Ask Mr. Answer Person: "What Calmar doctor is giving up his license and why?"

Donna e-mails Mr. Answer Person: "What Calmar doctor is giving up his license and why?"

Mr. Answer Person says: The doctor in question is Dennis Glawe, who formerly practiced medicine for Gundersen Clinic in Calmar.  Late last month the Iowa Board of Medicine issued a statement saying that Glawe had voluntarily surrendered his Iowa medical license.

The Iowa Board of Medicine in 1996 heard a complaint that Glawe had engaged in a sexual relationship with a female patient.  The Board ruled that the complaint against Glawe was justified and ordered him to pay a $2,000 fine for engaging in a sexual relationship with a patient.

Recently the Iowa Board of Medicine received a second complaint about Glawe.  It stated that he had recently engaged in a sexual relationship with a female patient.

This time to complaint did not go to a formal ruling.  Instead Glawe accepted a settlement agreement with the Board that called for him to surrender his Iowa Medical license.