18 miles

From Torrance

25 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

One trip across town.

Torrance sits about 18 miles from the office, normally 25 to 45 minutes on the I-405 north. 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 Torrance patients the trip takes less time than the gap between a referral and a first available hospital slot.

What are we sampling

Three questions a needle can answer.

It is a twenty minute procedure with local anesthesia and no incision. What makes it worth travelling for is not the needle, it is who reads what comes out of it.

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 Torrance

The handoff is what costs you the time.

If your Torrance physician finds a thyroid nodule, a breast lump or a swollen lymph node, the standard route sends you to imaging first and an outside laboratory second. Nobody in that chain is the person who ends up making the diagnosis.

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 Torrance

Four steps, no surprises.

About 18 miles on the I-405 north. Plan on about an hour for the appointment itself.

01

Leave Torrance

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

02

Take I-405 north

25 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.

Torrance questions

The practical questions.

How far is the office from Torrance?

It is about 18 miles from Torrance, normally 25 to 45 minutes on the I-405 north. The office is at 1125 S. Beverly Drive, Suite 602, in Los Angeles, with parking in the building garage.

Next-day appointments are usually available and same day is often possible. That is the practical difference from a hospital radiology referral, where the first opening is frequently weeks out.

There is no incision and no general anesthesia, so most patients go straight back to normal activity. Dr. Nadelman will say on the day if anything about your case suggests otherwise.

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.

The trip is shorter than the wait.

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

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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.