A community-focused physician, award-winning author and long-time musician, Wayne Liebhard is a Saint John’s University education incarnate. 

Liebhard practiced family medicine in Shakopee for 20 years before moving to an emergency clinic. He won the Minnesota Medical Association’s Community Service Award, given annually to one physician in the state, in 1996 and was named an “Everyday Hero” in the University of Minnesota’s Minnesota Magazine for his leadership in medicine and the community.  

Liebhard practiced family medicine in Shakopee for 20 years before moving to an emergency clinic. He won the Minnesota Medical Association’s Community Service Award, given annually to one physician in the state, in 1996 and was named an “Everyday Hero” in the University of Minnesota’s Minnesota Magazine for his leadership in medicine and the community.  He won national awards and attention with his first book, 1997’s Elephants in the Exam Room: The Seven Things You Need to Know About Today’s Health Care ‘Crisis’ and followed up with 2009’s Elephants in the Exam Room: The Big-Picture Solution to Today’s Health Care ‘Crisis’ and 2022’s Walking The Tightrope – Trusting Your Life To Telemedicine. He released his first novel, The Vortex Effect, in 2016 and recently finished his second, Remember My Face.  

Liebhard, a member of the Solid Gold Band, wrote music for all three of its albums, produced its first and wrote the music for his first solo album, 2021’s Reflections.