanowski JQ Genetics and Neuropathology of Frontotemporal Dementia. , The Human Frontal Lobes: Functions and Disorders - Second Edition: 2018,270-302


Lee EB, Porta S, Michael BG, Xu Y, Suh ER, Kwong LK, Elman L, Grossman M, Lee V M-Y, Irwin DJ, Van Deerlin VM, Trojanowski JQ. Expansion of the classification of FTLD-TDP: distinct pathology associated with rapidly progressive frontotemporal degeneration. , Acta Neuropathol, 134(1): 2017,65-78


Jun Gyungah R, Chung Jaeyoon, Mez Jesse, Barber Robert, Beecham Gary W, Bennett David A, Buxbaum Joseph D, Byrd Goldie S, Carrasquillo Minerva M, Crane Paul K, Cruchaga Carlos, De Jager Philip, Ertekin-Taner Nilufer, Evans Denis, Fallin M Danielle, Foroud Tatiana M, Friedland Robert P, Goate Alison M, Graff-Radford Neill R, Hendrie Hugh, Hall Kathleen S, Hamilton-Nelson Kara L, Inzelberg Rivka, Kamboh M Ilyas, Kauwe John S K, Kukull Walter A, Kunkle Brian W, Kuwano Ryozo, Larson Eric B, Logue Mark W, Manly Jennifer J, Martin Eden R, Montine Thomas J, Mukherjee Shubhabrata, Naj Adam, Reiman Eric M, Reitz Christiane, Sherva Richard, St George-Hyslop Peter H, Thornton Timothy, Younkin Steven G, Vardarajan Badri N, Wang Li-San, Wendlund Jens R, Winslow Ashley R, Haines Jonathan, Mayeux Richard, Pericak-Vance Margaret A, Schellenberg Gerard, Lunetta Kathryn L, Farrer Lindsay A Transethnic genome-wide scan identifies novel Alzheimer's disease loci. , Alzheimers Dement, 13(7): 2017,727-738


Cooper Christine A, Jain Nimansha, Gallagher Michael D, Weintraub Daniel, Xie Sharon X, Berlyand Yosef, Espay Alberto J, Quinn Joseph, Edwards Karen L, Montine Thomas, Van Deerlin Vivianna M, Trojanowski John, Zabetian Cyrus P, Chen-Plotkin Alice S Common variant rs356182 near SNCA defines a Parkinson's disease endophenotype. , Ann Clin Transl Neurol, 4(1): 2017,15-25


Suh E*, Lee EB*, Neal D, Wood EM, Toledo JB, Rennert L, Irwin DJ, McMillan CT, Krock B, Elman LB, McCluskey LF, Grossman M, Xie SX, Trojanowski JQ, and Van Deerlin VM Semi-automated quantification of C9orf72 expansion size reveals inverse correlation between hexanucleotide repeat number and disease duration in frontotemporal degeneration , Acta Neuropathol, 130(3): 2015,363-72


Van Deerlin VM, Sleiman PMA, Martinez-Lage M, Chen-Plotkin A, Wang, L-S, Graff-Radford NR, Dickson DW, Rademakers R, Boeve BF, Grossman M, Arnold SE, Mann DMA, Pickering-Brown SM, Seelaar H, Heutink P, vanSwieten JC, Murrell JR, Ghetti B, Spina S, Grafman J, Hodges J, Spillantini MG, Gilman S, Lieberman AP, Kaye JA, Woltjer Randall L, Bigio EH, Mesulam M, Al-Sarraj S, Troakes C, Rosenberg RN, White III CL, Ferrer I, Lladó A, , Neumann M, Kretzschmar HA, Hulette CM, Welsh-Bohmer KA, Miller, BL, Alzualde A, de Munain Lopez A, McKee AC, Gearing M, Levey AI, Lah JJ, Hardy J, Rohrer JD, Lashley T, Mackenzie IRA, Feldman HH, Hamilton RL, Dekosky ST, van der Zee J, Kumar-Singh S, Van Broeckhoven C, Mayeux R, Vonsattel JPG, Troncoso JC, Kril JJ, Kwok JBJ, Halliday GM, Bird TD, Ince PG, Shaw PJ, Cairns NJ, Morris JC, McLean CA, DeCarli C, Ellis WG, Freeman SH, Frosch MP, Growdon JH, Perl DP, Sano M, Bennett DA, Schneider JA, Beach TG, Reiman EM, Woodruff BK, Cummings J, Vinters HV, Miller CA, Chui HC, Alafuzoff I, Hartikainen P, Seilhean D, Galasko D, Masliah E, Cotman CW, Tuñón MT, Caballero Martínez MC, Munoz DG, Carroll SL, Marson D, Riederer PF, Bogdanovic N, Schellenberg GD, Hakonarson H, Trojanowski JQ and Lee VM-Y. Common variants at 7p21 are associated with frontotemporal lobar degeneration with TDP-43 inclusions. , Nat Genet, 42(3): 2010,234–39


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