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? 33days

Wait times

50th

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	20 days	29 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	25 days	27 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	21 days	38 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	27 days	32 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	38 days	23 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	33 days	43 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	---	---
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	---	---
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	---	28 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	---	---
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	---	---

90th

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	37 days	45 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	51 days	65 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	68 days	53 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	65 days	79 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	165 days	55 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	134 days	151 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	---	---
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	---	---
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	---	67 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	---	---
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	---	---

Wait Times by Surgeon

50th

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Lucy K Helyer	Halifax	11 days	20 days
Heather McFadgen	Halifax	20 days	17 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	14 days	25 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	17 days	22 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	13 days	26 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	14 days	27 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	17 days	24 days
Gregory Knapp	Halifax	19 days	23 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	30 days	12 days
Peter Sytnik	Bridgewater	21 days	22 days
Victoria Smith	Bridgewater	16 days	27 days
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	14 days	34 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	31 days	19 days
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	22 days	28 days
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	14 days	37 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	24 days	27 days
Chakshu Sahi	New Glasgow	22 days	32 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	27 days	29 days
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	14 days	43 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	19 days	39 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	27 days	31 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	27 days	32 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	29 days	30 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	23 days	36 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	22 days	38 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Dartmouth	31 days	30 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	27 days	35 days
Chris Kenyon	Halifax	28 days	42 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	37 days	41 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	28 days	51 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	55 days	33 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	66 days	27 days
Katerina Neumann	Halifax	57 days	47 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	69 days	45 days
Paul M Johnson	Halifax	77 days	83 days
Ashley Drohan	Halifax	104 days	65 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	---	18 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	---	13 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	---	28 days
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio	Halifax	---	---
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	---	28 days
Dafydd Alexander Davies	Halifax	---	---
David MacFarlane	Kentville	---	50 days
James C Ellsmere	Halifax	---	---
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	---	---
Jessica Louise Mills	Halifax	---	---
John Booth	Truro	---	28 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	---	---
Karen Milford	Halifax	---	---
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	---	36 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	---	47 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	---	41 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	---	---

90th

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	29 days	33 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	31 days	37 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	40 days	30 days
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	29 days	41 days
Lucy K Helyer	Halifax	32 days	40 days
Peter Sytnik	Bridgewater	44 days	29 days
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	28 days	45 days
Victoria Smith	Bridgewater	36 days	47 days
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	27 days	66 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	34 days	63 days
Gregory Knapp	Halifax	38 days	59 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	57 days	64 days
Heather McFadgen	Halifax	91 days	34 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	59 days	72 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	93 days	49 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	63 days	81 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	79 days	65 days
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	30 days	114 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	30 days	149 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	43 days	139 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	168 days	19 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	146 days	62 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Dartmouth	172 days	44 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	65 days	179 days
Chakshu Sahi	New Glasgow	233 days	84 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	244 days	73 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	260 days	61 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	175 days	187 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	272 days	102 days
Katerina Neumann	Halifax	266 days	142 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	285 days	136 days
Ashley Drohan	Halifax	267 days	158 days
Chris Kenyon	Halifax	63 days	385 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	401 days	80 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	435 days	149 days
Paul M Johnson	Halifax	103 days	642 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	---	37 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	---	65 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	---	40 days
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio	Halifax	---	---
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	---	43 days
Dafydd Alexander Davies	Halifax	---	---
David MacFarlane	Kentville	---	82 days
James C Ellsmere	Halifax	---	---
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	---	---
Jessica Louise Mills	Halifax	---	---
John Booth	Truro	---	34 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	---	---
Karen Milford	Halifax	---	---
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	---	71 days
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 Oct-Dec	17	162	28	110
2024 Jan-Mar	21	136	32	92
2024 Apr-Jun	18	77	32	108
2024 Jul-Sep	20	187	30	92
2024 Oct-Dec	23	171	33	75
2025 Jan-Mar	24	156	34	136
2025 Apr-Jun	22	172	31	96
2025 Jul-Sep	26	182	33	100
2025 Oct-Dec	22	134	33	88

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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