My name is Roxana Zaharie, I am a specialist in gastroenterology since October 2008 as well as a teaching assistant at Medicala III since October 2011. From a professional point of view, I uphold competence in abdominal ultrasonography and gastrointestinal endoscopy. My activities take place in the Prof. Dr. Octavian Fodor Institute of Gastroenterology and Hepatology in Cluj-Napoca. My professional foundational experience includes six months in Leipzig, Germany, two months Mainz, Germany and two weeks in Amsterdam, Holland. Furthermore, my didactical activities include guiding the practical activities and presenting the lectures for the Faculty of General Medicine, as well as supervising several license theses. I have participated and collaborated in two work-shops with the following topic: "Development of abilities in the field of Inflammatory Bowel Disease" during the periods of November 5th-9th 2012 and April 1st-5th of this year. Moreover, I have been a member of four research grants. Lastly, my field of interest is in the pathology of inflammatory bowel disease, which is also the subject of my Phd thesis.