Dr David Sparks
Specialist Plastic Surgeon
MBBS (Hons) | MS (Plast) | PhD FRACS (Plast)
Dr Sparks has a proud academic record and has won a number of national research awards during his surgical training.
Dr David Sparks is an Australian trained Specialist Plastic Surgeon with a specific interest in skin cancer/melanoma and head and neck surgery including the management of parotid and neck lumps, cancer reconstruction, facial palsy management, and facial trauma. He also performs facial cosmetic surgery including blepharoplasty, face and neck lift as well as fat grafting to the face.
Dr Sparks has a proud academic record and has won a number of national research awards during his surgical training, including: The Emmett Prize by the Australian Society of Plastic Surgeons, the Neville Davis prize by the Royal Australian College of Surgeons and the Young Investigator Award by the Surgical Research Society of Australia. He was also awarded the Poate Family Plastic and Reconstructive Travel Grant to observe leaders in craniofacial surgery in the United States.
Dr Sparks has a PhD in regenerative medicine for which he was nominated for the Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Award (ODTA). Currently he has an appointment as a Lecturer with the University of Queensland. Dr Sparks has published multiple research papers in plastic surgery and regenerative medicine, including journals affiliated with both Nature and Science. He is also actively involved in training junior medical staff and future plastic surgeons and also supervises research students.
Despite having an interest in the head/neck region, he accepts referrals for the entire spectrum of the plastic and reconstructive surgery specialty including microsurgical breast reconstruction, hand surgery and craniomaxillofacial surgery.