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	16 days	29 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	20 days	27 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	42 days	20 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	32 days	34 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	49 days	30 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	65 days	46 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	---	---
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	---	---
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	---	---
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	---	22 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	---	29 days

90th

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	26 days	47 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	92 days	43 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	157 days	49 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	153 days	80 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	178 days	153 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	402 days	179 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	---	---
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	---	---
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	---	---
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	---	26 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	---	61 days

Wait Times by Surgeon

50th

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	10 days	20 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	24 days	11 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	12 days	23 days
Lucy K Helyer	Halifax	11 days	25 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	19 days	19 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	15 days	25 days
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	14 days	26 days
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	20 days	23 days
Victoria Smith	Bridgewater	16 days	27 days
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	14 days	30 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	19 days	25 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	23 days	23 days
Chakshu Sahi	New Glasgow	23 days	25 days
Gregory Knapp	Halifax	19 days	29 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	17 days	31 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	18 days	33 days
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	15 days	37 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	21 days	31 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	24 days	29 days
Peter Sytnik	Bridgewater	30 days	23 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	21 days	32 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	27 days	27 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Dartmouth	26 days	33 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	21 days	39 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	31 days	30 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	28 days	34 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	47 days	28 days
Chris Kenyon	Halifax	29 days	51 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	48 days	33 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	31 days	51 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	30 days	52 days
Ashley Drohan	Halifax	52 days	47 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	60 days	48 days
Katerina Neumann	Halifax	65 days	52 days
Paul M Johnson	Halifax	93 days	54 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	137 days	27 days
Adam Southcott	Truro	---	---
Ahmed Jad	Truro	---	18 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	---	29 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	---	28 days
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio	Halifax	---	---
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	---	29 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	---	53 days
James C Ellsmere	Halifax	---	---
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	---	11 days
Jessica Louise Mills	Halifax	---	---
John Booth	Truro	---	21 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	---	---
Kieron McGibney	Truro	---	43 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	---	---
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	---	---

90th

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	31 days	33 days
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	23 days	46 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	40 days	30 days
Peter Sytnik	Bridgewater	44 days	29 days
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	28 days	45 days
Lucy K Helyer	Halifax	36 days	41 days
Victoria Smith	Bridgewater	36 days	47 days
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	27 days	66 days
Gregory Knapp	Halifax	38 days	59 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	57 days	41 days
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	35 days	66 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	63 days	49 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	57 days	61 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	79 days	51 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	59 days	72 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	93 days	49 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	75 days	96 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	112 days	63 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	168 days	12 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	52 days	139 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	55 days	149 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Dartmouth	182 days	44 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	196 days	71 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	171 days	102 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	161 days	113 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	103 days	179 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	214 days	73 days
Chakshu Sahi	New Glasgow	233 days	55 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	260 days	71 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	221 days	136 days
Ashley Drohan	Halifax	267 days	108 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	369 days	66 days
Katerina Neumann	Halifax	295 days	142 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	435 days	88 days
Chris Kenyon	Halifax	63 days	476 days
Paul M Johnson	Halifax	364 days	258 days
Adam Southcott	Truro	---	---
Ahmed Jad	Truro	---	28 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	---	57 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	---	40 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	---	34 days
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	26	164	34	136
2025 Apr-Jun	22	172	31	96
2025 Jul-Sep	26	178	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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