20 miles

From Pasadena One visit covers the consultation, the fine needle aspiration and the reading.

30 to 45 minutes

Door to door, off peak

Results in 24 hours

Preliminary, not two weeks

One visit

Biopsy, read and consult

Why come here

Closer than the wait.

Pasadena sits about 20 miles from the office, normally 30 to 45 minutes on the CA-110 south and I-10 west. That is the whole journey. Most patients make it once, have the biopsy, and leave with the reading already done.

What the trip gets you

  • One appointment. Ultrasound, biopsy, staining and the consultation in the same visit.
  • The person who reads it. Dr. Nadelman takes the sample and interprets it herself, so there is no handoff.
  • A thin sample caught on the spot. She knows in minutes and takes another rather than telling you in two weeks.
  • Preliminary results in 24 hours. Sent to you and to whichever physician you name.

What waiting costs you

  • Weeks, not days. A hospital radiology referral is commonly two weeks from imaging to report.
  • Two appointments. One with a radiologist for the sample, another to hear the result.
  • A stranger reading the slides. The pathologist making the call is someone you never meet.
  • Starting over if it is inadequate. You find out two weeks later there were not enough cells.

The drive is shorter than the wait. For most Pasadena patients the trip takes less time than the gap between a referral and a first available hospital slot.

Fine needle aspiration in Pasadena

What Pasadena patients are usually sent for.

The needle is thinner than the one used for a blood draw. There is nothing to stitch afterwards and nothing to heal, and most patients go straight back to their day.

Thyroid

Thyroid nodule biopsy

Only 4 to 6 percent of thyroid nodules turn out to be cancer. Ultrasound guided sampling, graded on the Bethesda system, read on site. Thyroid biopsy

Breast

Breast lump biopsy

Most breast lumps are benign. If it is a cyst, draining it with the same needle often makes the lump disappear during the visit. Breast biopsy

Lymph nodes

Lymph node biopsy

Usually a node is simply doing its job. When it is hard, fixed, or has not gone away, cells answer the question in one appointment. Lymph node biopsy

Two routes from Pasadena

One report, two very different timelines.

If your Pasadena physician finds a thyroid nodule, a breast lump or a swollen lymph node, the usual path is a hospital radiology referral. One doctor takes the sample, a different one reads it, and the gap between them is where the waiting happens.

The hospital referral

Two visits, two specialists, two waits

  • Day 0. Referral and imaging
  • Day 3. A radiologist takes the sample
  • Day 12 to 14. Pathology report reaches your doctor
  • If the sample is short. You find out two weeks later and start over

About two weeks of waiting

With Dr. Nadelman

One appointment

One visit, one specialist, one trip

  • Day 0. Ultrasound, biopsy, slides read on site, consultation
  • Same day. If the sample is short she knows immediately and takes another
  • Within 24 hours. Preliminary results to you and your doctor
  • No second trip. You talk to the person who made the diagnosis

An answer inside of two days

The drive from Pasadena

Four steps, no surprises.

About 20 miles on the CA-110 south and I-10 west. Plan on about an hour for the appointment itself.

01

Leave Pasadena

Pick a mid morning or early afternoon slot and you miss the worst of the traffic in both directions.

02

Take CA-110 south and I-10 west

30 to 45 minutes in normal conditions. No canyon roads and no complicated interchange.

03

1125 S. Beverly Drive, Suite 602

Los Angeles, CA 90035. Garage parking in the building, so no hunting for a space on Beverly Drive.

04

About an hour inside

Ultrasound, biopsy, the slides read on site, then your consultation. Preliminary findings usually within 24 hours.

Pasadena questions

What patients ask first.

How far is the office from Pasadena?

It is about 20 miles from Pasadena, normally 30 to 45 minutes on the CA-110 south and I-10 west. The office is at 1125 S. Beverly Drive, Suite 602, in Los Angeles, with parking in the building garage.

Any imaging you already have, such as an ultrasound, mammogram or CT report, plus the name of the physician you want the report sent to. Prior imaging helps Dr. Nadelman target the sample before the needle goes anywhere.

Less than most people expect. The needle is thinner than the one used for a blood draw, the area is numbed first, and there is no incision, so there is nothing to stitch and nothing to heal.

She takes another one in the same visit. The slides are examined in the office while you are still there, so a short sample is caught in minutes rather than discovered by an outside lab two weeks later.

Worth reading before you drive up. FNA biopsy in Los Angeles, step by step, the insurance the office accepts, and the questions patients ask most. She also samples salivary gland, soft tissue and other lumps, bumps and nodules.

Near Pasadena. She also sees patients from Glendale, Encino and Santa Clarita. Or see every area she covers.

One appointment, one specialist, one answer.

Next-day appointments are usually available, and house calls are available anywhere in California.

310.702.6701

1125 S. Beverly Drive, Suite 602
Los Angeles, CA 90035
Monday to Friday, 10 to 6

What patients say

4.9 stars across Google and Yelp

Reviews from people who came in with a lump and left with an answer. Video testimonials and letters from referring physicians are on the testimonials page.

CELINA NADELMAN, M.D.

  • Biopsy and interpretation by a Board Certified Cytopathologist

  • Ultrasound-guided and palpation-guided FNAs

  • Preliminary diagnosis within 24 hours in most cases

  • Next day appointments available

  • We accept most major PPO insurances and Medicare.

  • Patient and physician time savings

  • Relief of patient anxiety

  • Medical, technical and fiscal resource conservation

  • Appropriate and expeditious triage of the patient and their sample

  • Diagnostic ultrasound services

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