Positions

Assistant Professor

Internal Medicine
Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, TX

Addresses

Ben Taub Hospital (Hospital)

1504 Taub Loop
Houston, TX 77030
United States

Education

MD from Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Paul L. Foster School of Medicine

05/2014 - El Paso, TX

Internship at Baylor College of Medicine

06/2015 - Houston, TX

Internal Medicine

Residency at Baylor College of Medicine

06/2017 - Houston, TX

Internal Medicine

Fellowship at Baylor College of Medicine

06/2020 - Houston, TX

Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Fellowship at Virginia Commonwealth University

06/2021 - Richmond, VA

Advanced Endoscopy

Certifications

American Board of Internal Medicine - Internal Medicine

American Board of Internal Medicine - Gastroenterology

Honors & Awards

Ambulatory Care Achievement Award: Best Resident

Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center Primary Care Clinic

Outstanding Poster, 7th Annual Texas Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology Conference

MD Anderson Cancer Center

Chief Fellow, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Baylor College of Medicine

Professional Interests

• Multidisciplinary Management of GI Oncology Patients
• Endoscopic Ultrasound
• ERCP and Cholangioscopy
• Endoscopic Mucosal Resection
• Enteral Stenting
• Colorectal Cancer Screening and Colonoscopy

Selected Publications

• Qureshi T, Sparkman J, Husain NS. "Emphysematous gastritis in a patient with abdominal pain after dialysis.." Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol.. 2018 May 29; Pubmed PMID: 29857151
• Sparkman J, Hernaez R, El-Serag HB. "Traditional Chinese Medicine to the rescue of allopathic medicine in the co-adjuvant treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma.." Transl Gastroenterol Hepatol.. 2018 Mar; Pubmed PMID: 30603733
• Gomez-Cifuentes J, Sparkman J, Choi K, Sealock RJ. "Regarding endoscopy in patients with COVID-19 [Letter to the Editor].." J Gastroenterol Hepatol.. 2020;35(5):749-59. Pubmed PMID: 32503087
• Jarbrink M, Sparkman J, Damron A, Walker M, Green L, Rosen D, Graham D, El-Serag H. "Functional dyspepsia and duodenal eosinophil count and degranulation: A multiethnic US veteran cohort study.." Dig Dis Sci.. 2020 Nov; Pubmed PMID: 33185786

Memberships

American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

American College of Gastroenterology