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Cristina Yang is a doctor of Korean descent and a native of Beverly Hills, California. Raised Jewish (her mother converted upon re-marriage to oral surgeon Saul Rubenstein). She has at times referred to herself as Jewish, although she believes only in science and is a strong atheist. Her biological father died when she was nine years old in a car accident, where she watched him bleed out before help arrived. She has a B.A. from Smith College, an M.S. and a Ph.D in chemistry from University of California, Berkeley and earned her M.D. from Stanford University, graduating first in her class.

Cristina is incredibly focused and driven (even more so than the others) and is always excited about the chance to scrub in on a surgery. Extremely competitive, she is not above stealing and hijacking patients if it means getting in on an exciting surgery. Cristina has excellent surgical skills, and is the intern with the most medical knowledge. However, she has difficulties conveying her feelings and dislikes being touched by anyone, including her mother. Her bedside manner has improved, but she finds it hard to empathize with most patients.

Cristina values logic and practical thinking above emotional reasoning, but has undergone several emotional situations since becoming an intern. Because of the traumatic experience of watching her father die, Cristina is unable to handle the emotional loss from the thought of losing her loved ones. While she initially grappled with the concept of expressing her feelings, Cristina has gradually become more comfortable with sharing her inner thoughts. Nevertheless, she is still considered the least emotional of all the interns.

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Gender: Female
Age: 28
Occupation: Surgical Resident at Seattle Grace Hospital
Title: M.D., Ph.D.
Family:
Mr. Yang (father; deceased)
Helen Rubenstein (mother)
Dr. Saul Rubenstein (stepfather)
Spouse(s):
Dr. Preston Burke (ex-fiancé)
Dr. Colin Marlow (ex-boyfriend)