After finishing Vetschool in Munich, Stefanie Dörfelt was working and did her dissertation studies at the service for Neurology at the Clinic of Small Animal Medicine, LMU Munich, from 2012 till 2014 and received doctorate degrees in 2018. In 2014 she started a specialized internship in emergency and critical care and continued as an emergency stuff veterinarian until 2016. She was resident for neurology from 2018 till 2021 and became Diplomate of the European Collage of Veterinary Neurology in 2023. Stefanie Dörfelt is currently employed at the Anicura Small Animal Clinic, Haar, Germany.