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American physician (1970–2020)
Lorna Breen
Born Lorna Margaret Breen
(1970-10-09 ) October 9, 1970Died April 26, 2020(2020-04-26) (aged 49)Charlottesville, Virginia
Occupation Physician
Lorna Margaret Breen (October 9, 1970 – April 26, 2020)
[1] was an American physician who was the emergency room director at
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital . She died by suicide in 2020, while taking a break with family in
Charlottesville, Virginia during the
coronavirus pandemic .
Early life
NewYork-Presbyterian Allen hospital where Lorna Breen worked
Breen was born in Charlottesville, Virginia, and raised in
Danville, Pennsylvania .
[2] She graduated from
Wyoming Seminary in 1988.
[3] She received a master's degree at
Cornell University and attended
Medical College of Virginia before doing a residency at
Long Island Jewish Medical Center .
[4]
[5]
Career
Breen worked in
The Allen Hospital at the NewYork-Presbyterian, where during spring of 2020 she treated patients with
COVID-19 . She contracted the virus herself then went back to work after isolating for a week and a half. On a family break in
Charlottesville, Virginia , she died by suicide on April 26, 2020.
[6]
[7] Her father said: "She was truly in the trenches of the frontline. She tried to do her job, and it killed her [...] Make sure she’s praised as a hero. Because she was, she’s a casualty just as much as anyone else who has died."
[8]
Selected works
Breen, Lorna M. (1 September 1999).
"What Should I Do If My Patient Does Not Speak English?" . JAMA . 282 (9): 819.
doi :
10.1001/jama.282.9.819-JMS0901-3-1 .
PMID
10478684 .
Chang, Bernard P.; Cato, Kenrick Dwain; Cassai, Mary; Breen, Lorna (November 2019).
"Clinician burnout and its association with team based care in the Emergency Department" . The American Journal of Emergency Medicine . 37 (11): 2113–2114.
doi :
10.1016/j.ajem.2019.06.032 .
PMC
6917942 .
PMID
31255426 .
Brener, Michael I.; Tung, Jen; Stant, Jennifer; Sayan, Osman R.; Suh, Edward H.; Minutello, Robert M.; Sharma, Rahul; Brener, Sorin J.; Melniker, Lawrence A.; Moustakakis, Emmanuel N.; Neuberg, Gerald; Breen, Lorna M.; Nutovits, Ronald; Kats, Yuliya; Amaranto, Andrew; Pucillo, Anthony; Kirtane, Ajay J.; Rabbani, LeRoy E. (December 2019). "An Updated Healthcare System-Wide Clinical Pathway for Managing Patients With Chest Pain and Acute Coronary Syndromes". Critical Pathways in Cardiology . 18 (4): 167–175.
doi :
10.1097/HPC.0000000000000189 .
PMID
31725507 .
S2CID
208036312 .
References
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"A Doctor's Emergency" . Vanity Fair .
Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021 .
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"Dr. Lorna M. Breen was born and raised in Danville" . The Express .
Archived from the original on 2020-05-06. Retrieved 2020-05-01 .
^ Hallikaar, Viktoria (2020-04-29).
"Wyoming Seminary alumni react to suicide of NYC doctor, former classmate" . WOLF .
Archived from the original on 2022-08-26. Retrieved 2020-05-01 .
^ Corina Knoll; Ali Watkins; Michael Rothfeld (July 11, 2020).
" 'I Couldn't Do Anything': The Virus and an E.R. Doctor's Suicide" . The New York Times .
Archived from the original on August 9, 2022. Retrieved August 26, 2022 .
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"Doctor directory – Lorna M. Breen M.D."
Columbia University Irving Medical Center . Archived from
the original on April 28, 2020.
^ Watkins, Ali; Rothfeld, Michael; Rashbaum, William K.; Rosenthal, Brian M. (2020-04-27).
"Top E.R. Doctor Who Treated Virus Patients Dies by Suicide" . The New York Times .
ISSN
0362-4331 .
Archived from the original on 2020-05-09. Retrieved 2020-05-01 .
^ Iati, Marisa; Bellware, Kim (2020-04-29).
"NYC emergency doctor dies by suicide, underscoring a secondary danger of the pandemic" . The Washington Post .
Archived from the original on 2020-05-01. Retrieved 2020-05-01 .
^ Evelyn, Kenya (April 28, 2020).
"New York ER doctor who treated coronavirus patients dies by suicide" . The Guardian .
Archived from the original on May 5, 2020. Retrieved May 7, 2020 .
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