Dr. Lauren LaFortune graduated magna cum laude from Cornell University, College of Arts and Sciences and magna cum laude from the State University of New York - Health Science Center at Brooklyn, where she earned her medical degree. She received the Janet M. Glasgow Memorial Achievement Citation, awarded to the top 10% of female graduating medical students based on GPA, and was inducted into the Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society.

Dr. LaFortune completed her general pediatric training at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York, followed by Tufts–New England Medical Center/Floating Hospital for Children in Boston, where she went on to complete her residency in pediatric neurology and a fellowship in pediatric.

In 2004, Dr. LaFortune began her career as an attending physician in pediatric neurology at Massachusetts General Hospital for Children on the North Shore, formerly North Shore Children’s Hospital, and practiced there until 2010. Since then, she has been an attending physician in pediatric neurology at Boston Children’s.

Awards

• 2021 - 2026 Top Doctor Award - Castle Connolly
• 2022 – 2026 Boston Magazine's Top Doctors Child Neurology recognition
• 2026 Exceptional Women in Medicine Award - Castle Connolly