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
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	34 days	44 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	54 days	38 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	35 days	65 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	33 days	71 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	67 days	40 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	33 days	76 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	56 days	71 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	57 days	77 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	36 days	106 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	93 days	74 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	158 days	35 days
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	113 days	70 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	115 days	76 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	107 days	123 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	77 days	160 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	146 days	111 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	148 days	160 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	160 days	178 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	198 days	170 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	355 days	60 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	156 days	272 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	414 days	132 days
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
Jane Watson-Jessome	Windsor	16 days	29 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	24 days	27 days
Peter Sytnik	Bridgewater	17 days	35 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	17 days	43 days
Lior Flor	Glace Bay	31 days	30 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Dartmouth	35 days	28 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	17 days	47 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	11 days	58 days
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	24 days	45 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	40 days	29 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	27 days	45 days
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	30 days	43 days
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	34 days	47 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	63 days	37 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	59 days	41 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	48 days	53 days
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	37 days	69 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	79 days	30 days
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	35 days	77 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	60 days	54 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	28 days	93 days
Adam Southcott	Truro	37 days	85 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	66 days	56 days
Chakshu Sahi	New Glasgow	58 days	69 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	68 days	59 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	79 days	51 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	103 days	31 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	79 days	56 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	99 days	36 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	65 days	71 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	35 days	104 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	76 days	63 days
John Booth	Truro	32 days	108 days
James C Ellsmere	Halifax	35 days	118 days
Samuel Minor	Halifax	72 days	84 days
Victoria Smith	Bridgewater	136 days	26 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	82 days	103 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	45 days	160 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	154 days	63 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	60 days	160 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	212 days	57 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	159 days	117 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	190 days	118 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	136 days	178 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	244 days	87 days
Alex D Mitchell	Windsor	---	---
Allison Keeping	Sydney	29 days	---
Christopher Blackmore	Halifax	---	---
Dafydd Alexander Davies	Halifax	---	---
Jessica Louise Mills	Halifax	---	---
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	---	---
Maria Pilar Iskra Marco	Amherst	---	---
Richard Spence	Halifax	---	170 days

90th

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Peter Sytnik	Bridgewater	39 days	68 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	48 days	76 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	59 days	83 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Dartmouth	82 days	62 days
Jane Watson-Jessome	Windsor	71 days	75 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	77 days	83 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	107 days	60 days
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	104 days	87 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	118 days	82 days
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	64 days	154 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	124 days	97 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	81 days	142 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	72 days	160 days
Chakshu Sahi	New Glasgow	122 days	111 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	149 days	89 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	113 days	129 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	146 days	98 days
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	147 days	98 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	189 days	75 days
John Booth	Truro	55 days	212 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	199 days	76 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	164 days	117 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	219 days	69 days
James C Ellsmere	Halifax	122 days	183 days
Victoria Smith	Bridgewater	192 days	125 days
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	140 days	178 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	146 days	177 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	208 days	134 days
Samuel Minor	Halifax	182 days	185 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	155 days	216 days
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	85 days	292 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	100 days	278 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	99 days	280 days
Lior Flor	Glace Bay	469 days	41 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	421 days	104 days
Adam Southcott	Truro	274 days	283 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	367 days	220 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	432 days	167 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	379 days	320 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	321 days	523 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	720 days	218 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	659 days	360 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	969 days	160 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	760 days	384 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	839 days	345 days
Alex D Mitchell	Windsor	---	---
Allison Keeping	Sydney	49 days	---
Christopher Blackmore	Halifax	---	---
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 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	47	220	60	211
2024 Oct-Dec	46	298	60	196
2025 Jan-Mar	55	361	59	247
2025 Apr-Jun	42	219	64	201
2025 Jul-Sep	51	198	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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Wait Times by Surgeon

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Wait Times Trends

Gallbladder Surgery

Service/Procedure Summary

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Wait Times by Surgeon

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