About Dr. Rennie
I am a dual board-certified physician, certified in Family Medicine by the American Board of Family Medicine and in Obesity Medicine by the American Board of Obesity Medicine. My menopause training is through The Menopause Society. I also maintain ATLS, AWLS and ACLS certifications.
I practice with Teladoc Health and am licensed in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Guam. As of August 2026, across more than seven years of virtual practice, I have completed over 100,000 virtual consultations while maintaining a 4.9 out of 5 patient satisfaction rating. I have developed clinical workflows for GLP-1 and anti-obesity medication therapy, and my practice centers on evidence-based metabolic health, GLP-1 therapy, diabetes management, menopause care and high-efficiency telemedicine.
My full CV and professional background are on LinkedIn.
Start here
Most of what I write now falls into three areas: obesity medicine and GLP-1 therapy, menopause and midlife women’s health, and how virtual care actually works. If you arrived from an older post, the Start here page lists the current ones.
Clinical interests:
Obesity and metabolic health
GLP-1 pharmacology and anti-obesity medications
Menopause and midlife women’s health
Diabetes prevention and management
Cardiometabolic risk reduction
Telemedicine and virtual care delivery
Lifestyle medicine
Clinical AI and digital health
I earned a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Western Washington University and my Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine from Des Moines University College of Osteopathic Medicine, graduating in the top 6 percent of my class. I completed residency training at Tacoma Family Medicine Residency Program in 2006. Before moving into full-time virtual care, I practiced in community health centers in northern California and central Washington and in hospital-affiliated urgent care, work that included a longstanding focus on care for Hispanic and migrant patient populations.
Outside of clinical practice I have a background in travel and wilderness medicine and am a member of the Wilderness Medical Society. I am also a licensed amateur radio operator active in emergency communications. I live with my wife and family and three Labrador retrievers.
This blog covers weight loss medicine, GLP-1 therapy, menopause and metabolic health, with the goal of translating current evidence into practical guidance for patients and clinicians. Nothing here is intended as individual medical advice; please consult your own physician about your specific situation.
Some of what is here goes back to 2010. Those earlier posts came out of urgent care and wilderness medicine practice, and I keep them on purpose rather than deleting them, because people still search for them and still find them useful. I review them against current guidance and correct them when the evidence has moved, with a dated note saying what changed. A post from 2012 is a record of what was true in 2012, and where that is no longer good advice, it says so.
My views are my own and are not affiliated with any corporation.
Elsewhere online: LinkedIn, Doximity, about.me and Instagram. My NPI is 1770624595.