Gallbladder Surgery

Service/Procedure Summary

Surgery to remove the gall bladder.

Consult Nova Scotia 50% of people served within? 51days

Surgery Nova Scotia 50% of people served within? 61days

Wait times

50th

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	45 days	37 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	41 days	47 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	56 days	36 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	26 days	90 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	58 days	63 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	49 days	75 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	56 days	69 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	83 days	47 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	65 days	72 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	99 days	39 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	88 days	67 days
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	120 days	47 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	---	---
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	---	---

90th

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	110 days	90 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	174 days	70 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	111 days	139 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	135 days	160 days
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	230 days	72 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	169 days	167 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	287 days	90 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	248 days	137 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	207 days	226 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	507 days	54 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	449 days	216 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	592 days	144 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	---	---
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	---	---

Wait Times by Surgeon

50th

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Jane Watson-Jessome	Windsor	14 days	26 days
Allison Keeping	Sydney	22 days	21 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	16 days	33 days
Peter Sytnik	Bridgewater	18 days	34 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	28 days	27 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	11 days	51 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	19 days	47 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Dartmouth	39 days	28 days
Lior Flor	Glace Bay	36 days	32 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	40 days	29 days
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	27 days	47 days
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	38 days	40 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	35 days	45 days
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	34 days	51 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	59 days	27 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	28 days	71 days
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	30 days	69 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	71 days	31 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	77 days	33 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	56 days	55 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	68 days	45 days
Victoria Smith	Bridgewater	87 days	27 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	72 days	49 days
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	47 days	77 days
Samuel Minor	Halifax	68 days	58 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	90 days	38 days
Chakshu Sahi	New Glasgow	60 days	71 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	27 days	104 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	68 days	65 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	77 days	58 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	77 days	59 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	66 days	74 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	36 days	105 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	112 days	34 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	102 days	55 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	85 days	74 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	83 days	76 days
John Booth	Truro	40 days	127 days
James C Ellsmere	Halifax	43 days	125 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	45 days	139 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	57 days	135 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	198 days	49 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	145 days	117 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	125 days	170 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	142 days	178 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	301 days	111 days
Alex D Mitchell	Dartmouth	---	---
Casey Armstrong	Kentville	---	---
Christopher Blackmore	Halifax	---	---
Dafydd Alexander Davies	Halifax	---	---
Jessica Louise Mills	Halifax	---	---
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	---	---
Maria Pilar Iskra Marco	Amherst	64 days	---

90th

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Allison Keeping	Sydney	46 days	33 days
Peter Sytnik	Bridgewater	39 days	68 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	48 days	69 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	51 days	83 days
Jane Watson-Jessome	Windsor	71 days	81 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Dartmouth	105 days	62 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	27 days	142 days
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	88 days	87 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	126 days	60 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	110 days	100 days
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	79 days	138 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	131 days	88 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	149 days	70 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	61 days	160 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	113 days	118 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	113 days	132 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	184 days	75 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	207 days	79 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	133 days	154 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	219 days	69 days
John Booth	Truro	70 days	219 days
Chakshu Sahi	New Glasgow	170 days	123 days
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	198 days	98 days
Victoria Smith	Bridgewater	192 days	125 days
Samuel Minor	Halifax	182 days	139 days
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	150 days	178 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	100 days	267 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	100 days	272 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	306 days	75 days
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	89 days	292 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	278 days	104 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	172 days	216 days
James C Ellsmere	Halifax	207 days	211 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	363 days	120 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	296 days	206 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	413 days	104 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	472 days	134 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	448 days	320 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	197 days	620 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	720 days	218 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	865 days	150 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	659 days	360 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	760 days	294 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	544 days	523 days
Lior Flor	Glace Bay	1056 days	48 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	846 days	345 days
Alex D Mitchell	Dartmouth	---	---
Casey Armstrong	Kentville	---	---
Christopher Blackmore	Halifax	---	---
Dafydd Alexander Davies	Halifax	---	---
Jessica Louise Mills	Halifax	---	---
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	---	---
Maria Pilar Iskra Marco	Amherst	72 days	---

Wait Times Trends

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Time Period	Consult - 50th	Consult - 90th	Surgery - 50th	Surgery - 90th
2023 Jul-Sep	49	232	55	153
2023 Oct-Dec	34	175	50	176
2024 Jan-Mar	37	246	54	181
2024 Apr-Jun	37	215	60	195
2024 Jul-Sep	49	220	60	211
2024 Oct-Dec	46	305	60	196
2025 Jan-Mar	54	361	59	247
2025 Apr-Jun	42	238	64	201
2025 Jul-Sep	51	203	61	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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90th

Wait Times by Surgeon

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Wait Times Trends

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