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. She had been a ...

The COVID pandemic has led to increased awareness of the mental toll of being a health care worker, especially after the April 2020 suicide of Dr. Lorna Breen, an emergency room physician at New ...

"She tried to do her job, and it killed her," Dr. Philip C. Breen said of his daughter, Dr. Lorna M. Breen Joelle Goldstein is a Senior News Editor on the TV team for PEOPLE Digital. She has been ...

Dr. Lorna Breen, 49, the medical director of the emergency department at New York-Presbyterian Allen Hospital, was staying with family in Charlottesville, Virginia. City police responded to a ...

It’s unimaginable. Dr. Lorna Breen, head of the emergency department at NewYork-Presbyterian’s Allen campus in Upper Manhattan, killed herself the previous night. It’s a Monday morning in ...

Dr Lorna Breen, who was medical director of the emergency department at New York-Presbyterian Allen Hospital in Manhattan, died of self-inflicted injuries on Sunday, police said. The 49-year-old's ...