Last week, President Biden signed into law the Dr. Lorna Breen Healthcare Provider Protection Act. Breen’s death by suicide was a sentinel moment in the early phase of the pandemic, a stark ...

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 ...

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.

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 loved caring for others. Medicine and family were the cornerstones of her life. But the physical and emotional toll of serving on the COVID-19 frontlines as the Emergency Room ...

Lorna Breen, MD, was an emergency physician working at a frenetic pace at the height of the coronavirus pandemic in New York City in 2020. She contracted COVID-19, returned to work early out of a ...

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.

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 ...

The Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes’ Foundation is one of the few bright spots to emerge from that dreadful pandemic.. Due in part to the foundation’s efforts, more than 40 state licensure boards and ...

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