He died of complications after a procedure for a rare form of blood cancer at age 77.
Dr. William L. Henrich, longtime president of UT Health San Antonio, led a transformation of the medical school into a top-ranked institution with programs in cancer treatment, obesity, diabetes, dementia and aging. Henrich, 77, died early Thursday from complications related to a medical procedure, the school said. He had suffered from a form of blood cancer called myelodysplasia. Dr. Rob Hromas, acting president, and James B.
A board-certified nephrologist, Henrich was the author of the most widely used dialysis textbook in the world, the school said. He previously was dean of the health science center’s Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long School of Medicine from 2006 until 2009, when the University of Texas System board of regents appointed him president.
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