Christopher Renjilian

Health & Wellness

• Campus Recreation
• Counseling Center
• Health Promotion
• Student Health Center

About Chris

Dr. Christopher Renjilian ’05 is William & Mary’s Associate Vice President for Health & Wellness, bringing more than a decade of experience supporting the health, development, and resilience of young people. An engaged alumnus, he returns to his alma mater after serving as medical director for The Lawrenceville School, where he oversaw its health and wellness center, led integrated medical, counseling, and sports medicine teams, and advanced strategic initiatives to enhance community well-being.

Board-certified in pediatrics with subspecialty certifications in adolescent medicine and sports medicine, Dr. Renjilian has dedicated his career to promoting holistic health. Prior to Lawrenceville, he was an assistant professor of clinical pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine and an attending physician at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. There, he developed “Stronger than Ever,” a resilience-focused initiative expanding care for athletes with significant injuries to include nutrition and mental health.

At William & Mary, Dr. Renjilian leads the university’s integrative Health & Wellness unit — including the Student Health Center, Counseling Center, Campus Recreation, Health Promotion, and the Center for Mindfulness & Authentic Excellence. His work focuses on fostering an environment where students flourish individually and as a community, guiding health policies, and strengthening wellness initiatives across campus.

A recognized scholar, Dr. Renjilian has lectured widely and published research on how interpersonal connections, mentorship, and physical activity promote resilience and protect against toxic stress. He contributed to Reaching Teens, the American Academy of Pediatrics’ resilience-focused toolkit for youth-serving professionals.

Dr. Renjilian graduated Phi Beta Kappa from William & Mary with a degree in government before earning his M.D. and M.B.E. (Master of Bioethics) from the University of Pennsylvania. As a W&M student, he competed on the men’s gymnastics team, served in student government, worked as a peer health educator, and held leadership roles in Omicron Delta Kappa.