When I first started exploring surgical options, his website was easily my best source of information early on - http://surgery.wustl.edu/tos/TOS.aspx

I was convinced I needed to travel to Denver to see Sanders and St. Louis to see Thompson and had actually started making plans (only to find out Sanders had retired). Charles Brantigan was next on my hit list. Eventually I learned that there was sufficient expertise in my area that I did not need to travel. I suspect the same for you in the Bay Area. There is value to being local to your surgeon in my opinion.