Mr. Joseph Sparkes
Consultant Orthopaedic and Spinal Surgeon
Hospital
Limerick
Department
Orthopaedics
Specialties
Orthopaedic Surgery, Spine and Orthopaedic Surgery
Biography
Mr Joe Sparkes born in Belfast, moved with his family to Shannon where he was educated at the local St. Patricks Comprehensive School. He was highly involved in sports in the town including Wolfe Tones GAA, St. Senan’s RFC and Newtown FC. He then went on to attend Trinity College Dublin and following his graduation in medicine, he interned at the old Adelaide Meath Hospitals. He went on to train on the Dublin Region Surgical Scheme and subsequently the Orthopaedic Specialist Registrar Scheme.
Following his FRCS and fellowships Mr. Sparkes was appointed Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at Tallaght Hospital, Dublin in October 2003.
Mr. Sparkes has completed a clinical fellowship in Adult Trauma and Lower Limb Reconstruction (Hip and Knee replacement) at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre / University of Toronto and a fellowship in Adult Spine Surgery at Vancouver General hospital/ University of British Columbia and a research fellowship at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer /Weill Medical College/Cornell University New York. He also has an honours degree in Biochemistry from TCD and a diploma in medical management from the IPA/RCSI.
Mr. Sparkes has won several honours during his career including The Meath Hospital Junior and Senior Student Prizes, The Arthur Ball Prize in Surgery (TCD), The University Travelling Scholarship in Surgery (TCD) and he was the inaugural recipient of The Irish-American Breast Cancer Research Fellowship at MSKCC. He is a member of several orthopaedic groups including AAOS, AO Spine, IITOS , and has undergone further training in Medico-Legal Procedures and is a member of the Medicolegal Society of Ireland.
Mr. Sparkes clinical areas of interest include hip and knee arthroplasty, surgical and non-surgical management of neck and back pain including spinal injections and rhizotomy. Surgical treatment includes less invasive and minimally invasive surgery of the spine, joint replacement as well as a wide range of general orthopaedics including knee arthroscopy and soft tissue procedures such as carpal tunnel decompression .
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