Army contacted more than 1,400 patients in gynecologist misconduct investigation
The commander of the medical center at Fort Hood says 85 patients have reached out to Army investigators over the past month in response to a letter he sent them.
Army OB-GYN Dr. Blaine McGraw
FORT HOOD, Texas — The commander of the Army medical center where a gynecologist who saw hundreds of service members and their spouses is accused of sexual misconduct said investigators continue to receive new allegations from patients.
Col. Mark Jacques, the commander of Darnall Army Medical Center at Fort Hood military base, said in an interview with NBC News that he sent a letter to more than 1,400 of the gynecologist’s patients to inform them of the probe and created a hotline for them to call to report complaints. As many as 85 patients have reached out to the Army Criminal Investigation Division, or CID, he said, although it’s not clear if all of them were victims of misconduct.
At least 30 women have been identified by Army investigators as having been photographed or videotaped by the gynecologist, according to a patient who was told of that number by investigators and two Army officials.
“I’m devastated that these patients and their families have to endure this and have to go through this,” Jacques said.
The gynecologist, Dr. Blaine McGraw, is named in a lawsuit filed on Monday by one of his former patients under the name Jane Doe to protect her identity, NBC News reported. The lawsuit accuses McGraw of recording intimate videos of a patient without her knowledge and alleges there are scores of other women who are victims of his misconduct. It also says Army leadership received complaints about sexual misconduct by McGraw dating back years and allowed him to continue practicing.
Jacques said he was not aware of any such complaints or concerns since he took command of the medical center in June.
Daniel Conway, an attorney for McGraw, said in a statement, “Dr. McGraw is fully cooperative with the investigation. We have reason to believe, however, that Army special agents are providing members of the public with inaccurate and exaggerated information. We can think of no other reason for inaccurate leaks than to influence the outcome of the case. We, nonetheless, remain cooperative.”
Two women, whose names NBC News is withholding at their request, said they were both patients of McGraw’s and had not been interviewed by Army CID. One of them, who said she did not receive the letter from Jacques, said she fears her privacy may have been violated. “He might have pictures of me, and I don’t even know,” she said. The other woman said she received Jacques’ letter.
NBC News has verified that McGraw was their doctor.
Another one of McGraw’s patients, whom NBC News is calling “Erin” because she asked for anonymity due to the sensitivity of the case, said she received a call from Army criminal investigators on Oct. 28. Erin said she started seeing McGraw earlier this year for a high-risk pregnancy. She said Army investigators sent her a still image they had found on McGraw’s phone that they thought might be of her.
She said when she looked at the image, she recognized herself instantly. It was a snapshot of her during one of the most trying times of her life — she was in the intensive care unit at the Army hospital dealing with complications from her delivery, she said.
“I was in the room by myself for that treatment, and he came in around 11 at night and was basically conversational — and he said, ‘I’ve got great news. We are sending you home early,’” the woman recounted. She said she was groggy from the medication she’d needed for the procedure when he asked how things were going. She told him breastfeeding was not going very well for her, at which point he asked to take a look, she said.
What she didn’t know at the time, but realized as soon as she saw the image from Army investigators, was that McGraw had recorded his examination of her breasts, she said.
During her interview with Army investigators, she said they told her that the images of patients on McGraw’s phone went back to February 2025.
Jacques said he learned on Oct. 17 that a patient had made allegations. The gynecologist was immediately suspended and stripped of his access to any patient treatment areas and electronic medical records, and the Army opened a criminal investigation that same day, he said.
“Everything we do in this organization, the reason people come to work every day, is to take care of patients, to take care of Army soldiers, their families and the community,” Jacques said. “Those allegations were not in line with that. They were opposed to the safe treatment of patients, how we take care of patients with respect. And as a result, the investigation is ongoing.”
The letter Jacques sent to 1,400 patients, which was obtained by NBC News, includes a QR code to access a questionnaire from Army CID.
“We are writing to inform you of an investigation involving a healthcare provider who has previously provided Gynecological and Obstetric care at Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center,” the letter states. “While your name appears on the list of patients seen by this provider, there are currently no indications you were affected by the alleged misconduct currently under review.”
The lawsuit filed on Monday said the plaintiff learned from Army investigators that McGraw had secretly recorded her during breast and pelvic examinations.
The lawsuit also accuses McGraw of inappropriate touching, crude remarks and performing unnecessary medical procedures on multiple patients. It also alleges he would call his patients at home to discuss matters unrelated to medical care and dismiss female chaperones in examination rooms, raising questions about whether he had informed his patients they have a right to have a chaperone present during an appointment.
“These allegations that were raised are not in line with me as a physician or with me as a soldier who lives by the Army values,” Jacques said. “This is not acceptable, and that’s why, as the commander, I take responsibility to ensure that, moving forward, we cover every area and every basis to ensure that this doesn’t happen again.”
Army contacted more than 1,400 patients in gynecologist misconduct investigation
The commander of the medical center at Fort Hood says 85 patients have reached out to Army investigators over the past month in response to a letter he sent them.
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