A conversation about your symptoms
Dr. Zalikha will ask about your pain, limitations, and goals. He wants to understand how the problem affects your daily life.
Getting Here
From Seal Beach the Long Beach office is about a 10-minute drive. It sits on Atlantic Avenue in central Long Beach, between Willow St and Wardlow Rd, roughly 1.5 miles south of the I-405 Atlantic Avenue exit.
- Via the I-405 North (recommended): From Seal Beach, take I-405 North to the Atlantic Avenue exit, then head south on Atlantic Ave about 1.5 miles. The office is on Atlantic Ave between Willow St and Wardlow Rd.
- Via Pacific Coast Highway: Take Pacific Coast Highway north into Long Beach, then connect to Atlantic Ave heading toward the office. This coastal route is a straightforward alternative when the freeway is busy.
- Drive time: Approximately 10 minutes from most of Seal Beach, including Old Town and Leisure World, outside of peak traffic.
- Parking: Free on-site parking is available in the lot adjacent to the building.
Where Dr. Zalikha Operates
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.
For a Seal Beach patient, having both Long Beach options minutes away means surgery is matched to your case rather than to a single setting: healthier candidates can often go home the same day from the surgery center, while anyone who benefits from an overnight stay has a full hospital with around-the-clock backup nearby. Both Long Beach facilities are roughly 10 minutes from Seal Beach.
Hip & Knee Replacement Close to Seal Beach
Seal Beach sits right at the edge of Dr. Zalikha’s service area, just over the line into Orange County and only about 10 minutes from his Long Beach office. For many people in town, that makes fellowship-trained hip and knee replacement closer than they expect — a short drive up the coast rather than a trek deep into the county.
The patients hip and knee replacement helps most are exactly the active retirees Seal Beach is known for. Between the walkable Old Town and Main Street community and Leisure World — one of the largest retirement communities in the country, minutes from the office — a lot of Seal Beach residents are people who want to keep walking the beach, gardening, golfing, and staying independent. When arthritis in a hip or knee starts shrinking that world, joint replacement is usually about getting those everyday activities back, not about chasing performance.
This page is meant to answer the practical questions a Seal Beach patient tends to have first: how far the office really is, where surgery happens, whether a referral is needed, and what the first visit looks like. The clinical details live on their own pages — for example total knee replacement and total hip replacement — so you can dig as deep as you want.
Why Seal Beach patients travel a few minutes for fellowship-trained care
Fellowship-level specialization
Dr. Zalikha completed an adult reconstruction fellowship at Stanford Medicine, training specifically in hip and knee replacement. That is a deeper focus than general orthopedics — and it is the main reason Seal Beach patients make the short drive for knee replacement in Long Beach and hip replacement in Long Beach, available about 10 minutes from Seal Beach.
Revision and complex-case expertise
If an earlier hip or knee replacement has failed or never felt right, these cases call for specific training. Dr. Zalikha handles complex revision surgery regularly — the kind of expertise worth a short drive rather than settling for whoever is nearest.
Modern technique and technology
Dr. Zalikha performs hip replacements through the direct anterior approach and uses robotic assistance for hip procedures and robotic-assisted knee replacement. These are the techniques that shape recovery, and they are standard here.
A second opinion before you decide
Been told you need a hip or knee replacement somewhere else? It is reasonable to want a fellowship-trained perspective first. Dr. Zalikha offers a virtual second opinion, so you can start without leaving Seal Beach.
Built around getting you back to Seal Beach life
The goal of hip or knee replacement is the everyday version of your life — walking Main Street, getting down to the beach, keeping up at Leisure World. The flat coastal terrain and mild weather that Seal Beach and Long Beach share make early walking and rehabilitation more comfortable, and the office is close enough that follow-up visits are not a burden.
What to expect at your first visit
Your first visit with Dr. Zalikha is unhurried and usually covers five things:
A physical examination
He will assess your range of motion, strength, stability, and gait.
A review of your imaging
X-rays are usually taken in the office if you do not already have recent ones. Dr. Zalikha will review the images with you and explain what they show.
A discussion of your options
Based on the exam and imaging, Dr. Zalikha will explain the diagnosis and walk through the available treatment options, starting with nonsurgical approaches when appropriate.
A plan
You will leave with a clear understanding of the recommended next steps, whether that is physical therapy, an injection, further imaging, or surgical planning.
Request an Appointment with Dr. Zalikha or call (562) 362-5024. For patients outside the area Virtual Second Opinion is available.