Dr. Myria Petrou Disassociates Herself From HHS-OIG Complaint Submitted Under Her Name

During Dr. Bradley Foerster’s litigated Freedom of Information Act case, Foerster v. Department of Health and Human Services, No. 1:21-cv-01433-DLF, concerning records related to NIH Grant R01NS082304, Assistant United States Attorney Dedra Curteman represented, based on information provided by HHS-OIG, that responsive investigative records would be released only to the complainant associated with the matter and identified Dr. Myria Petrou as the complainant associated with HHS-OIG case number 5-17-0-0192-4.

At the time of the 2021 HHS-OIG FOIA releases, the records appeared to concern allegations involving the NIH ALS research grant and related University of Michigan activities, including concerns previously raised by Dr. Myria Petrou in July 2017 regarding Dr. Robert Welsh’s reported work effort on the grant.

Subsequent HHS-OIG FOIA productions released in January 2024 later identified the originating complaint associated with case number 5-17-0-0192-4 as a University of Michigan medical billing complaint.

After comparing the released complaint intake materials with the earlier HHS-OIG grant-investigation records, Dr. Myria Petrou recognized that the records reflected the same HHS-OIG case number.

Dr. Petrou subsequently stated that she did not submit the complaint attributed to her and formally requested removal of her name from the complaint record.

This document reflects a formal request submitted by Dr. Myria Petrou to the HHS Office of Inspector General requesting removal of her name from a complaint attributed to her.

Letter from Dr. Myria Petrou to the HHS Office of Inspector General formally requesting removal of her name from the complaint record and stating that she did not submit the complaint.

No response to this request is reflected in the available record.

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Brad Foerster, MD PhD

Brad Foerster is a FOIA advocate documenting requests, transparency disputes, and accountability investigations involving public agencies, universities, police oversight, and Russia-Gate related inquiries. His work compiles original documents, timelines, and analysis of public records and institutional responses. Brad is also a board-certified radiologist, author of Town & Gown, and has published over 40 peer-reviewed articles. Brad lives in Potomac, Maryland with his family and is active in the Montgomery County Medical Society and the Takoma Park U.S. & World History Book Club.