Board certified cytopathologist and FNA specialist

Fine needle aspiration biopsy in Los Angeles

Dr. Nadelman is board certified in cytopathology and performs the fine needle aspiration herself. Every specimen is evaluated on site in her Los Angeles laboratory, with preliminary results usually available within 24 hours.

Thyroid nodules, breast lumps, swollen lymph nodes, salivary gland and soft tissue masses. Ultrasound guided or by palpation. Next day appointments, and house calls anywhere in California.

One visit

Biopsy, read and consult

Results in 24 hours

Preliminary, read in the office

No stitches

Local anesthesia only

House calls

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.

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Meet your doctor

Celina M. Nadelman, M.D.

One of very few physicians in the United States who is board certified in cytopathology and practices as a fine needle aspiration specialist. That means the person holding the needle is the person reading your slides, so nothing is lost between the biopsy and the diagnosis, and an inadequate sample is caught while you are still in the room.

  • Head of the FNA Clinic for Los Angeles County at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Outpatient Center
  • Clinical instructor, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine
  • Co-Director of Pathology, Charles R. Drew University
  • Residency and fellowship at UCLA. M.D., Keck School of Medicine of USC
What she biopsies

If you can feel it, she can usually sample it

Dr. Nadelman biopsies lumps and nodules in the neck, the breast, the salivary glands and the soft tissue, by palpation or under ultrasound guidance. Start with the area that brought you here.

Thyroid

Thyroid nodules

Most thyroid nodules are benign. An FNA tells you which one you have, without surgery and without a two week wait.

Breast

Breast lumps

A palpable lump can be sampled in the office the same week, with no incision and no stitches.

Lymph

Swollen lymph nodes

A node that has not settled after a few weeks is worth sampling. Reactive, lymphoma and metastatic disease look different under the microscope.

Soft tissue

Lumps, bumps and nodules

Salivary gland, head and neck, and soft tissue masses anywhere they can be reached with a needle.

Your visit

What actually happens

A fine needle aspiration uses a needle thinner than the one used to draw blood. There is no incision and there are no stitches. Plan on about an hour.

01

Consultation and ultrasound

Dr. Nadelman examines the area and looks at it on ultrasound first, so she knows exactly what she is sampling.

02

The aspiration

Local anesthesia, then a few passes with a fine needle. Most people find it easier than a blood draw.

03

Read on site

The slides are stained and examined in the office lab while you wait. This is the step that does not exist anywhere else.

04

You get answers

Preliminary findings usually within 24 hours, sent to whichever physician you name.

Questions patients ask about FNA in Los Angeles

Where is the office, and where do I park?

The practice is on the sixth floor of the glass tower at 1125 S. Beverly Drive, Suite 602, on the west side of the street in the Beverlywood and Pico-Robertson area of Los Angeles. There is metered street parking on S. Beverly Drive and a paid garage with its entrance on the south side of the building. Coming from the 10, exit Robertson.

You are given a local anesthetic first, there is no incision and no stitches, and the aspiration itself takes about twenty minutes. The FNA biopsy in Los Angeles, step by step page walks through the whole visit.

Dr. Nadelman reads your slides on site, so the sample is checked for adequacy before you leave the office. Preliminary results are usually available within 24 hours and are sent to whichever physician you name.

Dr. Nadelman is board certified in cytopathology and performs the aspiration herself, which is a rare combination. The person holding the needle is the person reading the sample, so an inadequate sample is caught during the appointment rather than weeks later. There is more on fine needle aspiration in Los Angeles and how it works.

Most patients drive in from the Westside and the neighborhoods around the office: Beverly Hills, Century City, Culver City, Westwood, West Hollywood, Santa Monica, Brentwood and Marina del Rey, along with Sherman Oaks, Studio City and Downtown Los Angeles. The office is minutes from the 10 at Robertson.

The practice accepts Medicare and most major PPO plans. The current list is on the insurances we accept page. If your plan is not on it, call the office and ask.

Yes. She makes house calls anywhere in California, which patients use when travel is difficult or when a family would rather have the appointment at home. Start on the contact page or call the office.

The office

In Los Angeles, and at your door in California

1125 S. Beverly Drive, Suite 602
Los Angeles, CA 90035

Monday to Friday, 10 to 6

Dr. Nadelman makes house calls anywhere in the state of California. Patients also fly in from out of state for a single visit. Ask the office how it works.

Insurances we accept
  • Anthem Blue Cross
  • SAG/AFTRA
  • Aetna
  • Cigna
  • MultiPlan
  • Blue Shield of CA
  • Medicare
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Finding the office

On Beverly Drive, just south of Olympic. The building is the glass tower on the west side of S. Beverly Drive. Take the elevator to the sixth floor, Suite 602.

Metered street parking on S. Beverly Drive, and a paid garage in the building with an entrance on the south side. From the 10, exit Robertson and head north, then turn onto Beverly Drive.

Patients drive in from across the Westside and the neighborhoods around the office, including Beverly Hills, Century City, Culver City, Westwood, West Hollywood, Santa Monica, Brentwood and Marina del Rey, along with Sherman Oaks, Studio City and Downtown Los Angeles.

From the blog

Celina Nadelman, M.D. in the news

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Case notes, cell images and short explanations of what a fine needle aspiration actually shows, posted by Dr. Nadelman.

You do not have to wait two weeks to know.

Same day and 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