About Our Office

Sparks Family Medicine is proud to offer an integrative approach to functional medicine within a traditional primary care office. Located adjacent to the Summerlin community in Las Vegas, Nevada, Sparks Family Medicine accepts many insurance plans and provides patients access to physicians trained in functional medicine.

Please note that Nevada Assembly Bill 474 requiring that Nevada providers adhere to state guidelines when prescribing controlled substances went into effect January 1, 2018.  Sparks Family Medicine appreciates your patience as we comply with these guidelines.

Information about our providers follows below.

Address, Phone and Fax

  • Sparks Family Medicine, Ltd.
  • 10155 W. Twain Ave., Suite #110
  • Las Vegas, Nevada 89147
  • (702) 722-2200 Phone
  • (702) 722-2201 Fax
  • Located at on the corner of S. Hualapai Way and W. Twain Avenue in the Hualapai Pavilion Commons.

Amy Sparks, MD, IFMCP, ABIHM

Dr. Amy Sparks operates Sparks Family Medicine, Ltd., a family medicine practice specializing in Functional Medicine in Las Vegas, Nevada. Dr. Sparks is an Institute for Functional Medicine Certified Practitioner (IFMCP), which required the completion of the Applying Functional Medicine in Clinical Practice core course, six Advanced Practice Modules, a case study demonstrating Functional Medicine principles and passage of the  Institute of Functional Medicine written exam.

Dr. Sparks is board certified by the American Board of Family Medicine and the American Board of Integrative Holistic Medicine (ABIHM). She served as Chief of Staff for Summerlin Hospital Medical Center from 2005 through 2006 and  served on the Board of Governors for Summerlin Hospital from 2005 through 2013.

Dr. Sparks completed her Family Medicine residency at the University of Kansas in 2000 and opened Sparks Family Medicine in 2002 with the mission of providing patients a family practice health care home. While growing Sparks Family Medicine from a solo practice to a six-provider group, Dr. Sparks sought to maintain the quality of care, patient service and sense of community associated with the “small town” practices that Dr. Sparks remembers from her residency in Kansas.

Dr. Sparks has received numerous patient recognition awards, including:

  • Family Practice Top Doctor 2011, (Las Vegas Life Magazine)
  • Family Practice Top Doctors 2011, (Las Vegas Seven Magazine)
  • Family Practice Nurses’ Choice 2007, (Las Vegas Life Magazine)
  • Family Practice Top Doctor, 2006, (Las Vegas Life Magazine)
  • Top Doctor, 2005, (Summerlin Magazine)
  • Family Practice Top Doctors, 2004, (Las Vegas Life Magazine)

Carmen Barnes, MD*

Dr. Carmen Barnes is a graduate of Brown University and Dartmouth Medical School. She is board certified in Family Medicine and completed her residency training in Santa Fe, New Mexico through the University of New Mexico. Dr. Barnes has a passion for integrative health and preventative medicine and has engaged in health projects both domestic and aborad, including a project in malaria vaccine development in the Peruvian Amazon. Her experience working across borders has gifted her with an appreciation for and understanding of many other cultures, lifestyles and philosophies of health.

Dr. Barnes is experienced in chronic disease management and has spent time working in traditional clinic, urgent care and hospital settings. Dr. Barnes began studying Functional and Anti-Aging medicine in response to the growing disconnect she perceived between the patient and physician in traditional medicine. She is currently a fellow of the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine. Dr. Barnes continues to develop her training through studying modules through Functional Medicine University and attending the Institute for Functional Medicine’s Applying Functional Medicine in Clinical Practice course in September 2015. She is an avid salsa dancer, bookworm, culinary geek and aspiring photographer.

 

*Provides services to Sparks Family Medicine, Ltd as an Independent Contractor