Newtown Pediatrics Is Moving

Lalaine C. Mortera, MD, this week announced the relocation of her pediatric practice, Newtown Pediatrics, to 172 Mt Pleasant Road, effective July 2. The practice telephone number remains the same, 426-2400.

An attending pediatrician in the Danbury Hospital Department of Pediatrics, Dr Mortera is a physician member of the Danbury Office of Physician Services, PC.

During the two-day office move on June 30 and July 1, the Newtown Pediatrics office will be closed, but emergency physician coverage, as always, will be available. Newtown Pediatrics reopens on July 2 in its new location.

Dr Mortera is a graduate of the University of Philippines College of Medicine and completed a pediatric internship at Bridge Hospital/Yale University School of Medicine, and pediatric residencies at Northshore Cornell University Hospitals/Cornell University Medical College and Westchester County Medical Center/New York Medical College. She also completed fellowship training in clinical genetics and dysmorphology at Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine.

A fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Dr Mortera joined the Danbury Hospital Department of Pediatrics in 1997. She resides in Newtown with her husband, Herbert, and their two children, Brittany and Christian.