Munson Healthcare Kidney & Hypertension Specialists
What is Nephrology?
Nephrology studies the preservation of kidney health and the treatment of kidney disease. This includes education on diet, medication, therapy, and more. Nephrology diagnoses, treats and manages kidney functions and therapy, such as dialysis and kidney transplants.
About Our Practice
Munson Kidney and Hypertension specialists manages patient care with the widest variety of nephrology services in northern Michigan. Dialysis services from our team include inpatient dialysis, outpatient dialysis, and home dialysis. Our expert team of nephrologists and nurse practitioners is accepting new patient referrals from areas surrounding Traverse City, Michigan.
Contacts and Locations
3537 West Front Street, Suite A
Traverse City, MI 49684
Conditions We Treat
- Chronic Kidney Disease
- Focus on preventing or delaying dialysis
- Chronic Anemia
- Bone Mineral Disorders
- Lipid Management
- Kidney Stone Prevention
- Inherited and Cystic Kidney Diseases
- Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD)
- Alport Syndrome
- Resistant Hypertension
- Includes 24 hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring services
- Immunological Disorders affecting Kidneys
- ANCA Vasculitis (AKA Wegener’s Granulomatosis)
- Autoimmune Glomerulonephritis
- Sarcoidosis of Kidneys
- Lupus Nephritis
- Electrolyte and Acid/Base Disorders
- Post-Kidney Transplant
- Acute Kidney Injury management
- End Stage Kidney Disease and Kidney Replacement Therapies and Plasmapheresis
- Established close relationships with all kidney transplant centers in Michigan
Patient Resources
Our practice requires a referral from a physician. Please ask your primary care physician or previous nephrologist for a referral to our office. If there are any questions on the referral process, please contact the nephrology office. For most patients a record of previous labs, diagnostic imaging, and office notes are required for a successful referral.
- Referral form
- Patient Portal
- Record Request form
- Helpful Links
- Welcome - The National Kidney Foundation
- Polycystic kidney disease | PKD treatment research | PKD Foundation (pkdcure.org)
- Find High Blood Pressure Tools and Resources | American Heart Association
- The DASH Diet for Healthy Weight Loss, Lower Blood Pressure & Cholesterol
- Cholesterol Tools and Resources | American Heart Association
- Alport Syndrome Patient Profiles | Reata Pharmaceuticals: Alport Syndrome