A carjacking gone wrong in Baltimore has left a medical professional with gunshot wounds on his morning commute Friday, according to local reports. Dr. Madhu Subramanian, a 38-year-old surgeon at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center and an assistant professor of surgical treatment, was on his way to work around 7 a.m.
City police said they discovered a male injured on the 1200 block of East 36th Street in Northeast Baltimore a couple of minutes later on.
Subramanian focuses on intense care surgery, trauma surgical treatment, surgical vital care, burn care, and general surgical treatment, according to the hospital’s site.
Johns Hopkins leaders said Subramanian has currently been released in an email to hospital personnel acquired by the Baltimore Sun.
“With his permission, we can share that Dr. Madhu Subramanian, a trauma and acute care surgeon, was on his way to work at Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center when the incident occurred near the 3600 block of Loch Raven Boulevard,” Johns Hopkins Medicine CEO Paul Rothman and Johns Hopkins Health System President Kevin Sowers wrote, according to the paper. “Thankfully, Dr. Subramanian was not seriously injured and has been treated and released.”
The shooting comes as Baltimore and other large American cities see escalating violence, with break-ins, shootings and homicides on the rise. Later on Friday, cops stated they reacted to another shooting and discovered 2 young men, ages 19 and 20, with gunshot wounds. Both of their injuries were considered not deadly, according to authorities.
After walking in for Trauma call this AM, my colleague called with the most unexpected message.
Joe, are you on call?
Yes
Our fellow trauma surgeon was just shot and he is on his way to the trauma center.
Listening to that communication, I was frankly numb and in disbelief.
— Joseph Sakran (@JosephSakran) April 1, 2022
Dr. Joseph Sakran, a fellow Johns Hopkins surgical treatment, addressed his associate’s shooting in a Twitter thread Friday after he stated he treated his Subramanian’s injuries.
“We are so grateful he survived this horrific incident and will be OK,” he wrote.
“In the heat of the moment, we often compartmentalize the emotion that goes along with caring for these injured patients. And we do that in order to effectively make one methodical decision after the other to save a person’s life. How do you do that when it’s one of your own?”
Sakran, who survived a shooting himself as a teenager, included that “Gun Violence is a Public Health Crisis that we face daily in Baltimore, and communities all across America” calling upon society to “do better.”
Anybody with details on the shooting was asked to get in touch with Baltimore investigators at(410 )396-2444.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
