Annamaria Staiano is Professor of Pediatrics and Chief of the Department of Translational Medical Sciences of the University of Naples "Federico II". Founding member of the Italian Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Nutrition and Hepatology (SIGENP) was President of the Society from 2010 to 2013. In 2021 she was elected President of the Italian Society of Pediatrics (SIP) and from 2016 to 2022 was the Treasurer of the European Society of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Pediatric Nutrition (ESPGHAN). Professor Staiano contributed to the definition of international guidelines on the management of gastroesophageal reflux, chronic constipation, allergy to cow's milk proteins and nutrition in chronic intestinal inflammatory diseases. Her research activity, led to the publication of about 300 manuscripts in scientific international journals.