Michael B. Sparks, MD
Dr. Sparks is a member of the Sports Medicine Team. See photos of his active lifestyle. |
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center Institution Affiliations: Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon Medical School: MD, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 1989 Internship: Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Hanover, NH, General Surgery, 1989-90 Residency: Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH, Orthopaedic Surgery, 1991-95 Fellowship: Foundation for Orthopaedic, Athletic & Reconstructive Research, Houston, TX, Foot and Ankle/Sports Medicine, 1996-97 Board Certification: Orthopaedic Surgery, 1998 Specialties: Orthopaedics Joined Staff in 1998 Practice Note: Sports Medicine, Arthroscopy, Knee, Joint Replacement Surgery, Ankle/ Foot Surgery Research Interests: ACL Study: Outcome from the Patient's Perspective IM Nail Study: Preoperative Templating of Long Bone Fractures Lateral Process of Talus Fracture Study: Management and Outcome Selected Publications: Sites BD, Gallagher J, Sparks MB: Ultrasound Guided Popliteal Block Demonstrates an Atypical Motor Response to Nerve Stimulation in Two Patients with Diabetes Mellitus. Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, 28(5): 479-482, 2003 Sites BD, Beach, M, Sparks MB: Ultrasound Guided Sciatic Nerve Block. Demonstrates the Failure of Nerve Stimulation to Elicit Motor Response in Two Diabetic Patients, pending publication 2003 Weinstein JN, Birkmeyer, JD, et al: The Dartmouth Atlas of Musculoskeletal Health Care, AHA Press, 2000 McGarvey WC, Sparks MB, Baxter DE: Causes of Heel Pain. The Rational Approach to Diagnosis, Management, and Salvage of Complications. Complications of Foot and Ankle Surgery, 3(1):175-187, 1998 Baxter DE, Sparks MB: The Foot in Running. In Surgery of the Foot and Ankle, edited by Mann RA and Coughlin MJ. St. Louis, Mosby, 1998. |
