Gallbladder Surgery

Service/Procedure Summary

Surgery to remove the gall bladder.

Consult Nova Scotia 50% of people served within? 43days

Surgery Nova Scotia 50% of people served within? 52days

Wait times

50th

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	24 days	18 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	21 days	34 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	26 days	41 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	36 days	38 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	30 days	46 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	50 days	39 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	52 days	48 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	49 days	60 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	41 days	77 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	64 days	152 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	---	---
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	---	---
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	---	---
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	---	---

90th

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	63 days	45 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	71 days	45 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	93 days	118 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	168 days	97 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	169 days	155 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	147 days	198 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	275 days	120 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	337 days	89 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	316 days	124 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	272 days	311 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	---	---
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	---	---
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	---	---
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	---	---

Wait Times by Surgeon

50th

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	17 days	22 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Dartmouth	22 days	23 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	17 days	29 days
Allison Keeping	Sydney	31 days	29 days
Lior Flor	Sydney	32 days	35 days
Peter Sytnik	Bridgewater	23 days	48 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	43 days	29 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	11 days	62 days
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	49 days	26 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	56 days	22 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	36 days	46 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	20 days	62 days
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	32 days	50 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	15 days	72 days
Maria Pilar Iskra Marco	Amherst	50 days	45 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	52 days	44 days
Victoria Smith	Bridgewater	61 days	35 days
Casey Armstrong	Kentville	71 days	32 days
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	29 days	78 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	61 days	46 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	58 days	49 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	61 days	52 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	63 days	61 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	95 days	35 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	71 days	61 days
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	21 days	113 days
John Booth	Truro	69 days	69 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	91 days	48 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	49 days	93 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	80 days	70 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	96 days	57 days
Chakshu Sahi	New Glasgow	93 days	62 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	43 days	118 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	73 days	90 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	111 days	63 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	143 days	34 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	82 days	97 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	122 days	95 days
James C Ellsmere	Halifax	125 days	183 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	262 days	49 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	183 days	146 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	267 days	171 days
Jane Watson-Jessome	Windsor	35 days	---
Jessica Louise Mills	Halifax	---	---
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	49 days	---
Mooyad Ahmed	New Glasgow	6 days	---
Richard Spence	Halifax	---	---
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	52 days	---
Samuel Minor	Halifax	65 days	---

90th

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	48 days	45 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Dartmouth	46 days	78 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	69 days	77 days
Maria Pilar Iskra Marco	Amherst	84 days	66 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	79 days	76 days
Allison Keeping	Sydney	93 days	64 days
Lior Flor	Sydney	116 days	53 days
Peter Sytnik	Bridgewater	51 days	120 days
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	104 days	69 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	122 days	88 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	134 days	82 days
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	86 days	136 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	75 days	149 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	143 days	86 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	165 days	69 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	107 days	137 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	60 days	188 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	111 days	153 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	79 days	195 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	172 days	104 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	199 days	83 days
John Booth	Truro	120 days	169 days
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	153 days	140 days
Casey Armstrong	Kentville	247 days	48 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	189 days	120 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	172 days	155 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	262 days	78 days
Victoria Smith	Bridgewater	301 days	76 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	303 days	97 days
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	89 days	311 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	332 days	96 days
Chakshu Sahi	New Glasgow	318 days	110 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	277 days	191 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	346 days	149 days
James C Ellsmere	Halifax	207 days	337 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	333 days	241 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	285 days	291 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	570 days	90 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	414 days	347 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	865 days	80 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	910 days	154 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	961 days	260 days
Jane Watson-Jessome	Windsor	350 days	---
Jessica Louise Mills	Halifax	---	---
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	258 days	---
Mooyad Ahmed	New Glasgow	22 days	---
Richard Spence	Halifax	---	---
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	161 days	---
Samuel Minor	Halifax	192 days	---

Wait Times Trends

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Time Period	Consult - 50th	Consult - 90th	Surgery - 50th	Surgery - 90th
2024 Apr-Jun	37	215	60	195
2024 Jul-Sep	49	220	60	211
2024 Oct-Dec	46	296	60	196
2025 Jan-Mar	52	331	59	247
2025 Apr-Jun	42	191	64	201
2025 Jul-Sep	50	210	61	160
2025 Oct-Dec	55	270	50	159
2026 Jan-Mar	63	245	58	160
2026 Apr-Jun	43	260	52	160

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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