About Our Nurse Practitioner

Angela Collinson, NP

Education and Certifications:

• Bachelor of Science Nursing, Mercy College of Detroit (1976)
• Master's Degree in Nursing, Parenting and Families from Wayne State University (1992)
• Certified Women's Health Nurse Practitioner (1994)
• Certified First Line Therapy Health Care Provider (2005)
• Applying Functional Medicine in Clinical Practice (2007)
• Therapeutic Lifestyle Center of Excellence (2009) *

*One of only three providers in the state of Michigan to earn this designation!

NP Collinson provides primary health care with an emphasis on wellness, nutrition, and preventive care. NP's are licensed to diagnose, treat and write prescriptions in the state of Michigan. Services include: complete physicial examinations, health assessments, treatment of common acute illnesses and chronic stable conditions. The practice of functional medicine assesses the entire person, including input from the environment, nutrition, mind, body, spirit, and their affect on the function of the whole person. In this way we can identify and treat the underlying causes of chronic medical problems, instead of treating only the symptoms. The NP collaberates with a physicians for more complex medical problems as needed. 

Nurse Practitioner Collinson provides information on complementary therapies, nutrition and supplements, combined with traditional medical care, providing the best of both, in an integrative care approach.

NP Collinson has a special interest in the care of women and families, including annual gynecological examinations and procedures, menopause, health care of adolescent girls, nutrition/lifestyle management. The treatment of menopause includes the evaluation of hormone levels and prescriptions of bioidentical hormones.

NP Collinson coordinates FirstLine Therapy, a therapeutic lifestyle modification program, designed to assist individuals to improve metabolic balance to treat and prevent medical problems such as hypertension, diabetes, heart disease, obesity and inflammatory problems. This very successful program combines individual consultations and free group classes, which improve cholesterol levels, inflammation, blood sugar and insulin resistance, as well as promoting weight loss (For some success stories of my actual patients, go to www.stopchronicdisease.com, enter zip code 48066 and click on my page).

Primary care visits, annual examinations, sick visits and consultations available.
Insurance accepted.

Examples of nutrition consultations include:

• Hormone replacement therapy and assessment of menopause, adrenal and thyroid symptoms
• Nutrition consultations including:
  • Environmental toxicity/detoxification
  • Inflammatory conditions (all chronic disease is associated with inflammation) 
  • Weight management (under and overweight concerns)
  • Diabetes/Insulin resistance
  • Cholesterol management
  • Nutrition counseling before and after bariatric surgery

 

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