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? 21days

Surgery Nova Scotia 50% of people served within? 34days

Wait times

50th

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	7 days	23 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	16 days	30 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	17 days	31 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	24 days	34 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	19 days	39 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	25 days	39 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	15 days	---
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	---	25 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	---	---
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	---	---
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	---	37 days

90th

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	20 days	40 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	35 days	54 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	26 days	72 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	55 days	67 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	64 days	143 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	218 days	45 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	22 days	---
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	---	52 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	---	---
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	---	---
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	---	49 days

Wait Times by Surgeon

50th

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Lior Flor	Sydney	12 days	19 days
Allison Keeping	Sydney	11 days	21 days
Lucy K Helyer	Halifax	16 days	17 days
Victoria Smith	Bridgewater	15 days	21 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	14 days	23 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	15 days	23 days
John Booth	Truro	7 days	34 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	20 days	21 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	13 days	29 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	21 days	24 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	22 days	24 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	26 days	27 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	34 days	21 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	20 days	36 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	21 days	35 days
Casey Armstrong	Kentville	24 days	33 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	29 days	32 days
Heather McFadgen	Dartmouth	21 days	41 days
Paul M Johnson	Halifax	23 days	39 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	26 days	43 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	37 days	34 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	42 days	37 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	46 days	35 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	54 days	27 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	30 days	51 days
Katerina Neumann	Halifax	25 days	63 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	90 days	37 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	---	54 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	---	---
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	---	43 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	---	29 days
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	13 days	---
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	87 days	---
Chakshu Sahi	New Glasgow	---	24 days
Chris Kenyon	Halifax	28 days	---
Christopher Blackmore	Halifax	---	---
Dafydd Alexander Davies	Halifax	---	50 days
Gregory Knapp	Halifax	21 days	---
Heather Poushay	Sydney	---	---
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	---	41 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	---	54 days
Maria Pilar Iskra Marco	Amherst	---	---
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	24 days	---
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	---	---
Nabil Nader	Amherst	---	45 days
Peter Sytnik	Bridgewater	---	21 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Dartmouth	29 days	---
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	10 days	---
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	---	---

90th

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Allison Keeping	Sydney	11 days	26 days
Victoria Smith	Bridgewater	17 days	28 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	28 days	31 days
Lior Flor	Sydney	21 days	43 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	31 days	34 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	49 days	28 days
Lucy K Helyer	Halifax	49 days	33 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	26 days	65 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	60 days	45 days
John Booth	Truro	46 days	59 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	48 days	61 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	70 days	43 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	43 days	72 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	100 days	64 days
Paul M Johnson	Halifax	103 days	64 days
Heather McFadgen	Dartmouth	110 days	72 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	105 days	79 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	144 days	41 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	161 days	40 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	124 days	104 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	165 days	93 days
Casey Armstrong	Kentville	227 days	42 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	281 days	46 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	289 days	51 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	308 days	53 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	419 days	57 days
Katerina Neumann	Halifax	215 days	671 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	---	72 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	---	---
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	---	47 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	---	64 days
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	19 days	---
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	629 days	---
Chakshu Sahi	New Glasgow	---	67 days
Chris Kenyon	Halifax	64 days	---
Christopher Blackmore	Halifax	---	---
Dafydd Alexander Davies	Halifax	---	105 days
Gregory Knapp	Halifax	38 days	---
Heather Poushay	Sydney	---	---
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	---	43 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	---	68 days
Maria Pilar Iskra Marco	Amherst	---	---
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	42 days	---
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	---	---
Nabil Nader	Amherst	---	97 days
Peter Sytnik	Bridgewater	---	38 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Dartmouth	68 days	---
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	23 days	---
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	---	---

Wait Times Trends

See wait times trend by selecting the coloured boxes in the legend

Time Period	Consult - 50th	Consult - 90th	Surgery - 50th	Surgery - 90th
2024 Apr-Jun	18	77	31	99
2024 Jul-Sep	19	175	30	92
2024 Oct-Dec	23	176	33	75
2025 Jan-Mar	23	156	34	136
2025 Apr-Jun	22	161	31	96
2025 Jul-Sep	27	191	33	100
2025 Oct-Dec	24	134	34	93
2026 Jan-Mar	23	124	32	101
2026 Apr-Jun	21	110	34	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 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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