Health Science Center’s President’s Gala to help establish Institute for Alzheimer and Neurodegenerative Medicine

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William L. Henrich, M.D., president of the UT Health Science Center San Antonio, visits with Alonzo Cantu, president of Cantu Construction.
William L. Henrich, M.D., president of the UT Health Science Center San Antonio, visits with Alonzo Cantu, president of Cantu Construction.

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William L. Henrich, M.D., president of the UT Health Science Center San Antonio, visits with Alonzo Cantu, president of Cantu Construction. The two were attending the Health Science Center’s President’s Gala held Sept. 26, which will help establish South Texas’ first Institute for Alzheimer and Neurodegenerative Medicine. the new institute is expected to open in 2016.

William L. Henrich, M.D., president of the UT Health Science Center San Antonio, left, is seen with with Alonzo Cantu, president of Cantu Construction.

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