@vkent
Dr. Berger has an incredible reputation. I would not hesitate to go to him.

I have an incredible surgeon who replaced my left hip four years ago and my right knee six months ago and I had zero post surgery pain each time. My guy, Jimmy Chow, is in Phoenix, not San Diego, but it is only 45 minutes away by air and 5 hours by car.

Dr. Chow is the primary inventor of the Superpath method of hip replacement. Whether he would be a good choice for you I can't say. Also, he doesn't take insurance nor does he participate in Medicare. About 20% of his surgical practice is doing revisions.