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Lisa Federle

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Lisa Federle
Federle in front of the Tübingen medical mobile that is financed by donations
Born (1961-07-31) 31 July 1961 (age 63)
OccupationPhysician

Lisa Federle (born 31 July 1961) is a German doctor and emergency physician. In 2015, she introduced a "mobile doctor's practice" in the Tübingen district to treat refugees in their emergency shelters as well as homeless people. During the COVID-19 pandemic, it became a mobile fever and diagnostic clinic. With the test strategy she had initiated, she adapted the Tübingen model for targeted pandemic control.[1] In 2020, she was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit for her commitment.[2]

Life and career

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Lisa Federle was born and raised in Tübingen, West Germany. She attended elementary school in 1968 and in 1972 the Wildermuth-Gymnasium Tübingen. After dropping out of school with two children, she worked in the catering trade without giving up her aspiration to become a doctor.[3] After starting a family, she graduated from the evening grammar school in Reutlingen in 1986 and from secondary school in 1990. She then studied medicine at the University of Tübingen[3] and graduated in 1998 with a doctorate at 37.[4] After five years of training in anaesthesia and intensive care, she acquired specialist status.[5]

In 2015, Federle developed a "mobile doctor's practice" for the Tübingen district so that refugees could receive medical care in their emergency accommodation.[6] Other groups, such as homeless people, could also be cared for with this mobile service.[6] In his laudatory speech on the occasion of the award of the Federal Cross of Merit, Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier praised her approach, stating that "The medical practice on wheels is still a model today. Without a long lead time, when the corona pandemic broke out, it was able to be equipped with a mobile test station and used immediately in care facilities whose situation was particularly difficult."[6]

In May 2022, her autobiography "Auf krummen Wegen" was published.[1] It became an instant success, entering the bestseller list at number 2.[2]

Another book, "Vom Glück des Zuhörens", was published in October 2023.[3]

Federle is married and the mother of four children.[4]

Affiliations

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Federle is the deputy chairwoman of the district doctors, honorary president of the German Red Cross in Tübingen[3] and the district's pandemic officer. She is a member of the CDU and represented it in the municipal council from 2009 to 2014.[7][8] She has been a district councilor since 2014.[9] In the state election on 27 March 2011 in Baden-Württemberg, she also ran and lost the direct mandate by 21 votes to The Greens candidate Daniel Lede Abal.[10]

Singer Dieter Thomas Kuhn, Lisa Federle and CureVac-Founder Ingmar Hoerr

References

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  1. ^ Nicola von Lutterotti (27 January 2021). "Lisa Federle, die Ärztin hinter dem "Tübinger Weg", hat früh auf eine umfassende Teststrategie gesetzt: "Schon im ersten Altersheim habe ich 16 Infizierte entdeckt."". Neue Zürcher Zeitung. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Ordensverleihung "Vereint und füreinander da"". Der Bundespräsident. 1 October 2020. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
  3. ^ a b c "Kindheitstraum Missionsärztin". Newsletter Uni Tübingen aktuell, Nr. 3/2020. Universität Tübingen. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  4. ^ a b Rebecca Beerheide (13 November 2020). "Lisa Federle: Bundesverdienstkreuz für "rollende Arztpraxis"". Deutsches Ärzteblatt. Retrieved 19 December 2020.
  5. ^ "Dr. Lisa Federle" (in German). 29 January 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
  6. ^ a b c "Bundesverdienstkreuz für Lisa Federle". Schwäbisches Tagblatt. 22 September 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  7. ^ "Wahlergebnis Gemeinderatswahl am 07.06.2009". Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  8. ^ Claudia Henzler (13 December 2020). "Lisa Federle". sueddeutsche.de. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  9. ^ "Wahlergebnisse". Retrieved 8 January 2021.
  10. ^ "Endgültige Ergebnisse der Wahl zum 16. Landtag von Baden-Württemberg am 13. März 2016 mit Vergleichsangaben von 2011 in den Landtagswahlkreisen Baden-Württembergs" (PDF). Statistische Berichte Baden-Württemberg. Statistisches Landesamt Baden-Württemberg. 1 April 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2021.