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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.

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Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
63 days
Surgery
Nova Scotia
90% of people served within ?
48 days
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Wait Times

90%

Community Facility Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
17 days
43 days
Truro
Colchester Regional Hospital
42 days
39 days
Sydney
Cape Breton Regional Hospital
27 days
64 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
64 days
45 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
49 days
64 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
---
24 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
---
29 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
---
45 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
---
---
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
---
62 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
7 days
22 days
Dartmouth
Dartmouth General Hospital
13 days
24 days
Halifax
QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)
11 days
26 days
Truro
Colchester Regional Hospital
22 days
28 days
Kentville
Valley Regional Hospital
42 days
31 days
Amherst
Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre
---
16 days
Antigonish
St. Martha's Regional Hospital
---
24 days
Bridgewater
South Shore Regional Hospital
---
25 days
New Glasgow
Aberdeen Hospital
---
---
Yarmouth
Yarmouth Regional Hospital
---
22 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: 
May 1 - July 31 2016
Data Period: 
Next Update: 
September 2016

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon Community Consult Wait Time Surgery Wait Time
James C Ellsmere
Halifax
27 days
13 days
Basilon Cole
New Glasgow
10 days
35 days
Nabil Nader
Amherst
23 days
22 days
Warren W Shih
Dartmouth
17 days
30 days
Abdalla Hassan
Bridgewater
36 days
33 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk
Amherst
47 days
23 days
John L Murdoch
Dartmouth
26 days
46 days
Todd Stoddart
Bridgewater
39 days
36 days
Christopher Murphy
Yarmouth
22 days
58 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan
New Glasgow
31 days
50 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
41 days
40 days
Kevin Johnson
Bridgewater
35 days
48 days
Rodney W McGory
Sydney
27 days
60 days
Katerina Neumann
Halifax
34 days
61 days
C Marius Hoogerboord
Halifax
66 days
36 days
Chris Kenyon
Halifax
47 days
56 days
Roderick McKenney
Truro
66 days
38 days
Geoffrey A Porter
Halifax
46 days
59 days
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio
Halifax
63 days
50 days
Lucy K Helyer
Halifax
35 days
92 days
Paul M Johnson
Halifax
72 days
62 days
Alison Archibald
North Sydney
116 days
23 days
Hani Redwan
Sydney
79 days
64 days
Jenelle King
Yarmouth
133 days
26 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright
Dartmouth
97 days
66 days
Paul Yaffe
Kentville
141 days
58 days
Vincent O'Malley
Kentville
210 days
51 days
Abdulrahim S Alawashez
Antigonish
283 days
60 days
Alex D Mitchell
Dartmouth
---
---
Barbara Jean MacGillivray
Antigonish
---
---
Benjamin Heisler
Kentville
---
---
Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
---
22 days
Clay K Butler
Glace Bay
---
73 days
Dennis R Klassen
Halifax
---
---
Dion Davidson
Kentville
---
---
Elwood C MacMullin
Sydney
---
---
F Donald Clark
Kentville
---
62 days
Irma Joan Proctor
Bridgewater
---
---
Kieron McGibney
Truro
---
---
Leszek J Wasilewski
Dartmouth
---
33 days
Martin Dzierzanowski
Truro
---
---
Najeeb Ahmed Abdul Kadir
Amherst
---
---
Oleg Lefel
Yarmouth
---
75 days
Paula Gallant
Kentville
---
---
Philip Michael Smith
Truro
---
67 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
Hani Redwan
Sydney
6 days
17 days
Jenelle King
Yarmouth
12 days
11 days
Alison Archibald
North Sydney
10 days
15 days
Christopher Murphy
Yarmouth
5 days
20 days
Abdalla Hassan
Bridgewater
13 days
14 days
James C Ellsmere
Halifax
15 days
12 days
Nabil Nader
Amherst
12 days
15 days
Todd Stoddart
Bridgewater
12 days
16 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk
Amherst
18 days
11 days
Basilon Cole
New Glasgow
8 days
22 days
Warren W Shih
Dartmouth
9 days
21 days
Lukas Wasserman
Antigonish
8 days
26 days
C Marius Hoogerboord
Halifax
11 days
25 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan
New Glasgow
15 days
24 days
Rodney W McGory
Sydney
16 days
26 days
Kevin Johnson
Bridgewater
17 days
27 days
John L Murdoch
Dartmouth
14 days
31 days
Chris Kenyon
Halifax
13 days
33 days
Paul M Johnson
Halifax
15 days
31 days
Vincent O'Malley
Kentville
22 days
25 days
Geoffrey A Porter
Halifax
18 days
30 days
Lucy K Helyer
Halifax
15 days
33 days
Roderick McKenney
Truro
32 days
29 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright
Dartmouth
28 days
35 days
Katerina Neumann
Halifax
28 days
35 days
Paul Yaffe
Kentville
34 days
44 days
Abdulrahim S Alawashez
Antigonish
44 days
36 days
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio
Halifax
31 days
49 days
Alex D Mitchell
Dartmouth
---
---
Barbara Jean MacGillivray
Antigonish
---
---
Benjamin Heisler
Kentville
---
---
Blair MacDonald
Yarmouth
---
10 days
Clay K Butler
Glace Bay
---
16 days
Dennis R Klassen
Halifax
---
---
Dion Davidson
Kentville
---
---
Elwood C MacMullin
Sydney
---
---
F Donald Clark
Kentville
---
48 days
Irma Joan Proctor
Bridgewater
---
---
Kieron McGibney
Truro
---
---
Leszek J Wasilewski
Dartmouth
---
31 days
Martin Dzierzanowski
Truro
---
---
Najeeb Ahmed Abdul Kadir
Amherst
---
---
Oleg Lefel
Yarmouth
---
21 days
Paula Gallant
Kentville
---
---
Philip Michael Smith
Truro
---
32 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: 
August 1 2015 - July 31 2016
Next Update: 
September 2016
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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