The incident occurred shortly before noon at Brigham and Women's Hospital, where the situation was now "under control," Boston police chief William Evans said at a press conference.
Police received several 911 calls starting around 11:00 am local time reporting shots fired at the prestigious hospital's cardiovascular center, across from the main entrance.
"By 11:07, we received another call of a doctor being shot and people barricaded themselves inside offices," Evans said.
When police arrived on the scene, "they found who we believe to be the suspect inside the examining room, with what appears at this time clearly a self-inflicted gunshot" wound, Evans said.
"Beside him there was what we believe to be the weapon used in this tragedy.