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Prominent Indianapolis plastic surgeon Dr. Wally Zollman either lied on an application to renew his medical license or fell victim to an innocent mistake by an office manager.
The Indiana Medical Licensing Board will attempt to settle this debate and others on April 22 when it holds a final hearing for arguments from both the state and Attorney General's Office and Zollman.
Afterward, the board may decide to do nothing about this allegation and two others. It may revoke Zollman's license or it might chose one of several alternatives between those extremes. Whatever the decision, it will close the latest chapter of a career that has spent years in the local spotlight for one reason or another.
The Attorney General's Office filed a complaint last August that accuses Zollman of three counts of engaging or knowingly cooperating in "fraud or material deception in order to obtain a license to practice medicine."
The three counts reflect three separate incidents.
The complaint states that Zollman answered "no" on two different applications that asked if any hospital or health care facility had denied, suspended, restricted or revoked staff membership or privileges to practice since his last renewal application....