William Tongier, MD

Professor
Anesthesiology & Pain Management

Contact Information

UT Southwestern Medical Center
5323 Harry Hines Boulevard
Dallas, Texas 75390

Office Phone: 214-648-5460

kendall.tongier@utsouthwestern.edu

To make an appointment, call 214-645-8300.

Education

ResidencyUT Southwestern Systems, Anesthesiology (1993)
InternshipTarrant County Hospital District, Transitional Year (1990)
Medical SchoolUniversity of Texas Medical School at Houston (1989)

Research Interests

Airway management
Fast-tracking and ambulatory anesthesia

Publications

Featured
Fast-tracking after immersion lithotripsy: general anesthesia versus monitored anesthesia care.

Margarita Coloma, M.D., Jen Chiu, M.B., Paul White, M.D., Kendall Tongier, M.D., Larry Duffy, M.D., Steven Armbruster, M.D. , Anesthesia and Analgesia , July 2000; (91):92-96

Featured
Use of the intubating laryngeal mask airway: are muscle relaxants necessary?

Janet M. van Vlymen, M.D., Margarita Coloma, M. D., W. Kendall Tongier, M.D., Paul F. White, M.D. , Anesthesiology , August 2000; (93: (2)):340-45

Recovery profiles and costs of anesthesia for outpatient unilateral inguinal herniorrhaphy.

Dajun Song, M.D., Nancy Greilich, M.D., Paul White, M.D., Mehernoor Watcha, M.D., Kendall Tongier, M.D. , Anesthesia and Analgesia , September 2000; (91: (10)):876-81

Dexamethasone facilitates discharge after outpatient anorectal surgery.

Margarita Coloma, M.D., Larry Duffy, M.D., Paul White, M.D., Kendall Tongier, M.D., Philip Huber, M.D. , Anesthesia and Analgesia , January 2001; (92: (1)):85-88

Use of the laryngeal mask airway during awake craniotomy for tumor resection.

W. Kendall Tongier, M.D., Girish P. Joshi, M.D., Dennis F. Landers, M.D., PhD., Bruce Mickey, M.D , Journal of Clinical Anesthesia , December 2000; (12):592-594

Onset/ offset characteristics and intubating conditions of rapacuronium: a comparison with rocuronium.

T.J. Zhou, P.F. White, J. W. Chiu, G. P. Joshi, K. K. Dullye, L. L. Duffy, W. K. Tongier , British Journal of Anaesthesia , August 2000; (85: (2)):246-50