Lisa Federle

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. In 2020, she was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit for her commitment.

Life and career 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. and graduated in 1998 with a doctorate at 37. After five years of training in anaesthesia and intensive care, she acquired specialist status.

In 2015, Federle developed a "mobile doctor's practice" for the Tübingen district so that refugees could receive medical care in their emergency accommodation.

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

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

Federle is married and the mother of four children. She has been a district councilor since 2014. 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.