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? 24days

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

Wait times

50th

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	15 days	19 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	22 days	25 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	23 days	26 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	23 days	31 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	21 days	33 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	22 days	33 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	32 days	46 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	---	37 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	---	---
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	---	---
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	---	21 days

90th

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	40 days	49 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	36 days	61 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	55 days	50 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	114 days	91 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	221 days	72 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	146 days	181 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	150 days	179 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	---	49 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	---	---
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	---	---
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	---	60 days

Wait Times by Surgeon

50th

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	10 days	16 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	14 days	13 days
Victoria Smith	Bridgewater	14 days	16 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	14 days	18 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	12 days	21 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	15 days	21 days
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	11 days	26 days
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	14 days	23 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	18 days	20 days
Lucy K Helyer	Halifax	14 days	24 days
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	15 days	23 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	16 days	24 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	14 days	28 days
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	14 days	30 days
Gregory Knapp	Halifax	14 days	30 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	13 days	31 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	18 days	27 days
Ashley Drohan	Halifax	15 days	32 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	21 days	28 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	24 days	29 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	22 days	33 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	20 days	36 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	20 days	37 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Dartmouth	31 days	26 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	24 days	36 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	33 days	28 days
Brian Nocon	New Glasgow	24 days	41 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	25 days	41 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	36 days	31 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	27 days	41 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	41 days	34 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	29 days	52 days
John Booth	Truro	60 days	26 days
Chris Kenyon	Halifax	30 days	58 days
Paul M Johnson	Halifax	27 days	61 days
Katerina Neumann	Halifax	53 days	57 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	---	18 days
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio	Halifax	---	---
Chakshu Sahi	New Glasgow	---	22 days
Clay K Butler	Sydney	---	29 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	---	---
David MacFarlane	Kentville	---	53 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	---	45 days
James C Ellsmere	Halifax	---	---
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	---	11 days
Jessica Louise Mills	Halifax	---	---
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	---	35 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	---	47 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	18 days	---
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	---	---

90th

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	40 days	22 days
Victoria Smith	Bridgewater	36 days	26 days
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	27 days	38 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	14 days	57 days
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	32 days	43 days
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	22 days	54 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	37 days	41 days
Gregory Knapp	Halifax	33 days	50 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	36 days	49 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	61 days	39 days
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	23 days	84 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	33 days	75 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Dartmouth	80 days	35 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	61 days	61 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	74 days	51 days
Brian Nocon	New Glasgow	66 days	60 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	40 days	87 days
John Booth	Truro	105 days	36 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	93 days	55 days
Lucy K Helyer	Halifax	113 days	46 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	126 days	35 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	117 days	64 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	71 days	142 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	65 days	149 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	150 days	73 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	182 days	43 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	112 days	116 days
Ashley Drohan	Halifax	174 days	65 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	164 days	101 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	209 days	60 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	175 days	112 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	270 days	54 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	230 days	128 days
Katerina Neumann	Halifax	295 days	131 days
Chris Kenyon	Halifax	148 days	476 days
Paul M Johnson	Halifax	339 days	837 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	---	37 days
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio	Halifax	---	---
Chakshu Sahi	New Glasgow	---	50 days
Clay K Butler	Sydney	---	91 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	---	---
David MacFarlane	Kentville	---	82 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	---	79 days
James C Ellsmere	Halifax	---	---
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	---	17 days
Jessica Louise Mills	Halifax	---	---
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	---	71 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	---	61 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	28 days	---
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	---	---

Wait Times Trends

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Time Period	Consult - 50th	Consult - 90th	Surgery - 50th	Surgery - 90th
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	136	32	92
2024 Apr-Jun	17	74	32	108
2024 Jul-Sep	20	188	30	92
2024 Oct-Dec	23	171	33	75
2025 Jan-Mar	24	146	34	136

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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