Mioara Desdemona Stepan graduated in 2004 from the University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova with a Doctor of Medical Sciences degree; she is a lecturer in the discipline of pediatrics at the University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Craiova, Romania, and a pediatrician and pediatric gastroenterology specialist. She has accumulated her professional experience not only in the Craiova County Emergency Clinical Hospital that serves the Oltenia region but also in the academic environment of which she is a part: the Department of Infant Care–Pediatrics–Neonatology, the University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Craiova. Her current interest is manifested in the field of pediatric gastroenterology, and her future aims are to obtain useful information for the medical practice based on research on gastrointestinal pathology, which does not yet benefit from clear guidelines. She is a member of the Romanian Society of Pediatrics and the Romanian Society of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Pediatric Nutrition.