Police discovered the body of Ravindra Rajmane, MD, the chief of pulmonology at the hospital, in the bedroom of his apartment shortly before 9:30 a.m. Tuesday, the report states. Several glassine envelopes with heroin residue were also reportedly found near his body.
Authorities said a worried coworker visited Dr. Rajmane’s building Tuesday after learning he hadn’t shown up for work at the hospital since Friday.
The medical examiner’s office is slated to perform a full autopsy to determine Dr. Rajmane’s exact cause of death, according to the report.
Dr. Rajmane’s biography had been scrubbed from the hospital’s website as of 11:15 a.m. Thursday.
A spokesperson for NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn declined to comment to Becker’s Hospital Review about Dr. Rajmane’s death.
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