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? 26days

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

Wait times

50th

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	22 days	25 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	19 days	29 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	31 days	18 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	24 days	28 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	26 days	33 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	27 days	35 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	24 days	43 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	---	---
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	---	---
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	---	---
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	---	---

90th

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	38 days	41 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	38 days	65 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	49 days	65 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	68 days	66 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	112 days	59 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	159 days	55 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	215 days	142 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	---	---
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	---	---
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	---	---
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	---	---

Wait Times by Surgeon

50th

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	6 days	22 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	19 days	15 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	16 days	18 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	10 days	26 days
Heather McFadgen	Halifax	20 days	17 days
Lucy K Helyer	Halifax	9 days	28 days
Victoria Smith	Bridgewater	15 days	27 days
Peter Sytnik	Bridgewater	22 days	22 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	16 days	28 days
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	14 days	31 days
Gregory Knapp	Halifax	19 days	27 days
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	14 days	33 days
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	22 days	25 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	17 days	31 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	37 days	12 days
Chakshu Sahi	New Glasgow	23 days	28 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	27 days	27 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	22 days	33 days
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	15 days	40 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	27 days	29 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	25 days	31 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	27 days	32 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	18 days	41 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	29 days	31 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	34 days	28 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Dartmouth	31 days	31 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	29 days	34 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	31 days	43 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	48 days	27 days
Chris Kenyon	Halifax	28 days	48 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	31 days	51 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	55 days	30 days
Ashley Drohan	Halifax	45 days	64 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	65 days	45 days
Katerina Neumann	Halifax	65 days	47 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	90 days	31 days
Paul M Johnson	Halifax	91 days	63 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	---	18 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	---	29 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	---	25 days
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio	Halifax	---	---
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	---	28 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	---	50 days
James C Ellsmere	Halifax	---	---
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	---	10 days
Jessica Louise Mills	Halifax	---	---
John Booth	Truro	---	---
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	---	---
Karen Milford	Halifax	---	---
Kieron McGibney	Truro	---	47 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	---	58 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	---	---

90th

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	31 days	33 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	35 days	30 days
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	29 days	41 days
Peter Sytnik	Bridgewater	44 days	29 days
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	28 days	45 days
Lucy K Helyer	Halifax	32 days	45 days
Victoria Smith	Bridgewater	36 days	47 days
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	27 days	66 days
Gregory Knapp	Halifax	38 days	59 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	59 days	40 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	34 days	68 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	63 days	49 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	57 days	62 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	57 days	64 days
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	30 days	91 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	59 days	72 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	93 days	49 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	79 days	65 days
Heather McFadgen	Halifax	121 days	34 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	30 days	139 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	26 days	149 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	168 days	19 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Dartmouth	172 days	44 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	77 days	179 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	164 days	102 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	196 days	71 days
Chakshu Sahi	New Glasgow	233 days	67 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	244 days	73 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	260 days	61 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	161 days	187 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	221 days	136 days
Ashley Drohan	Halifax	267 days	108 days
Katerina Neumann	Halifax	295 days	142 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	369 days	78 days
Chris Kenyon	Halifax	63 days	385 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	435 days	113 days
Paul M Johnson	Halifax	244 days	362 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	---	37 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	---	65 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	---	37 days
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio	Halifax	---	---
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	---	43 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	---	82 days
James C Ellsmere	Halifax	---	---
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	---	24 days
Jessica Louise Mills	Halifax	---	---
John Booth	Truro	---	---
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	---	---
Karen Milford	Halifax	---	---
Kieron McGibney	Truro	---	61 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	---	174 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	---	---

Wait Times Trends

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Time Period	Consult - 50th	Consult - 90th	Surgery - 50th	Surgery - 90th
2023 Jul-Sep	20	104	29	102
2023 Oct-Dec	18	162	28	110
2024 Jan-Mar	21	136	32	92
2024 Apr-Jun	18	74	32	108
2024 Jul-Sep	20	175	30	92
2024 Oct-Dec	23	171	33	75
2025 Jan-Mar	24	156	34	136
2025 Apr-Jun	24	196	31	96
2025 Jul-Sep	26	181	32	99

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

Service/Procedure Summary

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Wait Times by Surgeon

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