Gallbladder Surgery

Service/Procedure Summary

Surgery to remove the gall bladder.

Consult Nova Scotia 50% of people served within? 41days

Surgery Nova Scotia 50% of people served within? 64days

Wait times

50th

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	31 days	34 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	38 days	38 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	36 days	45 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	35 days	52 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	57 days	33 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	23 days	97 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	43 days	79 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	55 days	75 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	48 days	90 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	32 days	118 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	---	---
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	---	---
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	---	46 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	---	69 days

90th

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	101 days	70 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	151 days	55 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	131 days	195 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	188 days	165 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	148 days	230 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	267 days	140 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	306 days	119 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	148 days	288 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	251 days	283 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	414 days	126 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	---	---
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	---	---
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	---	129 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	---	87 days

Wait Times by Surgeon

50th

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Lior Flor	Glace Bay	31 days	12 days
Peter Sytnik	Bridgewater	16 days	34 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	23 days	27 days
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	20 days	34 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	17 days	43 days
Jane Watson-Jessome	Windsor	30 days	32 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Dartmouth	35 days	28 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	18 days	47 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	27 days	39 days
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	26 days	41 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	40 days	29 days
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	32 days	39 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	12 days	61 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	41 days	36 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	40 days	53 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	53 days	41 days
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	38 days	63 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	79 days	28 days
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	35 days	77 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	66 days	52 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	56 days	62 days
Adam Southcott	Truro	36 days	85 days
Brian Nocon	New Glasgow	57 days	67 days
Chakshu Sahi	New Glasgow	58 days	67 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	32 days	93 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	76 days	49 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	73 days	53 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	62 days	64 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	59 days	70 days
John Booth	Truro	31 days	100 days
Samuel Minor	Halifax	73 days	62 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	76 days	61 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	107 days	35 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	109 days	33 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	38 days	104 days
Victoria Smith	Bridgewater	121 days	27 days
James C Ellsmere	Halifax	36 days	115 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	79 days	102 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	45 days	167 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	154 days	67 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	69 days	155 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	212 days	55 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	159 days	117 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	219 days	84 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	142 days	174 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	331 days	118 days
Alex D Mitchell	Windsor	---	---
Christopher Blackmore	Halifax	---	---
Clay K Butler	Sydney	---	164 days
Dafydd Alexander Davies	Halifax	---	---
Jessica Louise Mills	Halifax	---	---
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	---	---
Maria Pilar Iskra Marco	Amherst	---	---
Richard Spence	Halifax	---	175 days

90th

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Peter Sytnik	Bridgewater	37 days	55 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	43 days	76 days
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	86 days	51 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	59 days	83 days
Jane Watson-Jessome	Windsor	70 days	75 days
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	64 days	102 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	107 days	60 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	118 days	82 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Dartmouth	82 days	119 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	139 days	67 days
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	115 days	98 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	124 days	94 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	72 days	146 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	131 days	89 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	113 days	117 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	149 days	82 days
Chakshu Sahi	New Glasgow	122 days	111 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	146 days	98 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	81 days	184 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	189 days	88 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	164 days	117 days
Victoria Smith	Bridgewater	192 days	90 days
John Booth	Truro	78 days	205 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	219 days	69 days
James C Ellsmere	Halifax	122 days	183 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	146 days	177 days
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	140 days	196 days
Brian Nocon	New Glasgow	174 days	183 days
Samuel Minor	Halifax	182 days	185 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	100 days	272 days
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	85 days	292 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	100 days	308 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	172 days	237 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	294 days	147 days
Lior Flor	Glace Bay	469 days	41 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	413 days	111 days
Adam Southcott	Truro	274 days	283 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	367 days	226 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	430 days	177 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	379 days	320 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	304 days	523 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	715 days	205 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	720 days	218 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	969 days	171 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	760 days	384 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	840 days	345 days
Alex D Mitchell	Windsor	---	---
Christopher Blackmore	Halifax	---	---
Clay K Butler	Sydney	---	662 days
Dafydd Alexander Davies	Halifax	---	---
Jessica Louise Mills	Halifax	---	---
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	---	---
Maria Pilar Iskra Marco	Amherst	---	---
Richard Spence	Halifax	---	620 days

Wait Times Trends

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Time Period	Consult - 50th	Consult - 90th	Surgery - 50th	Surgery - 90th
2023 Apr-Jun	33	202	56	200
2023 Jul-Sep	49	232	55	153
2023 Oct-Dec	34	175	50	176
2024 Jan-Mar	37	247	54	181
2024 Apr-Jun	37	215	60	195
2024 Jul-Sep	49	220	60	211
2024 Oct-Dec	46	296	60	196
2025 Jan-Mar	53	337	59	247
2025 Apr-Jun	41	191	64	201

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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Gallbladder Surgery

Service/Procedure Summary

Wait times

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90th

Wait Times by Surgeon

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Wait Times Trends

Gallbladder Surgery

Service/Procedure Summary

Wait times

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Wait Times by Surgeon

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Wait Times Trends

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