My favorite quote:

“We can judge our progress by the courage of our questions and the depth of our answers, our willingness to embrace what is true rather than what feels good.”                                                                –Carl Sagan

Occupation:

Family Physician at Jonesville Family Medical Center (since 2008)

Education:

Elkin City Schools (1985-1997) K-12^th grades

Washington & Lee University (1997-2001) Bachelor of Science

UNC Chapel Hill School of Medicine (2001-2005) Doctor of Medicine

Family:

Wife-Lyndsey Ballard (pharmacist at Walgreens in Mt Airy)

Sons-Aidan and Connor (twins, born 2007) Grant (born 2010)

Hobbies:

Dr. Ballard enjoys coaching his sons in multiple sports. He continues to play basketball and tennis regularly, and also runs the roads and trails around Elkin (slowly).