15 miles

From Glendale

25 to 40 minutes

Door to door, off peak

Results in 24 hours

Preliminary, not two weeks

One visit

Biopsy, read and consult

Why come here

A short drive, once.

Glendale sits about 15 miles from the office, normally 25 to 40 minutes on the CA-134 and I-5 south, then west across town. 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 Glendale patients the trip takes less time than the gap between a referral and a first available hospital slot.

What are we sampling

The three biopsies Glendale patients come here for.

A fine needle aspiration uses a needle thinner than the one used to draw blood. No incision, no stitches, local anesthesia only.

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 Glendale

The difference is who reads your slides.

If your Glendale 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.

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 Glendale

Four steps, no surprises.

About 15 miles on the CA-134 and I-5 south, then west across town. Plan on about an hour for the appointment itself.

01

Leave Glendale

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

02

Take CA-134 and I-5 south, then west across town

25 to 40 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.

Glendale questions

Asked before the trip.

How far is the office from Glendale?

It is about 15 miles from Glendale, normally 25 to 40 minutes on the CA-134 and I-5 south, then west across town. The office is at 1125 S. Beverly Drive, Suite 602, in Los Angeles, with parking in the building garage.

No. You can schedule directly with the office. If you do have a referring physician, Dr. Nadelman sends them the report and is glad to talk through the findings with them, and because she reads the slides herself that conversation happens with the person who made the diagnosis.

No. The slides are stained and read under the microscope while you are still in the office, because Dr. Nadelman is the cytopathologist as well as the physician doing the biopsy. Preliminary findings are usually available within 24 hours and go to you and to whichever physician you name.

She performs house call FNA biopsies anywhere in California, bringing the ultrasound and the staining setup with her. It is the usual answer for a homebound or immobile patient.

Waiting is the worst part. It does not have to take two weeks.

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

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

WE ARE HERE TO HELP

Request an appointment with The Cancer Biopsy Doctor, Celina M. Nadelman, M.D. today.

Did you know we do house calls in the state of California? We can travel to you anywhere in California! Speak to our office about the details.