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Breast Cancer Surgery

Service/Procedure Summary

Breast cancer surgery includes mastectomy, lumpectomy, and breast reconstruction completed at the same time as mastectomy.

Consult
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
30 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
36 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
14 days
20 days
Truro
Colchester Regional Hospital
13 days
33 days
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
15 days
34 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
35 days
29 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
56 days
34 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
49 days
43 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
50 days
71 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
---
---
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
19 days
---
New Waterford
New Waterford Consolidated
---
---
North Sydney
Northside General Hospital
---
---
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
---
21 days

Sometimes data is unavailable when it is not submitted to the Department of Health and Wellness, or there were a very small number of patients who recently received the procedure or service.

50%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
4 days
13 days
Halifax
IWK Health Centre
10 days
14 days
Truro
Colchester Regional Hospital
5 days
19 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
6 days
23 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
15 days
18 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
18 days
16 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
15 days
26 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
---
---
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
11 days
---
New Waterford
New Waterford Consolidated
---
---
North Sydney
Northside General Hospital
---
---
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
---
12 days

Sometimes data is unavailable when it is not submitted to the Department of Health and Wellness, or there were a very small number of patients who recently received the procedure or service.

Data Source: 
Patient Access Registry Nova Scotia (PAR NS)
Data Period: 
May 1 - July 31 2017
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
September 2017

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
8 days
13 days
Abdulrahim S Alawashez
Antigonish
5 days
22 days
Basilon Cole
New Glasgow
7 days
20 days
Oleg Lefel
Yarmouth
9 days
26 days
Virginia C Calverley
Halifax
14 days
23 days
Kieron McGibney
Truro
13 days
26 days
Philip Michael Smith
Truro
13 days
33 days
Alison Archibald
North Sydney
24 days
24 days
Geoffrey A Porter
Halifax
18 days
30 days
Lucy K Helyer
Halifax
19 days
30 days
Trevor J Topp
Halifax
18 days
31 days
Christopher Murphy
Yarmouth
20 days
32 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
15 days
38 days
Clay K Butler
Sydney
27 days
29 days
Stephanie Lapierre
Sydney
30 days
29 days
Roderick McKenney
Truro
24 days
37 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk
Amherst
25 days
37 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan
New Glasgow
31 days
33 days
F Donald Clark
Kentville
42 days
37 days
Alicia Lamey
North Sydney
52 days
28 days
Irma Joan Proctor
Bridgewater
60 days
26 days
Barbara Jean MacGillivray
Antigonish
56 days
41 days
Paul Yaffe
Kentville
49 days
54 days
Jason G Williams
Halifax
---
60 days
Martin Dzierzanowski
Truro
---
---
Martin LeBlanc
Halifax
---
---
Nabil Nader
Amherst
---
---
Rodney W McGory
Sydney
---
47 days
Simon Frank
Halifax
---
---
Todd Stoddart
Bridgewater
---
---

Sometimes data is unavailable when it is not submitted to the Department of Health and Wellness, or there were a very small number of patients who recently received the procedure or service.

50%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
5 days
9 days
Basilon Cole
New Glasgow
3 days
13 days
Geoffrey A Porter
Halifax
7 days
9 days
Oleg Lefel
Yarmouth
3 days
13 days
Virginia C Calverley
Halifax
7 days
9 days
Abdulrahim S Alawashez
Antigonish
5 days
17 days
Clay K Butler
Sydney
7 days
15 days
Lucy K Helyer
Halifax
8 days
14 days
Trevor J Topp
Halifax
7 days
15 days
Christopher Murphy
Yarmouth
5 days
20 days
Philip Michael Smith
Truro
7 days
18 days
Roderick McKenney
Truro
9 days
16 days
Alicia Lamey
North Sydney
9 days
18 days
Alison Archibald
North Sydney
12 days
15 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk
Amherst
6 days
21 days
Kieron McGibney
Truro
7 days
21 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan
New Glasgow
10 days
19 days
Barbara Jean MacGillivray
Antigonish
10 days
23 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
4 days
30 days
F Donald Clark
Kentville
10 days
25 days
Irma Joan Proctor
Bridgewater
20 days
15 days
Stephanie Lapierre
Sydney
20 days
16 days
Paul Yaffe
Kentville
12 days
27 days
Jason G Williams
Halifax
---
56 days
Martin Dzierzanowski
Truro
---
---
Martin LeBlanc
Halifax
---
---
Nabil Nader
Amherst
---
---
Rodney W McGory
Sydney
---
33 days
Simon Frank
Halifax
---
---
Todd Stoddart
Bridgewater
---
---

Sometimes data is unavailable when it is not submitted to the Department of Health and Wellness, or there were a very small number of patients who recently received the procedure or service.

Data Source: 
Patient Access Registry Nova Scotia (PAR NS)
Data Period: 
August 1 2016 - July 31 2017
Next Update: 
September 2017
Disclaimer: Hospitals 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. Current wait times experienced by some patients may be different.

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