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? 22days

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	22 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	21 days	23 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	28 days	29 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	24 days	37 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	24 days	45 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	---	29 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	---	29 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	---	35 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	---	---
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	---	20 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	---	31 days

90th

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	39 days	38 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	32 days	61 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	71 days	73 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	59 days	101 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	168 days	125 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	---	74 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	---	31 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	---	58 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	---	---
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	---	26 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	---	66 days

Wait Times by Surgeon

50th

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Heather Poushay	Sydney	24 days	12 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	13 days	23 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	14 days	23 days
Lucy K Helyer	Halifax	14 days	24 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	13 days	27 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	18 days	22 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	17 days	24 days
John Booth	Truro	7 days	34 days
Gregory Knapp	Halifax	19 days	23 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	18 days	25 days
Victoria Smith	Bridgewater	15 days	28 days
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	12 days	34 days
Chakshu Sahi	New Glasgow	22 days	24 days
Heather McFadgen	Halifax	20 days	26 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	13 days	35 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	24 days	29 days
Peter Sytnik	Bridgewater	31 days	22 days
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	21 days	33 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	26 days	30 days
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	17 days	41 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	29 days	32 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	31 days	32 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Dartmouth	33 days	30 days
Chris Kenyon	Halifax	27 days	41 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	35 days	35 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	41 days	40 days
Paul M Johnson	Halifax	33 days	52 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	61 days	27 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	65 days	27 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	61 days	36 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	62 days	36 days
Katerina Neumann	Halifax	58 days	45 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	64 days	48 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	81 days	40 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	89 days	44 days
Ashley Drohan	Halifax	104 days	70 days
Adam Southcott	Truro	---	---
Ahmed Jad	Truro	---	---
Alison Archibald	Sydney	---	30 days
Allison Keeping	Sydney	---	---
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	---	---
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio	Halifax	---	---
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	---	50 days
Lior Flor	Sydney	---	---
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	---	---
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	---	31 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	---	27 days

90th

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	17 days	37 days
Victoria Smith	Bridgewater	17 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
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	16 days	57 days
Peter Sytnik	Bridgewater	44 days	29 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	57 days	36 days
Gregory Knapp	Halifax	40 days	59 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	34 days	68 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	35 days	72 days
John Booth	Truro	46 days	66 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
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	79 days	65 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	65 days	79 days
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	42 days	114 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	109 days	61 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	124 days	76 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Dartmouth	182 days	44 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	153 days	82 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	127 days	123 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	244 days	47 days
Chakshu Sahi	New Glasgow	233 days	67 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	260 days	72 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	204 days	133 days
Chris Kenyon	Halifax	63 days	279 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	272 days	102 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	285 days	112 days
Ashley Drohan	Halifax	267 days	158 days
Katerina Neumann	Halifax	240 days	193 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	401 days	73 days
Paul M Johnson	Halifax	103 days	576 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	618 days	122 days
Adam Southcott	Truro	---	---
Ahmed Jad	Truro	---	---
Alison Archibald	Sydney	---	65 days
Allison Keeping	Sydney	---	---
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	---	---
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio	Halifax	---	---
Casey Armstrong	Kentville	---	---
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	---	49 days
Dafydd Alexander Davies	Halifax	---	---
James C Ellsmere	Halifax	---	---
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	---	---
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	---	---
Kieron McGibney	Truro	---	68 days
Lior Flor	Sydney	---	---
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	---	---
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	---	34 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	---	50 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	131	34	93
2026 Jan-Mar	22	127	32	97

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 by Surgeon

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Wait Times Trends

Bowel Resection

Service/Procedure Summary

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Wait Times by Surgeon

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