Imaging Center

About Your Imaging Appointment

Important Information

  • Check in at the front desk in the Imaging Department.
  • Patients must have a referral from a primary care physician or specialist.
  • If you have prior mammogram films at a site other than UC San Diego, bring them with you or request that they be sent to the Imaging Department for comparison with your current study.

Attention: Imaging Department
UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center
3855 Health Sciences Drive #0846
La Jolla, CA 92093

  • For mammogram appointments, refrain from using any deodorant, lotions, powders, or creams on the chest and underarm area the morning of the exam. To avoid complications, patients undergoing breast biopsy must not be taking Coumadin or other blood thinners (aspirin, Plavix, Advil, or ibuprofen) for seven days prior to the procedure.

Location

On the 1st floor, down the hallway to the left of the lobby elevators, past the Multispecialty Clinic.

Hours

  • Monday – Thursday, 8 a.m. - 7 p.m.
  • Friday, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
  • Select Saturdays, 8 a.m. - 12 p.m.
  • MRI: Monday – Friday, 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Contact

  • General number: 858-822-6122
  • Scheduling for mammogram, ultrasound, DEXA: 619-543-3405
  • Scheduling for MRI: 619-543-6148

Imaging Services
UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center
3855 Health Sciences Drive
La Jolla, CA 92093
858-822-6122