The drive from Beverly Hills
One straight road, one time.
The office is not in Beverly Hills. It is 2 miles south of it, on the same street, and almost every Beverly Hills patient makes the drive exactly once. The biopsy, the microscope work and the consultation all happen in that visit. The fine needle aspiration itself is a twenty minute procedure, and the slides are read on site.
Fine needle aspiration in Beverly Hills
The three biopsies Beverly Hills patients come here for.
A fine needle aspiration uses a needle thinner than the one used to draw blood. There is no incision, no stitches, and local anesthesia only. Pick the one your doctor mentioned.
Two routes from Beverly Hills
The difference is who reads your slides.
If your Beverly Hills physician finds a thyroid nodule, a breast lump or a swollen lymph node, the referral almost always goes to a hospital radiology department. A radiologist takes the sample, and a pathologist you never meet reads it days later.
House call biopsies in Beverly Hills, and anywhere else in California.
If the drive is not possible, Dr. Nadelman brings the ultrasound and the staining setup to you, so a homebound or immobile patient can have the sample taken at home and read with the same turnaround. Los Angeles County included.
Why a cytopathologist matters
The person holding the needle is the person reading the cells.
In almost every other setting those are two different people, and the handoff between them is where the two weeks go. Dr. Nadelman is one of very few physicians in the United States who is board certified in cytopathology and practices as a fine needle aspiration specialist. She performs the biopsy and she interprets it. There is no handoff.
Before you come
The practical details.
Plan on about an hour for the whole appointment. Most PPO plans and Medicare are accepted, and no referral is required to schedule.
Beverly Hills questions
Asked by patients from the 90210.
Worth reading before you drive up. fine needle aspiration in Los Angeles, 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 Beverly Hills. She also sees patients from Encino, Glendale and Pasadena. Or see every area she covers.
Waiting is the worst part. It is a 2 mile drive.
Next-day appointments are usually available, and house calls are available anywhere in California.
What patients say
4.9 stars across Google and Yelp
Reviews from people who came in with a lump and left with an answer.
See video testimonials and letters from referring physicians are on the testimonials page.
