Prof Daniela Ionescu received her medical degree at the Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania in 1989. Currently Head of Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care I, Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania and Professor in Anesthesia and Intensive Care since 2014 at the same university. Clinical activity is currently carried on at Regional Institute of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Cluj-Napoca (general anesthesia and intensive care) where she started 25 years ago, after graduating residency in Anesthesia and Intensive Care.

Member of Outcome Research Consortium, Cleveland, USA.  Member of Board of Directors of World SIVA (Society of Intravenous Anesthesia) and of ESA- Scientific Subcommittee 1- General anaesthesia. Member of steering committee of 2 European projects: MET-Repair and COST Action 15204 (European Platform for Outcomes Research into Perioperative Interventions during Surgery for Cancer). Member of Editorial Committee of 2 Romanian journals in Anesthesia and Intensive Care; reviewer for 5 international journals. Director of 2 national grants/projects 2007-1013 (1,2 mil Euros). Daniela Ionescu authored and co-authored over 60 publications in national/international journals (European Journal of Anaesthesiolgy, World Journal of Surgery, American Journal of Emergency Medicine, American Journal Critical Care Respiratory Medicine, Romanian Journal of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, etc) . Authored 2 textbooks on anesthesia (Romanian language).

Main research interests: TIVA(-TCI), influence of anesthetic interventions on outcome in cancer patients, influence of anesthesia on immune response and on different cellular mechanisms (i.e. angiogenesis), postoperative analgesia. Secondary research interests: bacterial resistance in ICU, the significance of different markers in evaluation of outcome, monitoring during sedation for GI endoscopy, risk management in anesthesia and intensive care.