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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 ?

24 days

Surgery

Nova Scotia

90% of people served within ?

37 days

Wait Times

90%

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	14 days	22 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	12 days	38 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	21 days	30 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	27 days	27 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	29 days	27 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	24 days	32 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	21 days	35 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	19 days	44 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	---	30 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	---	24 days

50%

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	7 days	15 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	10 days	14 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	6 days	20 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	10 days	16 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	12 days	15 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	9 days	20 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	18 days	16 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	9 days	30 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	---	14 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	---	12 days

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	13 days	19 days
Philip Michael Smith	Truro	14 days	18 days
Rodney W McGory	Sydney	8 days	26 days
Heather Poushay	North Sydney	9 days	31 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	13 days	27 days
Roderick McKenney	Truro	14 days	29 days
Lucy K Helyer	Halifax	19 days	29 days
Geoffrey A Porter	Halifax	21 days	28 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	12 days	38 days
Trevor J Topp	Halifax	21 days	29 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	19 days	33 days
Chakshu Sharma	New Glasgow	21 days	32 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	25 days	30 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	21 days	35 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	27 days	30 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	34 days	23 days
Gregory Knapp	Halifax	20 days	41 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	19 days	44 days
Trevor J Topp	Halifax	27 days	37 days
Irma Joan Proctor	Bridgewater	32 days	33 days
Clay K Butler	Sydney	31 days	39 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	21 days	51 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	32 days	42 days
Daniel Kagedan	Sydney	35 days	47 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	17 days	83 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	154 days	23 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	391 days	87 days
Ahmed Jad	Antigonish	---	39 days
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio	Halifax	---	---
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	---	---
David Hayden	Bridgewater	---	---
David MacFarlane	Kentville	---	---
Jason G Williams	Halifax	---	---
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	---	---
John Booth	Truro	---	---
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	---	---
Margaret Wheelock	Halifax	---	---
Oleg Lefel	Yarmouth	23 days	---
Oleg Lefel	Yarmouth	---	---
Rodney W McGory	Sydney	---	---

50%

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Geoffrey A Porter	Halifax	8 days	9 days
Philip Michael Smith	Truro	4 days	13 days
Trevor J Topp	Halifax	9 days	9 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	6 days	14 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	7 days	14 days
Heather Poushay	North Sydney	7 days	14 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	3 days	18 days
Roderick McKenney	Truro	7 days	14 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	7 days	15 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	10 days	12 days
Rodney W McGory	Sydney	5 days	18 days
Lucy K Helyer	Halifax	8 days	16 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	12 days	13 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	7 days	19 days
Chakshu Sharma	New Glasgow	9 days	18 days
Irma Joan Proctor	Bridgewater	13 days	14 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	8 days	20 days
Gregory Knapp	Halifax	8 days	21 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	7 days	23 days
Clay K Butler	Sydney	10 days	21 days
Daniel Kagedan	Sydney	12 days	21 days
Trevor J Topp	Halifax	15 days	18 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	15 days	22 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	16 days	22 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	11 days	30 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	8 days	37 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	29 days	18 days
Ahmed Jad	Antigonish	---	23 days
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio	Halifax	---	---
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	---	---
David Hayden	Bridgewater	---	---
David MacFarlane	Kentville	---	---
Jason G Williams	Halifax	---	---
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	---	---
John Booth	Truro	---	---
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	---	---
Margaret Wheelock	Halifax	---	---
Oleg Lefel	Yarmouth	16 days	---
Oleg Lefel	Yarmouth	---	---
Rodney W McGory	Sydney	---	---

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