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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 ?

29 days

Surgery

Nova Scotia

90% of people served within ?

42 days

Wait Times

90%

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	---	24 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	29 days	27 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	21 days	29 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	---	30 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	29 days	37 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	36 days	37 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	19 days	37 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	36 days	43 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	14 days	54 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	41 days	56 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	---	---

50%

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	---	8 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	11 days	15 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	9 days	16 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	10 days	19 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	12 days	20 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	9 days	21 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	---	21 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	12 days	23 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	13 days	24 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	6 days	24 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	---	---

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Rodney W McGory	Sydney	8 days	26 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	56 days	27 days
Roderick McKenney	Truro	30 days	27 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	24 days	27 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	13 days	27 days
Geoffrey A Porter	Halifax	21 days	28 days
Trevor J Topp	Halifax	21 days	29 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	25 days	30 days
John Booth	Truro	48 days	30 days
Lucy K Helyer	Halifax	19 days	30 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	27 days	30 days
Heather Poushay	Glace Bay	9 days	31 days
Chakshu Sharma	New Glasgow	10 days	32 days
Philip Michael Smith	Truro	16 days	33 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	21 days	34 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	34 days	37 days
Trevor J Topp	Halifax	27 days	37 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	22 days	38 days
Gregory Knapp	Halifax	20 days	38 days
Clay K Butler	Sydney	31 days	39 days
Irma Joan Proctor	Bridgewater	32 days	43 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	21 days	44 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	16 days	46 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	22 days	51 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	14 days	54 days
Daniel Kagedan	Sydney	35 days	55 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	32 days	56 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	85 days	57 days
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	---	---
Margaret Wheelock	Halifax	---	---
Rodney W McGory	Sydney	---	---
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio	Halifax	---	---
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	---	---
Oleg Lefel	Yarmouth	23 days	---
David MacFarlane	Kentville	14 days	---
Oleg Lefel	Yarmouth	---	---
Jason G Williams	Halifax	---	---
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	---	---

50%

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Geoffrey A Porter	Halifax	8 days	10 days
Trevor J Topp	Halifax	9 days	12 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	11 days	12 days
Philip Michael Smith	Truro	5 days	13 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	12 days	13 days
Roderick McKenney	Truro	7 days	14 days
Irma Joan Proctor	Bridgewater	12 days	14 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	6 days	14 days
Heather Poushay	Glace Bay	7 days	14 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	8 days	15 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	6 days	15 days
John Booth	Truro	20 days	16 days
Lucy K Helyer	Halifax	8 days	16 days
Rodney W McGory	Sydney	5 days	18 days
Trevor J Topp	Halifax	15 days	18 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	12 days	19 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	8 days	19 days
Gregory Knapp	Halifax	8 days	20 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	8 days	20 days
Clay K Butler	Sydney	15 days	21 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	6 days	22 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	14 days	22 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	16 days	22 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	13 days	22 days
Chakshu Sharma	New Glasgow	9 days	22 days
Daniel Kagedan	Sydney	12 days	23 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	11 days	30 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	9 days	36 days
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	---	---
Margaret Wheelock	Halifax	---	---
Rodney W McGory	Sydney	---	---
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio	Halifax	---	---
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	---	---
Oleg Lefel	Yarmouth	16 days	---
David MacFarlane	Kentville	12 days	---
Oleg Lefel	Yarmouth	---	---
Jason G Williams	Halifax	---	---
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	---	---

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