Overview

• Miller filed a malpractice suit on June 3, 2025, in Los Angeles County Superior Court against Cedars-Sinai Marina Del Rey and surgeons Dr. Hooman Melamed and Dr. Paul Dwan.
• She alleges a catheter was negligently left inside her abdomen during a second spinal surgery in November 2020.
• Despite years of abdominal pain and repeated complaints, no imaging was ordered until a CT scan uncovered the foreign object in June 2024, prompting an emergency removal.
• As a paraplegic since her 2018 Burkitt lymphoma diagnosis, Miller’s case underscores claims that women’s pain is often dismissed by medical professionals.
• She is seeking $1.4 million in damages for medical negligence, professional negligence and medical battery and Cedars-Sinai has declined to comment due to privacy laws.