Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
7105 W. Hood Place, Suite A103
KENNEWICK, WA 99336
ph: 509-735-5551
fax: 509-735-5552
Required Patient Forms
Below are mandatory forms you are required to review and complete prior to being seen by in our office. Virtually every medical practice, by law, is required to provide these essential documents. Before your appointment, please download and review each of the three forms below:
Patient Financial Responsibilities. Because you are ultimately responsible for the costs associated with your care, this document elaborates your financial responsibilities.
Notice of Privacy Practices. We are required to maintain the privacy of the health information you provide to us. This document describes how medical information may be used for your benefit, in order to optimize your health care.
Patient Intake (Medical History) If you are new to our practice or are an established patient who has not seen us for over a year, please download, print and complete the this form, and bring it with you on the day of your appointment. Believe it or not, the information you provide on this form is extremely helpful in optimizing your care, and will help expedite your seeing the provider in the most timely fashion.
Problem-Specific Forms
If you need to be seen for specific reasons, please download the appropriate form, complete it and bring it with you to your scheduled appointment.
Dizziness/vertigo Questionnaire
Sleep Apnea Quesionnaire (Sleepiness Scale)
Patient Instruction Sheets
Following are various tips, remedies and instructions for a variety of common ENT problems. We often give these to our patients during their appointment, many of whom feel are quite helpful in improving or resolving their particular problem. Feel free to download these information and instruction sheets. (Note: These are not a substitute for a proper medical evaluation by a trained physician or healthcare provider, and meant for patients who have seen us or have been evaluated by another doctor or healthcare provider As always seek proper medical attention first).
Antibiotic (Bactroban) Nasal Rinse
Budesonide Steroid Nasal Rinse
Dizziness (Vestibular) Excercise Instructions
Ear Cleaning Solution and Methods
GERD (Gasteroesophageal Reflux)
Meniere's Disease (A Cause of Dizziness)
Nasal Spray Useage (Prescription and OTC)
Over-the-counter (OTC) Medications
Over-the-counter (OTC) Medications for Children
Sialoadenitis (Salivary Gland Infection, Inflammation)
TMJ (Temporal Mandibular Joint) Problems
Following are information and instructions for those who are about to have or are contemplating surgery. These include preop (before surgery) and postop (after surgery) expectations and instructions.
Ear tubes (myringotomy and tubes)
Parotid gland surgery (parotidectomy)
Thyroid surgery (thyroidectomy)
Thyroidectomy Calcium Replacement
Tonsillectomy (and adenoidectomy)
Uvulopalatopharyngoplasty (UPPP)
I've had several articals published in KevinMD, a national web-based platform where where doctors, advanced practitioners, nurses, residents, medical students and patients share their insights and stories. Following are several articles I've written for the site:
Whatever Happened to Forgiveness?
Racism in America--It Cuts Both Ways (Intolerance is another form of hatred)
A Rare Case Solved by Listening to Your Patient--And Your Mother
The Need for more Unstructured Time
Avoid the Stigma: Money Advice for Young Doctors
One Means to Combat Burnout: A Little Excercise the Unconventional Way
Humor in Medicine: Look for it and you will find it
Want a Better Relationship with Your Patient? Make it Personal
Bigotry in Medicine: Facing Conflict with Empathy
Check out Dr. Fong's blog site for other topics (just click on the funny hand pointing to nowhere or on any topic below). Written in an informal format, the topics are meant to entertain as well as inform. A variety of medical and health related topics are covered, but mixed in are several, off-the-wall nonmedical topics. The site is updated regularly. Topics include:
Adenoids: What and Where Are They?
Adenoidectomy - Why Are They Removed?
Adenoidectomy - "How" it's done
Adenoidectomy & Ear Tubes: When to do both
Cauliflower Ear (Auricular Hematoma)
Dizziness: Preliminary Considerations
Doctor's Office Experience: Frightening or Fascinating?
Ear Candles: Pitfalls and Dangers
Ear Tubes (Myringotomy and Tubes) and Otitis Media
Epiglottis - Another reason to vaccinate your child
Eustachian Tube Part 1: Ear Popping and Eustachian Tube Dysfunction
Eustachian Tube Part 2: Ear Popping and effects on Hearing
Exercise: Getting Motivated to Do It
Foreign bodies of Nose & Throat: A Looming Choking Hazard
Forgiveness: What Happened to It?
Hearing - How the Ear Processes Sound
Listen to the patient (and your mother): the truth will be revealed
Medications (over-the-counter) for Children
Nasal Septoplasty (surgery to correct a deviated nasal septum)
Nasal Sprays: Explanation of the Various Types
Nasal Sprays: Proper Technique for spraying the nose
Nasal Spray Addiction: Rhinitis Medicamentosa
Otitis Externa (Swimmer's Ear)
Otosclerosis: stiffness of bones of hearing
Outdoor Exercise & Barefoot Running - The Daring Adventure of Life
Politcal Incorrectness - A Natural Human Phenomenon
Prior Authorizations - the Stupidity of
Racism in America: It Cuts Both Ways
Rhinitis Medicamentosa: Nasal Spray Addiction
Rhinitis-Vasomotor: The Nose that Runs and Runs and Runs...
Sore Throat 101 - Anatomy of the Throat
Sore Throat 102 - Waldeyer's Ring
Sore Throat 103 - Tonsillitis, Strep and Mono
Sore Throat 104 - Peritonsillar Abscess
Temporal Mandibular Joint (TMJ)
Thyroid Gland: Where is it and What is it?
Thyroid nodules: Evaluation & Workup
Thyroidectomy: Indications, Reasons For
Tinnitus (Ringing or Noise in the Ears)
Tinnitus (Ear Ringing): Causes & Remedies
Tongue Lumps and Bumps (tongue anatomy)
Tongue - Geographic and Hairy Tongue
Tonsillectomy: Indications and Postoperative Expectations
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7105 W. Hood Place, Suite A103
KENNEWICK, WA 99336
ph: 509-735-5551
fax: 509-735-5552