MAIN LINE ORTHOPAEDICS history

Doctor M. Kenneth Mudge appeared on the local scene in 1977, as an orthopaedic resident at Loma Linda University Medical Center.

From then on, until Doctor Alan Mackenzie was hired as the chairman of the Orthopaedic Department in 1980, volunteer physicians from the county staffed the department.

The paperwork from the Secretary of State shows February 1, 1989 as the date of incorporation for San Bernardino Medical Orthopaedics Group, (doing business as) Arrowhead Orthopaedics.

A long-time employee remembers in the early 1990’s Mudge commenting that he foresees the group growing to be a 20-physician group.

In 1991 the group purchased and renovated a building at 2124 Waterman Avenue and embarked on an ambitious growth and expansion plan.

In 1992, three years after SMOG signed a contract for orthopaedic services of San Bernardino County Medical Center, the group opened their first private practice in the community doing business as Arrowhead Orthopaedics.

The building included a Therapy Department with pools and a surgery center, which was expanded in 1999 with the addition of a third operating room and a 10-bed recovery center.

In 2002 Donaldson left the group to assume the leadership of the total joints program at LLUMC. That same year, Drs.

Three additional full-time physicians joined the group in 2003; Drs.

In January of 2007 the Arrowhead Orthopaedics Hand Center opened its doors in the Redlands facility.

Recognizing the changing demographics in the area and the growing need for orthopedic care in the Hemet/San Jacinto community, the group consolidated its part-time presence in Banning into a new full-time office in Hemet in October 2008.

In June of 2010, AO acquired the practice of Doctor Asghar Husain in Rancho Cucamonga and celebrated its first entry into the West end of the county.

OCR also opened an office in Greeley in May 2016, to help serve the growing number of individuals who previously had driven to the offices in Fort Collins and Loveland for appointments.

In fiscal year 2017, a total of 2,433 employees contributed to the Annual Fund.