She completed a surgical internship at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Anesthesia residency at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, and an interventional Pain Medicine fellowship at Cleveland Clinic Foundation. An accomplished national and international educator and author of numerous textbook chapters and scientific papers, Dr. Anitescu focuses her research on improving the quality of life of patients with acute, chronic, and cancer pain by multimodal, multifaceted variate interventions.