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? 24days

Surgery Nova Scotia 50% of people served within? 32days

Wait times

50th

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	11 days	25 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	22 days	22 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	20 days	40 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	32 days	33 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	64 days	27 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	---	---
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	---	31 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	---	---
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	---	18 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	---	35 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	---	33 days

90th

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	32 days	61 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	42 days	65 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	97 days	43 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	111 days	39 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	111 days	104 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	---	---
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	---	41 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	---	---
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	---	26 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	---	65 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	---	53 days

Wait Times by Surgeon

50th

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Heather Poushay	Sydney	24 days	13 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	19 days	20 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	18 days	21 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	13 days	27 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	17 days	24 days
John Booth	Truro	7 days	34 days
Lucy K Helyer	Halifax	16 days	25 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	13 days	29 days
Chakshu Sahi	New Glasgow	18 days	24 days
Gregory Knapp	Halifax	19 days	23 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	21 days	24 days
Heather McFadgen	Halifax	20 days	26 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	12 days	35 days
Victoria Smith	Bridgewater	16 days	32 days
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	13 days	38 days
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	17 days	34 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	23 days	30 days
Peter Sytnik	Bridgewater	31 days	23 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	30 days	28 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Dartmouth	27 days	31 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	29 days	32 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	31 days	33 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	31 days	33 days
Chris Kenyon	Halifax	28 days	39 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	38 days	35 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	36 days	38 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	52 days	27 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	64 days	36 days
Paul M Johnson	Halifax	45 days	56 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	65 days	38 days
Katerina Neumann	Halifax	67 days	41 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	77 days	32 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	72 days	37 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	67 days	51 days
Ashley Drohan	Halifax	97 days	70 days
Adam Southcott	Truro	---	---
Ahmed Jad	Truro	---	30 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	---	48 days
Allison Keeping	Sydney	---	22 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	---	---
Casey Armstrong	Kentville	---	---
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	---	28 days
Dafydd Alexander Davies	Halifax	---	---
James C Ellsmere	Halifax	---	---
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	---	---
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	---	---
Kieron McGibney	Truro	---	54 days
Lior Flor	Sydney	11 days	---
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	15 days	---
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	---	---
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	---	---
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	---	38 days

90th

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	17 days	37 days
Victoria Smith	Bridgewater	18 days	41 days
Lucy K Helyer	Halifax	24 days	45 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	49 days	21 days
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	23 days	49 days
Peter Sytnik	Bridgewater	44 days	29 days
Gregory Knapp	Halifax	40 days	41 days
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	16 days	66 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	30 days	68 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	35 days	72 days
John Booth	Truro	46 days	66 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	57 days	62 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	79 days	43 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	92 days	41 days
Heather McFadgen	Halifax	65 days	76 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	99 days	43 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	63 days	81 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	65 days	79 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	109 days	61 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	127 days	53 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	153 days	45 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	124 days	76 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Dartmouth	172 days	44 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	197 days	47 days
Chakshu Sahi	New Glasgow	233 days	67 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	204 days	100 days
Ashley Drohan	Halifax	158 days	158 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	260 days	72 days
Chris Kenyon	Halifax	63 days	279 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	272 days	102 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	285 days	112 days
Katerina Neumann	Halifax	254 days	193 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	401 days	73 days
Paul M Johnson	Halifax	110 days	576 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	618 days	122 days
Adam Southcott	Truro	---	---
Ahmed Jad	Truro	---	37 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	---	65 days
Allison Keeping	Sydney	---	26 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	---	---
Casey Armstrong	Kentville	---	---
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	---	51 days
Dafydd Alexander Davies	Halifax	---	---
James C Ellsmere	Halifax	---	---
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	---	---
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	---	---
Kieron McGibney	Truro	---	68 days
Lior Flor	Sydney	18 days	---
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	42 days	---
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	---	---
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	---	---
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	---	139 days

Wait Times Trends

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Time Period	Consult - 50th	Consult - 90th	Surgery - 50th	Surgery - 90th
2024 Jan-Mar	21	136	32	92
2024 Apr-Jun	18	77	31	99
2024 Jul-Sep	19	175	30	92
2024 Oct-Dec	23	176	33	75
2025 Jan-Mar	24	156	34	136
2025 Apr-Jun	22	172	31	96
2025 Jul-Sep	27	191	33	100
2025 Oct-Dec	24	122	34	93
2026 Jan-Mar	24	124	32	101

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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