Gallbladder Surgery

Service/Procedure Summary

Surgery to remove the gall bladder.

Consult Nova Scotia 50% of people served within? 44days

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

Wait times

50th

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	17 days	33 days
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	34 days	19 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	34 days	27 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	45 days	46 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	38 days	61 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	55 days	48 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	46 days	71 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	68 days	61 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	21 days	113 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	46 days	89 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	64 days	83 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	101 days	100 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	---	---
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	---	---

90th

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	46 days	76 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	104 days	91 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	144 days	68 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	99 days	139 days
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	69 days	178 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	81 days	226 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	150 days	176 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	261 days	187 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	461 days	179 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	469 days	196 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	441 days	398 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	729 days	271 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	---	---
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	---	---

Wait Times by Surgeon

50th

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	25 days	17 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	18 days	33 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	24 days	27 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	14 days	45 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	25 days	36 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	33 days	31 days
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	22 days	42 days
Jane Watson-Jessome	Windsor	41 days	26 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	21 days	47 days
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	22 days	47 days
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	22 days	50 days
Brian Nocon	New Glasgow	30 days	44 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Dartmouth	40 days	35 days
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	38 days	37 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	36 days	44 days
Victoria Smith	Bridgewater	54 days	26 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	40 days	44 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	11 days	77 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	33 days	62 days
Chakshu Sahi	New Glasgow	52 days	44 days
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	32 days	66 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	56 days	44 days
John Booth	Truro	23 days	84 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	26 days	92 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	64 days	56 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	55 days	71 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	29 days	100 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	77 days	54 days
Samuel Minor	Halifax	56 days	78 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	103 days	35 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	36 days	125 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	111 days	66 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	101 days	80 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	91 days	102 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	76 days	121 days
James C Ellsmere	Halifax	72 days	128 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	80 days	149 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	139 days	97 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	153 days	103 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	372 days	147 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	472 days	85 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	560 days	170 days
Christopher Blackmore	Halifax	---	---
Clay K Butler	Sydney	---	267 days
Dafydd Alexander Davies	Halifax	---	---
Jessica Louise Mills	Halifax	---	31 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	109 days	---
Karen Milford	Halifax	---	---
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	---	---
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	24 days	---

90th

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	31 days	45 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	50 days	45 days
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	63 days	64 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	72 days	61 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	72 days	71 days
Jane Watson-Jessome	Windsor	86 days	61 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	52 days	98 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	84 days	78 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	91 days	76 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	91 days	76 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	70 days	100 days
Victoria Smith	Bridgewater	147 days	36 days
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	86 days	114 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	122 days	92 days
John Booth	Truro	62 days	156 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	28 days	191 days
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	61 days	168 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Dartmouth	72 days	162 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	95 days	149 days
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	92 days	176 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	98 days	181 days
Samuel Minor	Halifax	109 days	175 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	85 days	202 days
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	85 days	210 days
Brian Nocon	New Glasgow	195 days	102 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	63 days	258 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	154 days	177 days
James C Ellsmere	Halifax	137 days	211 days
Chakshu Sahi	New Glasgow	275 days	97 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	193 days	226 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	175 days	265 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	359 days	105 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	387 days	79 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	215 days	254 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	286 days	213 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	317 days	208 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	339 days	195 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	403 days	205 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	279 days	523 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	724 days	192 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	580 days	341 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	846 days	345 days
Christopher Blackmore	Halifax	---	---
Clay K Butler	Sydney	---	862 days
Dafydd Alexander Davies	Halifax	---	---
Jessica Louise Mills	Halifax	---	54 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	375 days	---
Karen Milford	Halifax	---	---
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	---	---
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	107 days	---

Wait Times Trends

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Time Period	Consult - 50th	Consult - 90th	Surgery - 50th	Surgery - 90th
2022 Oct-Dec	33	186	63	212
2023 Jan-Mar	35	196	52	203
2023 Apr-Jun	32	202	56	200
2023 Jul-Sep	49	232	55	153
2023 Oct-Dec	34	177	50	176
2024 Jan-Mar	37	286	54	181
2024 Apr-Jun	38	215	60	195
2024 Jul-Sep	51	294	60	211
2024 Oct-Dec	44	296	60	196

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

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Wait Times by Surgeon

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Wait Times Trends

Gallbladder Surgery

Service/Procedure Summary

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