CURRICULUM VITAE

PERSONAL INFORMATION Name: GILBERTO LACCHIA Nationality: Italian Date of birth: 12/12/1962 VAT ID: IT06112050015

Native language:

• AITI (Italian Association of Translators and Interpreters) (Qualified member) (Membership Certificate)
• SIMG (Italian Society of General Medicine)
  

DE > IT || Translated or proofread texts
Pharmaceutics (review of the summary of product characteristics according to Swissmedic specifications) Cardiology Multiple-choice questions (medical examinations) Pharmacology (Summary of Product Characteristics, Patient Information Leaflets) Dietetics, dietotherapy, nutrition Insurance/Forensic Medicine Occupational medicine Pathology Pharma Marketing Pneumologia Urology Medical Records (orthopedics; neurosurgery; endocrinology; US; MRI); Scientific articles abstracts (microbiology) Transplantation medicine Occupational medicine Orthopedic shoes Popular medical information
EN > EN || Editorial staff member: "Caduceus" (A Publication of the Medical Division of the American Translators Association)	Journals
Gilberto Lacchia, MD - Introducing PubMed (Tips & Tricks for Medical Translators), pgg. 24-27, Spring 2004 Gilberto Lacchia, MD - Toxicology and Chemistry Resources, pgg. 23-26, Summer 2004 Marina Callegari, MD and Gilberto Lacchia, MD - Glossary Of Terms Used In Clinical Research - Italian Translation, pp. 12-20, Winter 2004 Gilberto Lacchia, MD - Bilingual and multilingual medical sites, pp. 10-12, Spring 2005 Gilberto Lacchia, MD - The Role of the EMEA in the European Union, pp. 19-23, Summer 2005 G. Sanchez, D. Gautheret - Searching Translation Units on the World Wide Web Through Co-occurrence Maximization, (Original text in French. English translation by G. Lacchia), pp. 16-22, Winter 2005 Gilberto Lacchia, MD - Original language search on PubMed, pp. 27-29, Spring 2006	Caduceus, Spring 2004 Caduceus, Summer 2004 Caduceus, Winter 2004 Caduceus, Spring 2005 Caduceus, Summer 2005 Caduceus, Winter 2005, part 2 Caduceus, Winter 2005, part 2
EN > IT || Translated or proofread texts
ART - Editorial Services Textbook (cardiology) [92,000 words] Urologic oncology in Urologia Clinica [50,000 words] Cardiology (from Topol EJ, "Textbook of cardiovascular medicine") [65,000 words] Textbook (cardiology) [90.000 words] Textbook (radiology) [97.000 words] Cardiology Pharmacology (EMEA documentation, Summary of Product Characteristics, Clinical Trial Protocols) Physician's detail aids; detailing scripts; pharmaceutical marketing Dietetics, dietotherapy, nutrition Orthopedics General surgery Urology Nuclear medicine Prosthetic devices (orthopedics) Immunohematology Cardiological devices Urology devices Gynecology Vascular surgery Hematology Medical software operating manuals (Ambulatory blood pressure management software; Nocturnal apnea device software)

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

• May 2010 - Certificate of Chinese Proficiency (new HSK level 4 - European CEF level B2) Score 201
  
• May 2009 - Certificate of Chinese Proficiency HSK Test (Basic) - Score 173 (B)
• 2009-2010 Chinese language course (elementary), www.guavatalk.com)
• 2008-2009 Chinese language course (basic)

• German Language Study (Deutsch Institut, Via Cerino Zegna, 14 BIELLA (BI) Tel/Fax +39-015-20.307)
  • Deutsch Zertifikat (Deutsch Institut)
  • Deutsch Diplom (Deutsch Institut)
  • Zertifikat Deutsch (Goethe Institut) - 292/300
• 2007 - Cambridge Advanced Examination (Grade B)
• 1992 - Test of English as Foreign Language - TOEFL (593/677)
• 1992 - Foreign Medical Graduates Examination in Medical Sciences (FMGEMS) (it includes an English language examination)
• 1992 - GMC Full Registration as a Medical Practitioner
• 1989 - Medical Degree at the University of Turin
• 1981 - Scientific High School Diploma (56/60) (English language and literature being subject of the examination)

SOFTWARE USED

• Windows 11
• Office suite
  • MS Word
  • MS Powerpoint
  • MS Excel
• CAT Tools
  • Trados Studio 2021 (Trados Studio 2014 Certification)
  • Déjà Vu X3 (Course)
  • MemoQ
  • Transit NXT
• Adobe Acrobat
• Dragon Naturally speaking

• From 1993 to present, activity as family physician (ASL TO04 - Piedmont)
• Blogger activity:
  • Prescrivere
  • Prescrivere (Substack)
  • Prescribing with Care (English version of Prescrivere)

  (Notes for the general practitioner. A space devoted to therapy, pharmacovigilance, first-choice drugs, and prescribing awareness in primary care. Prescribing and rational use of diagnostic tests.)

  • Intelligenza Medica Artificial intelligence tools for the physician's practice: a practical guide to integrating them into our work. What generative AI can give us, what are its limitations, what we need to know to use it best, ethics, privacy, etc.
  
  
• Since 2013: Tutor identified by the Piedmont Region for the specialized training of general practitioners

• ECDL Certification
• Wide experience in Internet use (since 1995)
• Particular interest in the field of medical acronyms: more than ten years ago I compiled the list "ACROMED, Italian and English medical acronyms" which I have been responsible for updating until 2020 together with my colleague Joseph Tein. It is published on the blog ACROMED.
• Author, in English, of the chapter "Internet and medicine" for the "European Textbook of Family Medicine")
• Personal interest: creative techniques and lateral thinking.
• Interested, as a practitioner, in Vipassana meditation: translator, from English, of "Manual of Mindfulness of Breathing (Anapani Dipani)", published on the website Vipassana Italia.