Hip & Knee Replacement for Signal Hill Patients

Signal Hill is surrounded by Long Beach on every side, which makes this practice effectively the neighborhood orthopedic office for the hilltop community. Many Signal Hill residents have lived here for decades and would rather not cross the county for surgery on a hip or knee. They don’t have to. Dr. Zalikha completed an adult reconstruction fellowship at Stanford Medicine, focusing specifically on hip replacement and knee replacement, including complex revision cases — a deeper level of specialization than most general orthopedic surgeons offer, available a few minutes from home.

This page is written for Signal Hill patients: how to get to the Long Beach office, where surgery actually happens, what your first visit looks like, and answers to the questions that come up most. If you want to explore the procedures themselves in clinical detail, the deep-dive pages linked throughout go further. To get started, you can request an appointment or call the office directly.

From Signal Hill the office is immediately adjacent — the practice sits on Atlantic Ave in central Long Beach, just west of the city, so most Signal Hill patients drive five minutes or less and rarely need a freeway at all. The simplest route is to take Cherry Ave or Atlantic Ave directly south to 2760 Atlantic Ave. If you are coming from further out, the office is easily reached from the 405, 710, and 91 freeways.

• From Signal Hill (surface streets): Take Cherry Ave or Atlantic Ave directly south. The office is on Atlantic Ave between Spring St and Wardlow Rd, with free parking in the lot adjacent to the building — typically a five-minute drive or less.
• From the 405 (San Diego Freeway): Exit at Cherry Ave or Atlantic Ave and head south. The office is on Atlantic Ave between Spring St and Wardlow Rd, roughly 1.5 miles south of the Atlantic Avenue exit.
• From the 710 (Long Beach Freeway): Exit at Wardlow Rd and head east to Atlantic Ave. Turn right (south) on Atlantic Ave.
• From the 91 (Artesia Freeway): Exit at Atlantic Ave and head south toward Long Beach. The office is approximately 3 miles south.
• Parking: Free parking is available in the lot adjacent to the building.

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 Signal Hill patient, having both Long Beach options nearby matters. The same-day pathway at the Surgery Center of Long Beach means many people are home recovering within hours, just minutes up the hill — while MemorialCare Long Beach Medical Center provides full hospital-grade backup and an overnight stay when a procedure or a patient’s health calls for it. Both Long Beach facilities sit a short drive from Signal Hill, so family can visit easily and you recover close to home.

Most Signal Hill patients already have orthopedic surgeons a short distance away, so the few extra minutes to Dr. Zalikha’s office are a choice rather than a necessity. Patients make that choice for specific reasons, and they are the same reasons people drive in from much further across Los Angeles and Orange County.

Fellowship-level specialization

Dr. Zalikha completed an adult reconstruction fellowship at Stanford Medicine, training specifically in hip and knee replacement. That is a narrower, deeper focus than a general orthopedic surgeon, and for Signal Hill patients it is available just minutes down the hill.

Revision and complex case expertise

Patients with a failed hip replacement, a failed knee replacement, a prosthetic joint infection, or a periprosthetic fracture need a surgeon trained for those harder situations. Dr. Zalikha trained on these cases at Stanford and manages them regularly.

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 assistance in knee replacement. These are the same techniques patients drive across two counties to access, here for Signal Hill within minutes.

A second opinion before you decide

If you have already been told elsewhere that you need a hip or knee replacement, it is reasonable to want a second perspective from a fellowship-trained specialist first. A Virtual Second Opinion lets Dr. Zalikha review your imaging and records before you commit to anything — and because Signal Hill is so close, an in-person visit is easy to add if one is needed.

Effectively your neighborhood orthopedic office

Signal Hill is surrounded by Long Beach on all sides, and the office sits just outside the city limits on Atlantic Ave. For the hilltop community — including many longtime residents who would rather stay close to home — that makes this practice the nearest orthopedic option, with none of the distance or unfamiliarity of crossing into another part of the region. For most patients here, that means fellowship-trained knee replacement in Long Beach and hip replacement in Long Beach are a few minutes down the hill.

Have a question that isn’t covered here? The office is happy to walk you through it — request an appointment or call (562) 362-5024. If you have had a previous hip or knee procedure elsewhere, bringing your operative reports and implant records to the visit is helpful.