Originally Posted by TOStrojan

Call DR. wladislaw ellis and ask him who he would recommend to do sx. He may know of one. I know there was someone in the bay area that people on another board used to talk about.
I saw a Dr. Jeffrey Ballard in Orange, ca who offered to remove my rib and was trained by the Dr. in the bay area that I am referring to (just can't remember his name).

I you want to go to Dr. Thompson, I have heard good things about him by others. He has done sx on pro baseball players. I actually called him before my surgery and he called me back. Seemed like a good guy. I'm sure he's a good surgeon.