Prof Ioana Ciuca is  in Pediatrics at  “Victor Babes” University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timisoara, Romania  and Coordinator of the Pediatric Pneumology Training Programme , also pediatrician consultant.  Dr Ciuca  is currently the head of Pediatric Pulmonology Unit at Clinical County Hospital Timisoara. certified in Pediatric Respiratory Medicine, and PhD.

She is the vice president of the Romanian National Cystic Fibrosis Society,  member of several scientific societies: European Respiratory Society, Romanian Society of Pulmonology,  European Human  Genetic Society, Romanian Pediatric Society.

She wrote papers on pediatrics respiratory field, participated in studies on cystic fibrosis projects, including European Centers of Reference for Cystic Fibrosis (ECORN-CF),   received five bursary at training programs and courses under European Respiratory Society and three awards for best posters presented at Congres of International Pediatric Pulmonology(2019, 2022) and King's John Price Paediatric Respiratory Conference London 2019. She is actively involved in the development of Pediatric Pulmonology training programe in Romania.

Her special interests are lung ultrasound, cystic fibrosis, asthma , child pneumonia, chronic cough and preschool wheezing.