The History of Hemophilia

Join us for the first lecture of the C.F. Reynolds Medical History Society's 42nd season. We kick off with the Milton Meyer Michaels memorial lecture, which will be a history of the disease hemophilia by a senior and well-respected hematologist, Dr. Franklin Bontempo at the University of Pittsburgh. Attendance is FREE.

Tuesday, September 30, 2025 ~ 7-8:15pm Eastern

~ Milton Meyer Michaels memorial lecture ~

Franklin Bontempo, MD

Professor of Medicine in Hematology

University of Pittsburgh

Recording available here!

*Please note the new time! After decades of events at 6pm on Tuesday evenings, we are pushing back the start time to 7pm to better accommodate folks who are commuting, have sign-out after a shift, or are joining us from more western time zones. We are also no longer catering dinner since the pandemic. Therefore, all lectures will begin at 7pm Eastern and wrap up by 8:15pm.*

Image: "Expensive medicine. Clotting factor. Hemophilia. Factor viii deficiency. Affordable Care Act. Pre-Existing Conditions. Health Care is a Right. Stop the Bleeding." By Andy Blackledge, Flickr (2019)

2025-2026 Lecture Series

We are delighted to announce our 42nd speaker series. NEW THIS YEAR: all lectures take place at 7pm Eastern Time. This will make it easier for folks who are joining after work or from more western time zones. The lectures are still free and open to the public via Zoom. Watch this space, join our email list, or check out our Facebook page to get the link.

September 30, 2025 ~ Milton Meyer Michaels Lecture

 "The History of Hemophilia"

Franklin Bontempo, MD (Medicine/Hematology, University of Pittsburgh)

November 11, 2025 ~ Sylvan E. Stool Memorial Lecture

"The Skillful Surgeon: Expertise, Authority, and Surgical Illustrations in Late Renaissance Europe"

Alisha Rankin, PhD (History, Tufts)

January 20, 2026 ~ Graduate School of Public Health speaker + Annual Business Meeting ~ 

"Beyond the Broad Street Pump: Insights into the History of Public Health"

Jamie Sokol (Public Health, University of Pittsburgh)

February 24, 2026

"White-Capped Dreams: The (Dis)appearance of Filipino Men Nurses Under the Colonial Gaze, 1910–1945"

Ren Capucao, MSN, RN, and PhD 

(Bjoring Center for Nursing Historical Inquiry, School of Nursing, University of Virginia)

April 7, 2026 ~ Jonathon Erlen Lecture

"The Antonine Plague and the End of Ancient Rome's Golden Era"

Colin Elliott, PhD (History, University of Indiana, Bloomington)