I had been referred to DR Mendelson from my primary physician. I did not like his beside manner on first impression. he scheduled me for a fine needle aspiration. on the day of the procedure i sat in the room for a half an  hour and when he finally did come in he swabbed my neck and stuck the needle in and was done in less than 30 seconds. the lymph node swelled up almost immediately. I knew then that I needed a new doctor. he charged thousand of dollars for that 10 to be exact. I was able to get scheduled at the May clinic. they did an  Aspiration with  the help of a sonogram and the procedure took a half an hour. no pain, and they got good samples.  on follow up Dr. Mendelson wanted to schedule surgery to remove the lymph node. we told him we were going to the May clinic. at the Mayo they scheduled me for a PET scan and found the potential cancer in my throat. they removed the lymph and cancer in one surgery. I would have had to have multiple surgeries with Mendelson. please if you have cancer  run for your life. I was lucky he is not the only game in town.