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? 18days

Surgery Nova Scotia 50% of people served within? 30days

Wait times

50th

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	16 days	20 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	14 days	31 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	17 days	29 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	15 days	36 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	22 days	32 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	17 days	40 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	---	---
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	---	23 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	---	---
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	---	28 days

90th

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	37 days	57 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	38 days	59 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	92 days	48 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	91 days	73 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	230 days	73 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	148 days	230 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	---	---
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	---	39 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	---	---
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	---	87 days

Wait Times by Surgeon

50th

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	10 days	18 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	8 days	20 days
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	9 days	19 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	10 days	20 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	16 days	15 days
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	11 days	21 days
Lucy K Helyer	Halifax	14 days	20 days
Ashley Drohan	Halifax	11 days	24 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	16 days	19 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	13 days	23 days
Gregory Knapp	Halifax	14 days	23 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	19 days	20 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	21 days	18 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	14 days	26 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	18 days	23 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	15 days	27 days
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	13 days	29 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	14 days	31 days
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	15 days	31 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	17 days	30 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Bridgewater	29 days	19 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	21 days	32 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	27 days	27 days
John Booth	Truro	26 days	31 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	31 days	29 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	27 days	36 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	27 days	36 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	28 days	37 days
Paul M Johnson	Halifax	29 days	43 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	34 days	44 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	50 days	42 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	44 days	48 days
Chris Kenyon	Halifax	42 days	54 days
Katerina Neumann	Halifax	57 days	45 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	69 days	39 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	82 days	33 days
Brian Nocon	New Glasgow	162 days	29 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	---	35 days
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio	Halifax	---	---
Casey Armstrong	Bridgewater	---	---
Chakshu Sahi	New Glasgow	---	11 days
Christopher Blackmore	Halifax	---	---
Clay K Butler	Sydney	---	23 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	---	20 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	---	52 days
James C Ellsmere	Halifax	---	---
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	---	---
Kieron McGibney	Truro	---	48 days
Oleg Lefel	Yarmouth	---	26 days
Victoria Smith	Bridgewater	---	---

90th

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	26 days	33 days
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	21 days	43 days
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	20 days	52 days
Lucy K Helyer	Halifax	33 days	40 days
Ashley Drohan	Halifax	19 days	56 days
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	11 days	69 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	34 days	46 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	38 days	43 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	29 days	53 days
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	20 days	63 days
Gregory Knapp	Halifax	33 days	51 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	19 days	70 days
John Booth	Truro	62 days	42 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	58 days	57 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	39 days	77 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	56 days	63 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Bridgewater	91 days	34 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	77 days	51 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	88 days	48 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	98 days	38 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	92 days	51 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	71 days	77 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	43 days	110 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	56 days	127 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	36 days	149 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	129 days	57 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	154 days	73 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	49 days	198 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	127 days	120 days
Brian Nocon	New Glasgow	206 days	56 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	192 days	86 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	238 days	57 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	300 days	40 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	255 days	151 days
Katerina Neumann	Halifax	330 days	131 days
Chris Kenyon	Halifax	148 days	397 days
Paul M Johnson	Halifax	46 days	718 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	---	47 days
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio	Halifax	---	---
Casey Armstrong	Bridgewater	---	---
Chakshu Sahi	New Glasgow	---	50 days
Christopher Blackmore	Halifax	---	---
Clay K Butler	Sydney	---	88 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	---	42 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	---	73 days
James C Ellsmere	Halifax	---	---
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	---	---
Kieron McGibney	Truro	---	70 days
Oleg Lefel	Yarmouth	---	73 days
Victoria Smith	Bridgewater	---	---

Wait Times Trends

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Time Period	Consult - 50th	Consult - 90th	Surgery - 50th	Surgery - 90th
2022 Jul-Sep	21	98	29	112
2022 Oct-Dec	22	163	29	185
2023 Jan-Mar	24	121	33	170
2023 Apr-Jun	17	120	34	142
2023 Jul-Sep	20	104	29	102
2023 Oct-Dec	19	162	28	110
2024 Jan-Mar	21	129	32	92
2024 Apr-Jun	17	71	33	108
2024 Jul-Sep	18	175	30	92

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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