Dr. med. Janna-Lisa Velthaus-Rusik completed her studies at the Heinrich Heine University in Düsseldorf and the University of Hamburg. She completed her specialist training as a doctor in internal medicine and hematology & oncology at the Segeberg Clinics and at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE). At the UKE, she was in charge of the specialist consultation hours for lung cancer for a long time, particularly in the area of "personalized oncology". She is a member of the Internal Oncology Working Group of the German Cancer Society (AIO). Dr. Janna-Lisa Velthaus-Rusik was born in Papenburg in 1986 and is married.