The John Shaw Billings History of Medicine Society is named in honor of Hoosier John Shaw Billings. On November 14, 2024, Dr. Richard Gunderman presented a John Shaw Billings History of Medicine Society Talk honoring the society's namesake and highlighting Billings' various contributions to medical education, public health, philanthropy, and librarianship.

The recording of the talk, titled "Insights from One of Indiana’s Greatest Physicians: John Shaw Billings", can now be viewed in IU Media Collections Online: https://purl.dlib.indiana.edu/iudl/media/f46217z46z

Presentation slides are available in IU Indianapolis Scholar Works: https://hdl.handle.net/1805/44563

Richard B. Gunderman, MD, PhD is Chancellor's Professor of Radiology, Pediatrics, Medical Education, Philosophy, Liberal Arts, Philanthropy, and Medical Humanities and Health Studies at Indiana University. He is also John A Campbell Professor of Radiology and in 2019-2021 served as Bicentennial Professor. He received his AB from Wabash College; MD and PhD from the University of Chicago; and MPH from Indiana University. He is the current president of the John Shaw Billings History of Medicine Society.

Thank you to everyone who attended. The event was cosponsored by the John Shaw Billings History of Medicine Society, IU School of Medicine History of Medicine Student Interest Group, IU Indianapolis Medical Humanities & Health Studies Program, and the Ruth Lilly Medical Library.

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If you are interested in making a tax-deductible donation to the John Shaw Billings Society for the History of Medicine Fund to help support the study and teaching of the history of medicine at Indiana University School of Medicine (including our annual lecture series), you can do so through the Indiana University Foundation: https://give.myiu.org/iu-indianapolis/I320015509.html.

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