Colorectal Cancer Surgery

Service/Procedure Summary

Colorectal Cancer Surgery is surgery for proven or suspected cancer including bowel resection or repair, colectomy, colostomy, ileostomy, perineal resection and removal of rectal tumours.

Consult Nova Scotia 50% of people served within? 19days

Surgery Nova Scotia 50% of people served within? 31days

Wait times

50%

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	12 days	20 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	20 days	17 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	15 days	23 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	21 days	42 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	29 days	37 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	25 days	47 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	---	32 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	---	---
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	---	41 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	---	27 days

90%

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	20 days	39 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	44 days	25 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	37 days	36 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	40 days	81 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	215 days	65 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	224 days	114 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	---	75 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	---	---
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	---	53 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	---	51 days

Wait Times by Surgeon

50%

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Ashley Drohan	Halifax	11 days	15 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	16 days	12 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	6 days	22 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	10 days	21 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	13 days	18 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	8 days	24 days
Lucy K Helyer	Halifax	14 days	19 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	11 days	22 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	20 days	13 days
Oleg Lefel	Yarmouth	15 days	19 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	13 days	21 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	18 days	19 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Bridgewater	20 days	18 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	19 days	21 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	14 days	29 days
Paul M Johnson	Halifax	21 days	24 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	10 days	47 days
Katerina Neumann	Halifax	27 days	31 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	36 days	25 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	26 days	36 days
Chris Kenyon	Halifax	27 days	47 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	37 days	37 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	43 days	32 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	40 days	40 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	82 days	21 days
Brian Nocon	New Glasgow	93 days	20 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	---	27 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	---	17 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	---	---
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	---	15 days
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio	Halifax	---	---
Chakshu Sharma	New Glasgow	---	20 days
Clay K Butler	Sydney	---	---
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	---	---
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	---	---
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	---	---
Gregory Knapp	Halifax	---	30 days
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	---	---
John Booth	Truro	---	---
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	---	---
Kieron McGibney	Truro	---	55 days
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	---	---
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	36 days	---
Najeeb Ahmed Abdul Kadir	Truro	---	58 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	---	---

90%

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	20 days	29 days
Lucy K Helyer	Halifax	19 days	37 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	44 days	17 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	24 days	40 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	14 days	54 days
Oleg Lefel	Yarmouth	26 days	42 days
Ashley Drohan	Halifax	19 days	51 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	37 days	36 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	43 days	31 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	37 days	38 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	38 days	39 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	44 days	45 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	28 days	62 days
Paul M Johnson	Halifax	45 days	59 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	49 days	64 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Bridgewater	91 days	39 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	49 days	97 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	29 days	133 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	125 days	41 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	82 days	89 days
Brian Nocon	New Glasgow	162 days	35 days
Chris Kenyon	Halifax	136 days	90 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	270 days	38 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	231 days	89 days
Katerina Neumann	Halifax	265 days	79 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	600 days	95 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	---	47 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	---	23 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	---	---
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	---	22 days
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio	Halifax	---	---
Chakshu Sharma	New Glasgow	---	50 days
Clay K Butler	Sydney	---	---
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	---	---
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	---	---
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	---	---
Gregory Knapp	Halifax	---	102 days
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	---	---
John Booth	Truro	---	---
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	---	---
Kieron McGibney	Truro	---	70 days
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	---	---
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	57 days	---
Najeeb Ahmed Abdul Kadir	Truro	---	175 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	---	---

Wait Times Trends

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Time Period	Consult - 50%	Consult - 90%	Surgery - 50%	Surgery - 90%
2022 Jan-Mar	18	65	21	46
2022 Apr-Jun	15	59	22	48
2022 Jul-Sep	18	75	25	53
2022 Oct-Dec	16	77	25	53
2023 Jan-Mar	25	95	28	60
2023 Apr-Jun	17	100	29	66
2023 Jul-Sep	19	82	24	60
2023 Oct-Dec	16	125	23	51
2024 Jan-Mar	19	114	31	69

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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Colorectal Cancer Surgery

Service/Procedure Summary

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Wait Times Trends

Colorectal Cancer Surgery

Service/Procedure Summary

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