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? 16days

Surgery Nova Scotia 50% of people served within? 23days

Wait times

50%

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	---	---
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	---	---
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	---	---
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	---	---
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	15 days	18 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	---	19 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	18 days	26 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	11 days	29 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	31 days	34 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	---	42 days

90%

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	---	---
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	---	---
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	---	---
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	---	---
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	---	24 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	32 days	31 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	21 days	48 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	---	54 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	255 days	57 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	55 days	69 days

Wait Times by Surgeon

50%

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	---	---
Irma Joan Proctor	Bridgewater	---	---
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	---	---
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	---	---
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	---	---
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	---	---
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	---	---
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	---	---
Chakshu Sharma	New Glasgow	---	---
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	---	---
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	---	---
Alison Archibald	Sydney	---	---
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio	Halifax	---	---
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	---	---
Clay K Butler	Sydney	---	---
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	18 days	14 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	5 days	14 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Bridgewater	16 days	18 days
Lucy K Helyer	Halifax	14 days	18 days
Brian Nocon	New Glasgow	27 days	18 days
Oleg Lefel	Yarmouth	22 days	19 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	10 days	19 days
Paul M Johnson	Halifax	26 days	19 days
Ashley Drohan	Halifax	---	20 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	19 days	20 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	11 days	21 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	20 days	21 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	8 days	22 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	51 days	22 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	9 days	22 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	55 days	24 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	---	24 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	35 days	25 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	14 days	25 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	---	27 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	27 days	29 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	39 days	30 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	6 days	30 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	35 days	30 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	21 days	34 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	26 days	36 days
Gregory Knapp	Halifax	31 days	36 days
Katerina Neumann	Halifax	36 days	38 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	---	39 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	49 days	39 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	---	41 days
Chris Kenyon	Halifax	37 days	41 days
Najeeb Ahmed Abdul Kadir	Truro	---	45 days

90%

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	---	---
Irma Joan Proctor	Bridgewater	---	---
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	---	---
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	---	---
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	---	---
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	---	---
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	---	---
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	---	---
Chakshu Sharma	New Glasgow	---	---
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	---	---
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	---	---
Alison Archibald	Sydney	---	---
Clay K Butler	Sydney	---	---
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	---	---
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio	Halifax	---	---
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	43 days	24 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Bridgewater	72 days	25 days
Lucy K Helyer	Halifax	19 days	25 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	15 days	29 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	---	33 days
Oleg Lefel	Yarmouth	28 days	34 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	270 days	35 days
Brian Nocon	New Glasgow	145 days	35 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	68 days	36 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	43 days	36 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	37 days	36 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	19 days	37 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	24 days	40 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	49 days	41 days
Ashley Drohan	Halifax	---	42 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	25 days	45 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	10 days	46 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	129 days	48 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	---	48 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	57 days	48 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	146 days	51 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	82 days	55 days
Paul M Johnson	Halifax	45 days	58 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	---	62 days
Katerina Neumann	Halifax	246 days	72 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	49 days	76 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	---	79 days
Chris Kenyon	Halifax	136 days	83 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	10 days	97 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	364 days	101 days
Gregory Knapp	Halifax	34 days	102 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	29 days	133 days
Najeeb Ahmed Abdul Kadir	Truro	---	175 days

Wait Times Trends

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Time Period	Consult - 50%	Consult - 90%	Surgery - 50%	Surgery - 90%
2021 Oct-Dec	14	63	21	45
2022 Jan-Mar	17	65	20	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	18	69	25	62
2023 Oct-Dec	16	109	23	51

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

Wait times

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90%

Wait Times by Surgeon

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Wait Times Trends

Colorectal Cancer Surgery

Service/Procedure Summary

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