From the website:
Dr. Ballard received his medical degree from the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, and completed his internship and residency at the University of Nebraska Creighton Health Sciences Foundation in Omaha, Nebraska. Dr. Ballard completed his fellowship with one of the pioneers of minimally-invasive total hip replacement, Dr. Todd Swanson, at the Desert Orthopedic Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.