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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
90% of people served within ?
127 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
47 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
34 days
48 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
81 days
44 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
127 days
40 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
640 days
107 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
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Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
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---
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
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---
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
---
---
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
142 days
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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
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
18 days
19 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
13 days
26 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
13 days
28 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
73 days
37 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
---
---
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
---
---
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
---
---
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
---
---
Truro
Colchester East Hants Health Centre
30 days
---
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
---
8 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: 
December 1 - February 28 2021
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
April 2021

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Todd Stoddart
Bridgewater
15 days
29 days
Riley Stewart
Dartmouth
16 days
38 days
Paul M Johnson
Halifax
18 days
45 days
Alison Archibald
Sydney
16 days
49 days
Oleg Lefel
Yarmouth
35 days
34 days
C Marius Hoogerboord
Halifax
42 days
29 days
F Donald Clark
Kentville
17 days
55 days
Edward Joy
Bridgewater
42 days
34 days
Christopher Murphy
Yarmouth
43 days
38 days
Daniel Kagedan
Sydney
67 days
22 days
Clay K Butler
Sydney
29 days
75 days
Lucy K Helyer
Halifax
54 days
51 days
Chris Kenyon
Halifax
58 days
55 days
Warren W Shih
Dartmouth
92 days
34 days
Katerina Neumann
Halifax
83 days
47 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright
Dartmouth
196 days
24 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
386 days
41 days
Paul Yaffe
Kentville
370 days
69 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
608 days
62 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk
Amherst
---
---
Benjamin Heisler
Kentville
---
---
Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
---
---
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio
Halifax
---
71 days
Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
55 days
---
Colin McWilliams
Amherst
---
---
Colin McWilliams
Amherst
---
---
Colleen M O'Sullivan
New Glasgow
---
---
David MacFarlane
Kentville
---
---
Geoffrey A Porter
Halifax
---
---
Irma Joan Proctor
Bridgewater
---
---
Jenelle King
Yarmouth
---
---
John Booth
Truro
---
---
John L Murdoch
Dartmouth
---
19 days
Kevin Johnson
Bridgewater
---
---
Kieron McGibney
Truro
---
---
Leszek J Wasilewski
Dartmouth
---
28 days
Nabil Nader
Amherst
---
---
Philip Michael Smith
Truro
---
---
Roderick McKenney
Truro
---
31 days
Stephanie Lapierre
Sydney
---
31 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%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Oleg Lefel
Yarmouth
13 days
7 days
Alison Archibald
Sydney
6 days
18 days
Todd Stoddart
Bridgewater
13 days
12 days
Riley Stewart
Dartmouth
8 days
20 days
Clay K Butler
Sydney
4 days
25 days
C Marius Hoogerboord
Halifax
16 days
15 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright
Dartmouth
14 days
17 days
Lucy K Helyer
Halifax
20 days
15 days
Paul M Johnson
Halifax
10 days
30 days
F Donald Clark
Kentville
7 days
36 days
Christopher Murphy
Yarmouth
38 days
8 days
Chris Kenyon
Halifax
15 days
32 days
Edward Joy
Bridgewater
24 days
25 days
Warren W Shih
Dartmouth
34 days
22 days
Daniel Kagedan
Sydney
38 days
19 days
Katerina Neumann
Halifax
28 days
34 days
Paul Yaffe
Kentville
26 days
42 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
58 days
27 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly
Kentville
77 days
38 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk
Amherst
---
---
Benjamin Heisler
Kentville
---
---
Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
---
---
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio
Halifax
---
38 days
Chakshu Sharma
New Glasgow
12 days
---
Colin McWilliams
Amherst
---
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Colin McWilliams
Amherst
---
---
Colleen M O'Sullivan
New Glasgow
---
---
David MacFarlane
Kentville
---
---
Geoffrey A Porter
Halifax
---
---
Irma Joan Proctor
Bridgewater
---
---
Jenelle King
Yarmouth
---
---
John Booth
Truro
---
---
John L Murdoch
Dartmouth
---
13 days
Kevin Johnson
Bridgewater
---
---
Kieron McGibney
Truro
---
---
Leszek J Wasilewski
Dartmouth
---
17 days
Nabil Nader
Amherst
---
---
Philip Michael Smith
Truro
---
---
Roderick McKenney
Truro
---
25 days
Stephanie Lapierre
Sydney
---
13 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: 
March 1 2020 - February 28 2021
Next Update: 
April 2021
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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