Overview

• In a June 2025 complaint, Miller accuses Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and surgeons Hooman Melamed and Paul Dwan of negligence, seeking at least $1.4 million in damages for medical malpractice, professional negligence and medical battery.
• She alleges a blue catheter was left inside her abdomen during a second spinal surgery in November 2020 and that multiple physicians dismissed her ongoing abdominal pain.
• While seeking care at a different hospital in June 2024, Miller underwent a CT scan that revealed the foreign object, which was removed in an emergency procedure.
• Her attorney argues the case underscores a broader pattern of medical practitioners minimizing or dismissing women’s pain despite clear and persistent symptoms.
• Cedars-Sinai and the two doctors have declined to comment on pending litigation, citing patient privacy laws and legal confidentiality.