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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 50% of people served within? 20days
Surgery Nova Scotia 50% of people served within? 29days

Wait times

50th

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Dartmouth Dartmouth General Hospital 12
days
 		18
days
Sydney Cape Breton Regional Hospital 14
days
 		16
days
Bridgewater South Shore Regional Hospital 15
days
 		21
days
Halifax QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites) 16
days
 		29
days
Kentville Valley Regional Hospital 25
days
 		42
days
Antigonish St. Martha's Regional Hospital 40
days
 		34
days
Amherst Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre --- ---
New Glasgow Aberdeen Hospital --- ---
Truro Colchester East Hants Health Centre --- 46
days
Yarmouth Yarmouth Regional Hospital --- ---
Data Source: Patient Access Registry Nova Scotia (PAR NS) Data Period: May 1 - July 31 2026 Next Update: September 2026

90th

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Sydney Cape Breton Regional Hospital 21
days
 		26
days
Dartmouth Dartmouth General Hospital 49
days
 		31
days
Bridgewater South Shore Regional Hospital 49
days
 		38
days
Halifax QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites) 28
days
 		72
days
Kentville Valley Regional Hospital 68
days
 		63
days
Antigonish St. Martha's Regional Hospital 113
days
 		67
days
Amherst Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre --- ---
New Glasgow Aberdeen Hospital --- ---
Truro Colchester East Hants Health Centre --- 54
days
Yarmouth Yarmouth Regional Hospital --- ---
Data Source: Patient Access Registry Nova Scotia (PAR NS) Data Period: May 1 - July 31 2026 Next Update: September 2026

Wait Times by Surgeon

50th

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Lior Flor Sydney 9
days
 		19
days
Heather McFadgen Halifax 14
days
 		18
days
Allison Keeping Sydney 11
days
 		22
days
Jonathan Boyde Enright Dartmouth 14
days
 		20
days
Todd Stoddart Bridgewater 13
days
 		21
days
Victoria Smith Bridgewater 16
days
 		21
days
Farisa Hossain Antigonish 17
days
 		22
days
Lucy K Helyer Halifax 16
days
 		24
days
John Booth Truro 8
days
 		34
days
Colleen M O'Sullivan New Glasgow 21
days
 		22
days
Gregory Knapp Halifax 21
days
 		23
days
Rhys Kavanagh Dartmouth 22
days
 		23
days
Christopher Murphy Yarmouth 20
days
 		26
days
Richard Spence Halifax 34
days
 		15
days
Chris Kenyon Halifax 17
days
 		33
days
Benjamin Heisler Kentville 10
days
 		43
days
Ryan Patrick Kelly Kentville 25
days
 		29
days
Paul M Johnson Halifax 20
days
 		40
days
Edward Joy Bridgewater 33
days
 		32
days
Paul Yaffe Kentville 28
days
 		48
days
Ahmed Jad Truro 46
days
 		31
days
Lukas Wasserman Antigonish 55
days
 		27
days
C Marius Hoogerboord Halifax 68
days
 		20
days
David MacFarlane Kentville 58
days
 		38
days
Krista de Boer Antigonish 90
days
 		34
days
Alicia Lamey Sydney 29
days
 		---
Andrea Marie Faryniuk Amherst --- ---
Ashley Drohan Halifax --- 64
days
Blair MacDonald Yarmouth --- ---
Casey Armstrong Kentville --- ---
Chakshu Sahi New Glasgow --- 19
days
Colin McWilliams Amherst 17
days
 		---
Eileen Roach Sydney --- 19
days
Heather Poushay Sydney --- ---
Katerina Neumann Halifax 22
days
 		---
Kevin Johnson Bridgewater --- 41
days
Kieron McGibney Truro --- ---
Maria Pilar Iskra Marco Amherst --- ---
Martin Dzierzanowski Truro --- ---
Nabil Nader Amherst --- ---
Peter Sytnik Bridgewater --- 18
days
Riley Stewart Dartmouth 17
days
 		---
Stephanie Lapierre Sydney --- 18
days
Data Source: Patient Access Registry Nova Scotia (PAR NS) Data Period: August 1 2025 - July 31 2026 Next Update: September 2026

90th

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Allison Keeping Sydney 11
days
 		26
days
Lior Flor Sydney 21
days
 		25
days
Heather McFadgen Halifax 27
days
 		37
days
Farisa Hossain Antigonish 26
days
 		43
days
Rhys Kavanagh Dartmouth 34
days
 		38
days
Jonathan Boyde Enright Dartmouth 43
days
 		31
days
Lucy K Helyer Halifax 31
days
 		45
days
Gregory Knapp Halifax 40
days
 		37
days
Victoria Smith Bridgewater 49
days
 		28
days
Benjamin Heisler Kentville 34
days
 		53
days
Todd Stoddart Bridgewater 64
days
 		29
days
Chris Kenyon Halifax 28
days
 		70
days
John Booth Truro 46
days
 		55
days
Ryan Patrick Kelly Kentville 59
days
 		51
days
Paul M Johnson Halifax 60
days
 		55
days
Christopher Murphy Yarmouth 57
days
 		64
days
Lukas Wasserman Antigonish 92
days
 		41
days
Krista de Boer Antigonish 124
days
 		41
days
Paul Yaffe Kentville 112
days
 		64
days
David MacFarlane Kentville 153
days
 		45
days
Richard Spence Halifax 209
days
 		72
days
Colleen M O'Sullivan New Glasgow 289
days
 		28
days
Ahmed Jad Truro 281
days
 		46
days
Edward Joy Bridgewater 308
days
 		53
days
C Marius Hoogerboord Halifax 629
days
 		51
days
Alicia Lamey Sydney 54
days
 		---
Andrea Marie Faryniuk Amherst --- ---
Ashley Drohan Halifax --- 113
days
Blair MacDonald Yarmouth --- ---
Casey Armstrong Kentville --- ---
Chakshu Sahi New Glasgow --- 28
days
Colin McWilliams Amherst 43
days
 		---
Eileen Roach Sydney --- 32
days
Heather Poushay Sydney --- ---
Katerina Neumann Halifax 188
days
 		---
Kevin Johnson Bridgewater --- 43
days
Kieron McGibney Truro --- ---
Maria Pilar Iskra Marco Amherst --- ---
Martin Dzierzanowski Truro --- ---
Nabil Nader Amherst --- ---
Peter Sytnik Bridgewater --- 29
days
Riley Stewart Dartmouth 49
days
 		---
Stephanie Lapierre Sydney --- 22
days
Data Source: Patient Access Registry Nova Scotia (PAR NS) Data Period: August 1 2025 - July 31 2026 Next Update: September 2026

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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