I haven't found much info on him. Cigna's portal says he is 53 years old with 27 years experience. His education is prestigious, Vanderbilt for Med School and Stanford for Residency.

http://www.visoc.org/ballard.php
http://www.sjo.org/documents/10-SJH-...tter-Final.pdf

I will vouch that St. Jo's Orange and Mission Viejo are top notch (request a private room and hope you get one).