Dr. Christine Ren selected one "40 Under 40" Rising Stars
CRAIN'S NEW YORK BUSINESS, 2005, Gale Scott
Weight-loss surgeon is big on kindness
Dr. Christine Ren admits that she fit the definition of a “mean girl” as an adolescent. “Did I make fun of fat people? All the time,” says Dr. Ren. So it might seem incongruous that as a surgeon she has helped hundreds of patients shed thousands of pounds by surgically banding their upper stomachs.