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He is predeceased by his father, G. Henderson, Jr. Meeting at Brown University Dr. Henderson and Dr. Britto married during Brown's Commencement weekend. For decades that followed they took great pride in the festivity of Brown's Commencement Weekend, always marking their wedding anniversary. Henderson was universally known for his warm smile, thoughtful and insightful assessment of challenging and thorny issues, as well as his steadfast commitment to the well-being of his patients, his colleagues, students of Brown University's Alpert Medical School and everyone he met.
His legacy will continue to make the world a better place for generations through the patients and families he treated and the students and colleagues he taught and mentored. He subsequently joined the Brigham's Neurology Department, where he became the director of Neurocritical Care in During his tenure as Director of the Neurological Intensive Care Unit, the neurocritical care service grew from five to twenty beds and is now one of the busiest ICUs at the Brigham. Henderson was the recipient of many academic, service, and community awards, including induction into his Mississippi hometown Tunica Hall of Fame.
Henderson was a thoughtful and collaborative leader and gifted physician who leaves an indelible mark on the Brigham community, the countless patients and families he cared for, and the thousands of faculty, trainees and students whom he served as the Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer the Brigham's Center for Diversity and Inclusion CDI. Enormously dedicated to elevating opportunities for those who are underrepresented in science and medicine, Dr.
Henderson was resolute in his commitment to making the Brigham a place where everyone felt like they belonged and could thrive. In his time as CDIO, he helped usher in the most diverse incoming classes of residents in the hospital's history. In addition to his work at the Brigham, Dr. Henderson was the founding deputy editor of Journal Watch Neurology, editor of Reprints in Stroke and the associate medical director of two federally designated organ procurement organizations.
