Army contacted more than 1,400 patients in gynecologist misconduct investigation

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.

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.

Col. Mark Jacques, commander of Darnall Army Medical Center at Fort Hood, speaks with Courtney Kube.Mosheh Gains / NBC NewsAt 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.