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
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	17 days	27 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	21 days	27 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	27 days	25 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	24 days	35 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	28 days	33 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	29 days	38 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	67 days	49 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	10 days	---
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	---	---
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	---	---
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	---	---

90th

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	38 days	37 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	38 days	38 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	148 days	53 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	159 days	49 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	122 days	103 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	153 days	93 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	300 days	153 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	57 days	---
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	21 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	15 days	17 days
Lucy K Helyer	Halifax	8 days	26 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	24 days	11 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	10 days	26 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	15 days	25 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	14 days	28 days
Victoria Smith	Bridgewater	15 days	27 days
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	14 days	31 days
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	14 days	31 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	17 days	28 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	17 days	31 days
Chakshu Sahi	New Glasgow	23 days	26 days
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	21 days	28 days
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	15 days	34 days
Gregory Knapp	Halifax	19 days	31 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	22 days	29 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	24 days	28 days
Peter Sytnik	Bridgewater	30 days	22 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	24 days	29 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	20 days	33 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	26 days	27 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	23 days	31 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	20 days	39 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	31 days	30 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Dartmouth	31 days	31 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	34 days	34 days
Chris Kenyon	Halifax	28 days	42 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	44 days	30 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	51 days	28 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	31 days	51 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	42 days	41 days
Ashley Drohan	Halifax	39 days	57 days
Katerina Neumann	Halifax	58 days	47 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	62 days	48 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	90 days	21 days
Paul M Johnson	Halifax	91 days	69 days
Adam Southcott	Truro	---	---
Ahmed Jad	Truro	---	22 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	---	13 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	---	---
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio	Halifax	---	---
David MacFarlane	Kentville	---	49 days
Heather McFadgen	Halifax	14 days	---
James C Ellsmere	Halifax	---	---
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	---	11 days
Jessica Louise Mills	Halifax	---	---
John Booth	Truro	---	---
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	---	---
Kieron McGibney	Truro	---	44 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	---	---
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	---	---

90th

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	31 days	33 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	40 days	30 days
Lucy K Helyer	Halifax	28 days	45 days
Peter Sytnik	Bridgewater	44 days	29 days
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	28 days	45 days
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	29 days	46 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	33 days	43 days
Victoria Smith	Bridgewater	36 days	47 days
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	27 days	66 days
Gregory Knapp	Halifax	38 days	59 days
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	35 days	66 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	57 days	47 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	63 days	49 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	57 days	64 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	79 days	51 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	61 days	73 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	93 days	49 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	59 days	93 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	30 days	139 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	75 days	96 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	112 days	63 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	168 days	19 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Dartmouth	172 days	44 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	65 days	179 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	71 days	181 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	164 days	102 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	196 days	71 days
Chakshu Sahi	New Glasgow	233 days	55 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	260 days	71 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
Chris Kenyon	Halifax	63 days	385 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	401 days	66 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	435 days	113 days
Paul M Johnson	Halifax	244 days	362 days
Adam Southcott	Truro	---	---
Ahmed Jad	Truro	---	37 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	---	57 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	---	---
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio	Halifax	---	---
David MacFarlane	Kentville	---	82 days
Heather McFadgen	Halifax	21 days	---
James C Ellsmere	Halifax	---	---
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	---	24 days
Jessica Louise Mills	Halifax	---	---
John Booth	Truro	---	---
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	---	---
Kieron McGibney	Truro	---	47 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	---	---
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	188	30	92
2024 Oct-Dec	23	171	33	75
2025 Jan-Mar	25	164	34	136
2025 Apr-Jun	24	208	31	96
2025 Jul-Sep	26	176	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 Trends

Bowel Resection

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