Shane Lieberman, MD

About Shane

Shane Lieberman, MD is a board-certified palliative medicine physician with Palliative Care at Valley View. He came to the medical profession via a circuitous route—Dr. Lieberman started his working life as a CPA right out of college, and eventually went on to earn a master’s degree in German from the University of Colorado. Several years later, he pursued his medical degree there, graduating in 2013.

Palliative care is a caregiving approach meant to help people with serious, often terminal, illnesses optimize their quality of life. “I’ve been passionate about my chosen field ever since medical school,” he says. “I have so much opportunity to treat the whole person, not just their conditions, and really get to know them and their families. We focus intensely on quality of life, and in doing so we get to build relationships with our patients in ways that are very special, very rewarding. I grow to understand their goals and values, which helps to create effective treatment strategies. ”

Dr. Lieberman also performs as a professional musician, leading various bands. His most recent involvement is a Carbondale-based sextet called Typical Ghost, which plays at local music festivals in the Roaring Fork Valley, where he lives with his wife and daughter.