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? 15days

Surgery Nova Scotia 50% of people served within? 27days

Wait times

50th

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	18 days	22 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	15 days	26 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	11 days	35 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	14 days	33 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	15 days	34 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	15 days	36 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	---	14 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	---	---
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	---	37 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	---	---

90th

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	33 days	41 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	37 days	43 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	38 days	51 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	69 days	78 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	92 days	68 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	82 days	79 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	---	18 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	---	---
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	---	41 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	---	---

Wait Times by Surgeon

50th

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Nabil Nader	Amherst	7 days	16 days
Ashley Drohan	Halifax	12 days	17 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	8 days	21 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	14 days	17 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	16 days	15 days
Lucy K Helyer	Halifax	13 days	18 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	14 days	19 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	10 days	24 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	11 days	24 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	19 days	18 days
Gregory Knapp	Halifax	12 days	26 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	18 days	22 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	13 days	29 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Bridgewater	29 days	19 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	17 days	32 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	16 days	33 days
Paul M Johnson	Halifax	28 days	25 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	30 days	24 days
Katerina Neumann	Halifax	29 days	29 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	40 days	27 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	37 days	33 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	36 days	37 days
Chris Kenyon	Halifax	27 days	48 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	54 days	36 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	82 days	21 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	---	35 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	---	17 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	13 days	---
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	---	15 days
Brian Nocon	New Glasgow	---	22 days
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio	Halifax	---	---
Chakshu Sahi	New Glasgow	---	14 days
Clay K Butler	Sydney	---	23 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	---	---
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	---	---
F Donald Clark	Kentville	---	52 days
James C Ellsmere	Halifax	---	---
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	---	---
John Booth	Truro	---	---
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	---	---
Kieron McGibney	Truro	---	46 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	---	---
Oleg Lefel	Yarmouth	---	19 days
Victoria Smith	Bridgewater	---	---
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	---	36 days

90th

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	19 days	27 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	24 days	35 days
Lucy K Helyer	Halifax	19 days	40 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	29 days	35 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	21 days	45 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	14 days	54 days
Ashley Drohan	Halifax	19 days	51 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	37 days	36 days
Gregory Knapp	Halifax	31 days	51 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	54 days	37 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	58 days	41 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	61 days	43 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	39 days	66 days
Paul M Johnson	Halifax	46 days	59 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	44 days	61 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	28 days	89 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	20 days	97 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Bridgewater	91 days	34 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	92 days	36 days
Chris Kenyon	Halifax	69 days	90 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	146 days	114 days
Katerina Neumann	Halifax	224 days	78 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	270 days	38 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	238 days	75 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	600 days	151 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	---	47 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	---	23 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	16 days	---
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	---	22 days
Brian Nocon	New Glasgow	---	29 days
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio	Halifax	---	---
Chakshu Sahi	New Glasgow	---	50 days
Clay K Butler	Sydney	---	91 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	---	---
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	---	---
F Donald Clark	Kentville	---	56 days
James C Ellsmere	Halifax	---	---
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	---	---
John Booth	Truro	---	---
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	---	---
Kieron McGibney	Truro	---	65 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	---	---
Oleg Lefel	Yarmouth	---	42 days
Victoria Smith	Bridgewater	---	---
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	---	41 days

Wait Times Trends

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Time Period	Consult - 50th	Consult - 90th	Surgery - 50th	Surgery - 90th
2022 Apr-Jun	15	59	22	48
2022 Jul-Sep	17	75	25	53
2022 Oct-Dec	17	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	15	125	23	51
2024 Jan-Mar	19	114	31	69
2024 Apr-Jun	15	63	27	75

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

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Colorectal Cancer Surgery

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