Ronald S Kvitne, MD

Dr. Kvitne at Kerlan Jobe is wonderful!!! I
If I could give him six stars I would.
I had a workman’s comp injury that had been delayed and forgotten from the insurance company. Once I was able to see Dr. Kvitne, I was able to get the needed surgery and am now on my way to recovery. Dr. Kvitne is kind, gentle, thorough and has a great bedside manner. He is so easy to talk to and makes you feel confident you will get better.
I had both a torn meniscus and a twisted meniscus repaired. My surgery and recuperation was almost pain free. He is wonderful and explains everything. HE IS AMAZING!
In addition, Justin Baker is Dr. Kvitne’s assistant. He is competent and follows up on everything. The insurance company really gave me the run around. Justin was prompt answering my emails and phone calls to straighten things out.
Lastly Kerlan Jobe is a great facility to have surgery. They are organized, on time and walk you through the surgery process, so there are no surprises. I knew I was in good hands.
I highly recommend them!

What a great doctor. I was really stressed out about my problem but Dr. Kvitne immediately inspired confidence and made me feel like I was in good hands. He takes a conservative approach and to my surprise did not recommend surgery. He was really, Really nice, not arrogant like some sports medicine doctors. He spent time with me and answered all my questions regarding my knee problem. His assistant (I think name was Justin) was really great too. Nobody rushed me and they were all very knowledgeable.
I found Dr. Kvitne by asking around from various physical therapists in my area, turns out that was a good move.
I was seen within ten minutes of my appointment time so no complaints there. Overall a very good experience!

Dr. Kvitney performed my knee surgery in 2010. He is fabulous. I knew going in I had severe osteoarthritis a torn meniscus and my plica was hanging by a thread. It was supposed to be an eight week recovery but five days later I was walking no crutches at the county fair in LA. Dr. Kvitney did a fantastic job and five years later I have still not had to have my knee replaced. God bless you Dr. Kvitney you are a wonderful man and a gifted blessed surgeon. God bless, Dottie

Dr. Kvitne did my shoulder surgery last year
And I was very pleased, I also recuperated faster than I expected .
I am now in need of surgery on the opposite shoulder, I am going back to Dr. Kvitne ‚
He was great, answered all my questions, (I was a bit nervous) and He made me FEEL
that he heard Me ! So Important nowadays !
Thank You Doctor !!!

This is pre surgery review:
I visited 4 doctors and Dr Kvitne was the fourth one regarding my left knee
To be honest all 3 told me I have acl but no one show me exactly what I feel in my left knee except Dr Kvitne.
Dr kvitne did a physical test regarding what I feel my left knee and he was able to detrmin all the issues and explain it very well to me. He convince me with his test and prove it to me. Moreover, he took million questions from me and answer them all. Since I decided to make the surgery, it’s really important for me to know that the dr know everything about the injury and know all what I feel.
I get me more confident to choose Dr kvitne for doing my acl surgery because his experience and knloedge. Also, he knows what I feel and he explain how he will address all these issues
Moreover, the staff and appointments were so friendly and smooth!
Thank you dr for your time and help, and hope everything will go well.

Five stars! Excellent doctor, service and staff. Dr. Kvitne and his staff fit me in their schedule with a very short notice. My knee had been bothering me for awhile and I wanted to go to the best. Dr. Kvitne did a thorough exam of my knee and I was in and out of his office with a diagnosis in a few minutes. I was relieved to hear I had patellar tendonitis and would be better within a few weeks with PT; no surgery was necessary. After hearing this great news, I iced and stretched my knee. I felt better in a matter of a few days. I appreciate your caring manner and expertise, Dr. Kvitne. Thank you for listening to my concerns and all you did for me. You’re a wonderful example of who and what a doctor should be.

Had partial tears of MCL, ACL, and PCL in right knee. Dr. Kvitne took the time to hear my objectives, concerns, and didn’t rush me to surgery. He put me on an aggressive physical therapy regimen which helped substantially. Would recommend him to everyone — serious athletes, weekend warriors, those young and old. I feel very fortunate to have picked such a successful doctor who makes every patient feel like a pro.

1) arthroscopic surgery that didn’t help probably made things worse. 2) second surgery for capsule release, which was painful and long recovery with two huge scares, was determined by two other docs (outside of kerlan jobe so they could be honest) as not unnecessary. Dr Kvitne is overly flippant and creepily sweet and arrogant. He told me prior to 2^nd surgery he had a 100% success rate for this particular surgery and I would have normal movement again. Of course, after no success and my complaints that how he barely saw me afterwards or seem not interested any medical after care equipment for me to help (which is one of the most important aspect of your healing and recovery says ever single professional journal on this planet) swelling or PT, and seem uninterested there is no improvement and a lot of pain. When I questioned his doctoring skills (in the nicest way possible) of how this was not working and I felt ignored, he was very upset I dared to criticize him (well it’s my body!). And then gave me a 180 response after the fact and said that it was a difficult surgery and I may need more to fix it (yeah and it wasn’t need anyway so he thinks I need another one again??? WTF?!) So this 100% success rate Bullsh**t answer was just that bulls**t to get me to do the surgery (so he could make money?) and then he has all sorts of answer why it didnt work. I believe any doctor who lies to a patient like that should have his license pulled. I this is my body and I made an important major surgical decision based on a flippant lying responses by him. Not I have two huge scars on either side of my leg for no good reason, lots of scaring in my knee area unnecessarily and it resulting in me getting a total knee replace (by a decent ortho, not dr kvitne!) because all the damage this doctor did to my knee. On top of that this doctor left a huge stictch in my leg and a year later my new ortho had to pull it out. It hurt like crazy and it ws 2 feet long!!! I recall seeing the tip of the blue stitch sticking out and he told me another bullsh*t story that he left it in on purpose. Wow, does he think so little of his patience intelligence to believe that whopper?
In short, he is quick to make decisions without careful review, he lies to you about his success rate, and therefore you can’t trust him. ON top of that he spends all of 5 minutes on you to make any decision on your body with promises to call or get you this and that and NEVER does or follows up. He’s a horrible, awful ortho.
My suggestion? Get a SECOND opinion from a doc not in the kerlan jobe clinic. Dr Bruce from NBC who I met recently said kerlan jobe clinic is overrated anyway. If you’re a high paid professional athlete, then I would guess you would be treated well but this doc and clinic is not the place to go. It’s all hype and no substance and frankly based on my personal experience not good for your health.

The best ever! Dr. K is kind, patient, incredibly talented… I cannot say enough. I have had shoulder and knee surger with him and both were entirely successful. The office is so efficient as well, I have never experienced a wait or insurance issue with Dr. K’s team. The best… done deal.

I’ve had several orthopedic surgeons in the last 20 years, and Dr. Kvitne is the best yet. I saw Dr. Kvitne for my right shoulder pain to get a second opinion after my previous doctor wanted to cut (without even seeing an MRI!). Not only does he know his stuff, Dr. Kvitne has great «bedside manner» in terms of explaining everything, addressing any concerns, etc. He also wasn’t keen to «cut first, ask questions later». He wanted to try things other than surgery before getting an MRI to make a final determination. In the end, my shoulder needed surgery («decompression»), and it went well.
One of the PT places his office recommended did a great job too (Physiotherapy Associates), and my recovery has been steady since the surgery 2 months ago. The people who work with and for Dr. Kvitne at the surgery center of Kerlan Job were great too. The fellow who did my anesthesia (an older Japanese American gentleman, whose name I forgot) did a really great job too. He called me the night before to explain the routine, and I followed all the procedures preparing for the operation over a week or two beforehand. During the day of my operation, the anesthesiologist was funny, comforting and seemed very competent. The nurse staff also did a great job, so I was quite happy with the entire experience, not only with Dr. Kvitne.
Other friends of mine have used Dr. Kvitne, and have had similar, highly positive experiences. I highly recommend him.