Michael B. Sparks, MD

Institution Affiliations:

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon
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zzz_Sports Medicine

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
Sports Medicine

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.