Hip & Knee Replacement for Cerritos Patients

The office is at 2760 Atlantic Ave in central Long Beach, between Willow St and Wardlow Rd. From Cerritos it is a straightforward drive of about 15 minutes, with the 91 and the I-605 doing most of the work.

• From eastern Cerritos (I-605): From the eastern side of Cerritos, take the I-605 South for a couple of minutes to the 91 West, then stay on the 91 West to the Atlantic Avenue exit.
• From the Towne Center area (the 91): From the Cerritos Towne Center area, the most direct route is simply the 91 West to the Atlantic Avenue exit — no freeway change required.
• At the Atlantic Avenue exit: From the Atlantic Avenue exit, head south on Atlantic toward Long Beach for roughly 3 miles. The office is on Atlantic Ave between Willow St and Wardlow Rd.
• Parking: Free parking is available in the lot adjacent to the building.

If you live in Cerritos and have been told you may need a hip or knee replacement, the office of Dr. Leo Zalikha is closer than most patients expect. From the Cerritos Towne Center area, the 91 corridor makes the trip into central Long Beach a single, direct drive — about 15 minutes door to door outside of peak traffic. There is no need to limit yourself to surgeons inside your own city when fellowship-trained joint replacement care is a short freeway run away.

Dr. Zalikha completed an adult reconstruction fellowship at Stanford Medicine, training specifically in hip and knee replacement, complex revision surgery, robotic-assisted techniques, and the direct anterior approach for the hip. His practice is built around those operations rather than general orthopedics, which is the main reason patients from Cerritos and the surrounding cities choose to make the brief drive.

This page is written for Cerritos patients specifically: how to get to the office, where surgery actually happens, what your first visit looks like, and the questions people from your area ask most often. If you are researching the procedures themselves, the commercial hubs for knee replacement in Long Beach and hip replacement in Long Beach cover the full picture, and the total knee replacement and total hip replacement pages go deeper into candidacy, technique, and recovery for each operation.

MemorialCare Long Beach Medical Center

A full-service medical center in Long Beach equipped for inpatient joint replacement surgery. Patients who stay overnight after hip or knee replacement recover here with dedicated nursing support and inpatient physical therapy.

Surgery Center of Long Beach

An outpatient surgery center designed for same-day surgical procedures. Eligible patients undergoing outpatient hip replacement or outpatient knee replacement have their surgery here and return home the same day.

DISC Sports & Spine Center at Marina del Rey

On the Westside in Marina del Rey, DISC Sports & Spine Center is a premier outpatient surgery center with one of the most technologically advanced surgical suites in Southern California, designed for minimally invasive, same-day procedures. It gives patients across greater Los Angeles another setting where Dr. Zalikha operates.

Both Long Beach facilities sit a short continuation of the same drive you make from Cerritos for your office visit. For a Cerritos patient, that combination matters: hospital-grade backup at MemorialCare Long Beach Medical Center if an overnight stay is the safer choice, and a true outpatient option at the Surgery Center of Long Beach when you are a candidate to recover at home the same day.

Cerritos has good orthopedic care nearby, so the honest question is why drive at all. The answer is the depth of specialization. Dr. Zalikha’s practice is dedicated to hip and knee replacement rather than general orthopedics, and the few minutes it takes to reach Long Beach buy a level of training and focus that is hard to match closer to home.

Fellowship-level specialization

Dr. Zalikha completed an adult reconstruction fellowship at Stanford Medicine, training specifically in hip and knee replacement, revision surgery, and complex cases. That is a higher and narrower level of specialization than a general orthopedic surgeon provides, and it is the single biggest reason patients from Cerritos make the short trip.

Revision and complex-case expertise

Patients with failed hip replacements, failed knee replacements, prosthetic joint infections, or periprosthetic fractures need a surgeon with specific training in these harder situations. Dr. Zalikha trained on these cases at Stanford and manages them regularly — the kind of work many general practices refer out.

Modern technique and technology

Dr. Zalikha performs hip replacements through the direct anterior approach and uses robotic-assisted technology for hip procedures, as well as robotic-assisted knee replacement. These are modern, tissue-sparing techniques aimed at accurate component placement, not add-ons billed as gimmicks.

Second opinions before you decide

If you have been told elsewhere that you need a joint replacement, it is reasonable to want a second perspective from a fellowship-trained specialist before deciding. For Cerritos patients who want that review without an immediate trip, Dr. Zalikha offers a virtual second opinion that begins with a records and imaging review.

Worth the short drive from Cerritos

For a Cerritos resident, the practical math is simple: roughly 15 minutes on the 91 in exchange for a surgeon whose entire focus is hip and knee replacement, with both an inpatient hospital and an outpatient surgery center a short distance from the office. When you are ready, you can request an appointment or call (562) 362-5024.