Loie Lenarz, MD

Lois (Loie) Lenarz, is a physician, educator and facilitator who works with individuals and teams to help them develop their capacity to maintain resilience and passion in their work. She has over 35 years of experience working with clinicians, hospitals, healthcare systems and educational institutions, helping them to identify the values, purpose and calling that bring them to their work. In her work she seeks to create an environment that helps individuals and teams build their capacity to explore their intellectual and emotional learning edges.

Loie received her undergraduate degree in Philosophy from the University of Minnesota, and her Medical Degree from the University of Minnesota Medical School. She completed her Family Medicine residency in 1984 and spent 12 years in private practice before her practice became part of a large healthcare system. She spent 10 years as Fairview’s Chief Clinical Officer and has been a clinical professor at the University of Minnesota since 1984. In 2007 she was awarded an Archibald Bush Foundation Medical Fellowship, during which she had the opportunity to study Adaptive Leadership with Dr. Ron Heifetz at Harvard and became a facilitator through The Center for Courage and Renewal.

Loie lives in Golden Valley, Minnesota with her husband, where they raised their three children. In addition to her passion for health care and learning, she loves to garden, sing, spend time in the outdoors and enjoy the company of family and friends.