In 2020, at the height of the pandemic, Dr. Lorna Breen, 49, felt overwhelmed by treating so many patients very ill with COVID-19. Then, she contracted COVID-19 and grappled with depression.

Dr. Lorna Breen died by suicide 5 years ago, early in the COVID pandemic. A foundation in her honor is helping health care workers prioritize mental health.

Editor’s Note: Jennifer Breen Feist is Dr. Breen’s sister and a co-founder of the Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes’ Foundation. Corey Feist is Dr. Breen’s brother-in-law and a health care executive ...

But the shattered city was further rocked when it learned that Dr. Lorna Breen of NewYork–Presbyterian Hospital had taken her own life on April 26, 2020, five years ago today.

Credit - Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes’ Foundation When Dr. Lorna Breen, an emergency-room physician at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, died by suicide in April 2020, her family and colleagues were ...

On April 26, 2020, Breen died by suicide. It was two and a half months after her death that Dr. Breen’s family created the Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes’ Foundation.

S ome people are vaguely aware of the story of Dr. Lorna Breen. Among physicians and frontline caregivers, she has become the face of health care workers overwhelmed by Covid-19.

On March 18, 2022, President Biden signed into law the Dr. Lorna Breen Healthcare Provider Protection Act (HR 1667), after it received approval by the House of Representatives in December 2021 ...