Ronette "Ronnie" Kolotkin, Ph.D.

Dr. Ronette Kolotkin is a clinical psychologist, researcher, and consultant who specializes in the treatment of obesity and the study of quality of life in obesity. She received a BA from Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut, and a PhD in Clinical Psychology from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Dr. Kolotkin served as the Director of the Behavioral Program at Duke University's Diet and Fitness Center for 15 years. Dr. Kolotkin is the owner of Obesity and Quality of Life Consulting, PLLC^§, which offers consulting services to companies and individuals on issues pertaining to obesity or quality of life. Dr. Kolotkin has a Consulting Associate Professor appointment in the Department of Community and Family Medicine at Duke University Health Systems, Durham, North Carolina. She is also a lecturer at Durham's Rice Diet Program.

Dr. Kolotkin is a Fellow of the Obesity Society (formerly known as the North American Association for the Study of Obesity), and a member of the American Psychological Association, North Carolina Psychological Association, International Society for the Study of Quality of Life, International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research, and the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (Allied Health). She is an Associate Editor of the journal Obesity Surgery.

Dr. Kolotkin is the primary developer of the Impact of Weight on Quality of Life questionnaire (IWQOL-Lite^©†), a widely used questionnaire that assesses quality of life in obese adults, as well as the IWQOL-Kids^©‡. Dr. Kolotkin has over 50 professional publications, is the co-author of a book entitled Duke University Medical Center Book of Diet and Fitness, and has written chapters for several books (Handbook of Obesity Surgery; Handbook of Assessment Methods for Eating Behaviors and Weight Related Problems, 2nd edition; Progress in Obesity Research: 9; Obesity: New Directions in Assessment & Management; and The Assessment of Psychotherapy Outcome). She has also created an audio CD entitled "Healthy Thoughts," which has been a powerful aid for obese persons in weight loss treatment.

Dr. Kolotkin has consulted to numerous companies in their clinical trials and/or development of products and services. These include Abbott Laboratories, Amgen, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Eli Lilly, Foundation for Informed Medical Decision-Making, Glaxo Smith Kline, Knoll, Merck, Novo Nordisk, Orexigen, Oxford Outcomes, Pfizer, Procter and Gamble, QualityMetric, Roche, Ross Products, RTI International, Sanofi-Aventis, Schering-Plough, and Vivus.

§ Obesity and Quality of Life Consulting is a North Carolina Professional Limited Liability Company

† Copyright Duke University

‡ Copyright Ronette L. Kolotkin and Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center