Gallbladder Surgery

Service/Procedure Summary

Surgery to remove the gall bladder.

Consult Nova Scotia 50% of people served within? 37days

Surgery Nova Scotia 50% of people served within? 60days

Wait times

50th

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	30 days	28 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	35 days	32 days
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	43 days	26 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	31 days	42 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	16 days	67 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	31 days	55 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	45 days	62 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	22 days	98 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	71 days	61 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	33 days	110 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	85 days	99 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	244 days	74 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	---	---
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	---	---
North Sydney	Northside General Hospital	---	---

90th

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	65 days	60 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	54 days	79 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	22 days	130 days
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	182 days	66 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	44 days	258 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	141 days	213 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	157 days	219 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	213 days	263 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	344 days	167 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	429 days	82 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	406 days	142 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	567 days	292 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	---	---
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	---	---
North Sydney	Northside General Hospital	---	---

Wait Times by Surgeon

50th

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	22 days	24 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	19 days	28 days
Victoria Smith	Bridgewater	7 days	42 days
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	22 days	29 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	27 days	27 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	18 days	37 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	14 days	47 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Bridgewater	30 days	34 days
Oleg Lefel	Yarmouth	13 days	52 days
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	33 days	33 days
Jane Watson-Jessome	Windsor	41 days	26 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	12 days	56 days
Brian Nocon	New Glasgow	30 days	43 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	27 days	47 days
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	28 days	49 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	22 days	56 days
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	22 days	57 days
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	28 days	52 days
Chakshu Sharma	New Glasgow	36 days	46 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	35 days	48 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	25 days	59 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	25 days	60 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	25 days	64 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	12 days	77 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	15 days	88 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	47 days	63 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	51 days	69 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	95 days	36 days
James C Ellsmere	Halifax	63 days	83 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	98 days	49 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	106 days	45 days
Samuel Minor	Halifax	68 days	83 days
John Booth	Truro	31 days	125 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	57 days	99 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	60 days	109 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	117 days	69 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	154 days	42 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	126 days	75 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	161 days	43 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	111 days	116 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	125 days	112 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	154 days	102 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	108 days	160 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	226 days	218 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	419 days	129 days
Casey Armstrong	Bridgewater	---	---
Christopher Blackmore	Halifax	---	---
Clay K Butler	Sydney	---	127 days
Irma Joan Proctor	Bridgewater	---	---
Jessica Louise Mills	Halifax	---	---
Karen Milford	Halifax	---	---
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	---	53 days

90th

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	32 days	43 days
Victoria Smith	Bridgewater	8 days	75 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	36 days	70 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	43 days	63 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	28 days	80 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	50 days	69 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	50 days	76 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	55 days	77 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	38 days	105 days
Oleg Lefel	Yarmouth	47 days	102 days
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	60 days	107 days
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	37 days	131 days
Brian Nocon	New Glasgow	105 days	64 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	48 days	123 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	80 days	110 days
Jane Watson-Jessome	Windsor	111 days	82 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Bridgewater	57 days	139 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	36 days	170 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	108 days	126 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	91 days	151 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	56 days	187 days
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	58 days	227 days
James C Ellsmere	Halifax	123 days	177 days
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	64 days	237 days
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	134 days	174 days
Samuel Minor	Halifax	129 days	189 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	252 days	91 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	197 days	161 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	188 days	181 days
John Booth	Truro	92 days	282 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	42 days	335 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	255 days	175 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	387 days	78 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	387 days	79 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	251 days	230 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	331 days	211 days
Chakshu Sharma	New Glasgow	494 days	88 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	325 days	265 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	346 days	266 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	400 days	223 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	521 days	149 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	448 days	274 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	591 days	220 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	649 days	174 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	675 days	543 days
Casey Armstrong	Bridgewater	---	---
Christopher Blackmore	Halifax	---	---
Clay K Butler	Sydney	---	825 days
Irma Joan Proctor	Bridgewater	---	---
Jessica Louise Mills	Halifax	---	---
Karen Milford	Halifax	---	---
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	---	88 days

Wait Times Trends

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Time Period	Consult - 50th	Consult - 90th	Surgery - 50th	Surgery - 90th
2022 Apr-Jun	36	189	59	169
2022 Jul-Sep	36	167	58	196
2022 Oct-Dec	33	186	63	212
2023 Jan-Mar	35	249	53	203
2023 Apr-Jun	32	217	56	200
2023 Jul-Sep	48	232	55	153
2023 Oct-Dec	34	177	50	176
2024 Jan-Mar	38	247	54	181
2024 Apr-Jun	37	215	60	195

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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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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