Rosario DeLeon, PhD

Clinical Biography

Rosario DeLeon, PhD, is a licensed pediatric neuropsychologist in the Comprehensive Pediatric Epilepsy Center within UT Health Austin Pediatric Neurosciences at Dell Children’s, a clinical partnership between Dell Children's Medical Center and UT Health Austin. She specializes in the neuropsychological evaluation of children with neurocognitive disorders from toddlerhood through late adolescence. She also evaluates children though the Children’s Blood and Cancer Center at Dell Children’s Medical Center. Additionally, Dr. DeLeon is an assistant professor in the Dell Medical School Department of Neurology.

Dr. DeLeon earned both a master's degree in psychology and a doctorate in clinical psychology with a major area of study in neuropsychology from the University of Houston. She completed an internship in clinical psychology at The Children’s Assessment Center and a fellowship in neuropsychology at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.

Dr. DeLeon’s current research interests include examining bilingualism as a protective factor for executive functions in pediatric cancer, neuropsychological phenotypes in pediatric temporal lobe epilepsy, and effectiveness of language-concordant care in epilepsy. She is a past president and current member of the Austin Neuropsychological Society. She is also a member of the Hispanic Neuropsychological Society and International Neuropsychological Society.

Dr. DeLeon is a pediatric neuropsychologist with UT Health Austin.