Gallbladder Surgery

Service/Procedure Summary

Surgery to remove the gall bladder.

Consult Nova Scotia 50% of people served within? 55days

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

Wait times

50th

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	33 days	51 days
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	48 days	45 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	48 days	46 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	36 days	60 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	61 days	35 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	54 days	58 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	68 days	59 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	83 days	48 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	76 days	58 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	71 days	77 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	112 days	59 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	---	27 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	---	---
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	---	---

90th

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	51 days	110 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	84 days	87 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	117 days	138 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	174 days	99 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	221 days	88 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	234 days	84 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	145 days	176 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	296 days	71 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	211 days	266 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	556 days	104 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	531 days	204 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	---	62 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	---	---
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	---	---

Wait Times by Surgeon

50th

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Jane Watson-Jessome	Windsor	18 days	26 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	17 days	31 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	23 days	27 days
Allison Keeping	Sydney	30 days	26 days
Peter Sytnik	Bridgewater	19 days	41 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Dartmouth	30 days	30 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	11 days	54 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	20 days	47 days
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	30 days	43 days
Lior Flor	Glace Bay	37 days	39 days
Casey Armstrong	Kentville	36 days	42 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	51 days	32 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	33 days	58 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	45 days	50 days
Maria Pilar Iskra Marco	Amherst	53 days	45 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	71 days	28 days
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	69 days	36 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	66 days	40 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	59 days	48 days
Samuel Minor	Halifax	54 days	53 days
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	49 days	63 days
Adam Southcott	Truro	36 days	79 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	68 days	48 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	66 days	51 days
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	21 days	96 days
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	42 days	76 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	59 days	60 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	88 days	32 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	72 days	49 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	47 days	79 days
John Booth	Truro	43 days	86 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	19 days	111 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	87 days	47 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	98 days	39 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	76 days	61 days
Chakshu Sahi	New Glasgow	93 days	67 days
Victoria Smith	Bridgewater	109 days	53 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	115 days	51 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	44 days	125 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	60 days	116 days
James C Ellsmere	Halifax	62 days	118 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	110 days	74 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	92 days	163 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	152 days	115 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	232 days	38 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	160 days	121 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	203 days	138 days
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	1307 days	79 days
Alex D Mitchell	Dartmouth	---	76 days
Christopher Blackmore	Halifax	---	---
Dafydd Alexander Davies	Halifax	---	---
Jessica Louise Mills	Halifax	---	---
Richard Spence	Halifax	---	159 days

90th

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	48 days	69 days
Peter Sytnik	Bridgewater	51 days	85 days
Lior Flor	Glace Bay	80 days	60 days
Maria Pilar Iskra Marco	Amherst	84 days	66 days
Allison Keeping	Sydney	93 days	58 days
Casey Armstrong	Kentville	132 days	46 days
Jane Watson-Jessome	Windsor	121 days	59 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Dartmouth	105 days	78 days
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	104 days	82 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	113 days	88 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	44 days	160 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	141 days	70 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	131 days	82 days
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	86 days	128 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	68 days	149 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	110 days	109 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	149 days	81 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	142 days	90 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	146 days	99 days
Samuel Minor	Halifax	108 days	139 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	184 days	89 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	210 days	69 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	179 days	104 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	207 days	87 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	234 days	71 days
John Booth	Truro	107 days	212 days
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	153 days	178 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	79 days	265 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	111 days	237 days
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	89 days	288 days
Chakshu Sahi	New Glasgow	267 days	111 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	172 days	216 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	292 days	98 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	332 days	74 days
Victoria Smith	Bridgewater	301 days	125 days
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	221 days	240 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	363 days	120 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	239 days	248 days
Adam Southcott	Truro	251 days	283 days
James C Ellsmere	Halifax	207 days	330 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	570 days	113 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	544 days	140 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	449 days	245 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	448 days	320 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	659 days	191 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	1059 days	143 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	961 days	247 days
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	1319 days	108 days
Alex D Mitchell	Dartmouth	---	128 days
Christopher Blackmore	Halifax	---	---
Dafydd Alexander Davies	Halifax	---	---
Jessica Louise Mills	Halifax	---	---
Richard Spence	Halifax	---	620 days

Wait Times Trends

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Time Period	Consult - 50th	Consult - 90th	Surgery - 50th	Surgery - 90th
2023 Oct-Dec	34	175	50	176
2024 Jan-Mar	37	247	54	181
2024 Apr-Jun	37	215	60	195
2024 Jul-Sep	49	220	60	211
2024 Oct-Dec	46	296	60	196
2025 Jan-Mar	53	337	59	247
2025 Apr-Jun	42	207	64	201
2025 Jul-Sep	52	232	61	160
2025 Oct-Dec	55	287	50	159

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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