Bowel Resection

Service/Procedure Summary

This surgical procedure removes all or part of the small or large intestine.

Consult Nova Scotia 50% of people served within? 21days

Surgery Nova Scotia 50% of people served within? 31days

Wait times

50th

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	15 days	24 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	18 days	29 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	21 days	29 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	23 days	29 days
Antigonish	Antigonish Memorial Regional Hospital	24 days	34 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	29 days	42 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	---	31 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	---	---
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	---	---
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	---	52 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	---	36 days

90th

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	28 days	49 days
Antigonish	Antigonish Memorial Regional Hospital	55 days	46 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	63 days	45 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	22 days	88 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	108 days	40 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	110 days	92 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	---	38 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	---	---
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	---	---
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	---	73 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	---	48 days

Wait Times by Surgeon

50th

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	9 days	22 days
Allison Keeping	Sydney	11 days	22 days
Lior Flor	Sydney	14 days	19 days
Lucy K Helyer	Halifax	16 days	19 days
Victoria Smith	Bridgewater	14 days	21 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	13 days	24 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	20 days	19 days
Peter Sytnik	Bridgewater	25 days	17 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	13 days	29 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Dartmouth	26 days	21 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	26 days	27 days
Paul M Johnson	Halifax	19 days	36 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	20 days	36 days
Casey Armstrong	Kentville	24 days	33 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	31 days	27 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	25 days	35 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	33 days	31 days
Heather McFadgen	Dartmouth	26 days	41 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	37 days	34 days
Chris Kenyon	Halifax	30 days	48 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	42 days	36 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	23 days	55 days
Katerina Neumann	Halifax	22 days	58 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	47 days	36 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	54 days	31 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	90 days	41 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	106 days	44 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	21 days	---
Alison Archibald	Sydney	---	54 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	---	---
Ashley Drohan	Halifax	---	---
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	---	43 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	---	29 days
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	12 days	---
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	116 days	---
Chakshu Sahi	New Glasgow	---	22 days
Christopher Blackmore	Halifax	---	---
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	---	27 days
Dafydd Alexander Davies	Halifax	---	44 days
Gregory Knapp	Halifax	21 days	---
Heather Poushay	Sydney	---	17 days
James C Ellsmere	Halifax	---	---
John Booth	Truro	---	34 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	---	41 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	---	54 days
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	24 days	---
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	---	---
Nabil Nader	Amherst	13 days	---
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	10 days	---
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	---	---
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	---	---

90th

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Victoria Smith	Bridgewater	17 days	28 days
Allison Keeping	Sydney	16 days	31 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	24 days	38 days
Lior Flor	Sydney	21 days	43 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	25 days	65 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Dartmouth	68 days	23 days
Peter Sytnik	Bridgewater	57 days	38 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	48 days	53 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	60 days	45 days
Lucy K Helyer	Halifax	49 days	61 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	70 days	43 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	43 days	72 days
Paul M Johnson	Halifax	60 days	64 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	108 days	28 days
Chris Kenyon	Halifax	54 days	83 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	122 days	40 days
Heather McFadgen	Dartmouth	110 days	72 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	105 days	79 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	147 days	48 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	124 days	104 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	197 days	53 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	165 days	93 days
Casey Armstrong	Kentville	227 days	42 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	281 days	54 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	419 days	52 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	532 days	64 days
Katerina Neumann	Halifax	136 days	671 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	22 days	---
Alison Archibald	Sydney	---	72 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	---	---
Ashley Drohan	Halifax	---	---
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	---	47 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	---	64 days
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	23 days	---
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	629 days	---
Chakshu Sahi	New Glasgow	---	67 days
Christopher Blackmore	Halifax	---	---
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	---	56 days
Dafydd Alexander Davies	Halifax	---	105 days
Gregory Knapp	Halifax	38 days	---
Heather Poushay	Sydney	---	36 days
James C Ellsmere	Halifax	---	---
John Booth	Truro	---	59 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	---	43 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	---	68 days
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	42 days	---
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	---	---
Nabil Nader	Amherst	19 days	---
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	23 days	---
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	---	---
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	---	---

Wait Times Trends

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Time Period	Consult - 50th	Consult - 90th	Surgery - 50th	Surgery - 90th
2024 Jul-Sep	19	175	30	92
2024 Oct-Dec	23	176	33	75
2025 Jan-Mar	23	156	34	136
2025 Apr-Jun	22	172	31	96
2025 Jul-Sep	27	182	33	100
2025 Oct-Dec	24	134	34	93
2026 Jan-Mar	23	127	32	101
2026 Apr-Jun	20	97	34	99
2026 Jul-Sep	21	110	31	67

Disclaimer: Hospitals, long-term care facilities, and clinics across the province provide all wait time information displayed on this website. Wait times are based on historical data and do not include emergency/priority cases.

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Bowel Resection

Service/Procedure Summary

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Wait Times Trends

Bowel Resection

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