Christopher Renjilian

Associate Vice President for Health & Wellness

William & Mary

Covenant House

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.

Board-certified in pediatrics with subspecialty certifications in adolescent medicine and sports medicine, Dr. Renjilian has dedicated his career to promoting the health and resilience of young people. 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.

Before assuming his role at William & Mary, he served as  Medical Director of The Lawrenceville School, an independent boarding and day school in New Jersey.   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.

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.