Gallbladder Surgery

Service/Procedure Summary

Surgery to remove the gall bladder.

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

Surgery Nova Scotia 50% of people served within? 58days

Wait times

50th

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	29 days	36 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	21 days	46 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	43 days	37 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	16 days	68 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	63 days	46 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	60 days	51 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	61 days	60 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	39 days	85 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	66 days	82 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	106 days	90 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	---	---
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	---	---
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	---	---
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	---	46 days

90th

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	97 days	72 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	56 days	160 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	202 days	103 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	159 days	194 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	263 days	91 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	172 days	184 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	308 days	89 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	355 days	125 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	343 days	231 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	285 days	291 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	---	---
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	---	---
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	---	---
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	---	89 days

Wait Times by Surgeon

50th

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Nabil Nader	Amherst	21 days	28 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	24 days	27 days
Jane Watson-Jessome	Windsor	29 days	26 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Dartmouth	28 days	30 days
Allison Keeping	Sydney	33 days	31 days
Peter Sytnik	Bridgewater	18 days	46 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	20 days	51 days
Lior Flor	Sydney	36 days	35 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	8 days	64 days
Casey Armstrong	Kentville	36 days	39 days
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	29 days	50 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	40 days	42 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	45 days	46 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	61 days	32 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	62 days	33 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	75 days	27 days
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	69 days	36 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	57 days	50 days
Maria Pilar Iskra Marco	Amherst	53 days	54 days
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	31 days	79 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	63 days	50 days
Samuel Minor	Halifax	57 days	56 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	66 days	48 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	17 days	97 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	63 days	53 days
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	21 days	96 days
Victoria Smith	Bridgewater	69 days	54 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	71 days	61 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	79 days	57 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	49 days	89 days
John Booth	Truro	69 days	75 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	96 days	51 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	77 days	75 days
Chakshu Sahi	New Glasgow	86 days	67 days
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	49 days	105 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	41 days	131 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	57 days	117 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	71 days	104 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	114 days	69 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	73 days	114 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	116 days	88 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	168 days	38 days
James C Ellsmere	Halifax	111 days	162 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	255 days	49 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	176 days	129 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	279 days	146 days
Adam Southcott	Halifax	95 days	---
Alex D Mitchell	Dartmouth	---	---
Jessica Louise Mills	Halifax	---	---
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	---	---
Richard Spence	Halifax	---	157 days

90th

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	48 days	69 days
Lior Flor	Sydney	83 days	49 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	69 days	70 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Dartmouth	67 days	78 days
Maria Pilar Iskra Marco	Amherst	84 days	66 days
Allison Keeping	Sydney	89 days	64 days
Peter Sytnik	Bridgewater	57 days	97 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	91 days	71 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	44 days	139 days
Casey Armstrong	Kentville	140 days	48 days
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	118 days	82 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	128 days	75 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	122 days	82 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	134 days	82 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	75 days	142 days
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	86 days	136 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	98 days	137 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	79 days	195 days
Samuel Minor	Halifax	137 days	139 days
John Booth	Truro	120 days	169 days
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	153 days	140 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	207 days	86 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	234 days	69 days
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	78 days	229 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	189 days	120 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	194 days	118 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	161 days	158 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	172 days	155 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	111 days	237 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	292 days	99 days
Chakshu Sahi	New Glasgow	287 days	111 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	303 days	97 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	306 days	96 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	277 days	126 days
Jane Watson-Jessome	Windsor	350 days	68 days
Victoria Smith	Bridgewater	301 days	134 days
James C Ellsmere	Halifax	210 days	337 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	363 days	204 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	285 days	291 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	379 days	264 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	570 days	108 days
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	252 days	440 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	414 days	347 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	910 days	156 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	993 days	87 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	961 days	226 days
Adam Southcott	Halifax	251 days	---
Alex D Mitchell	Dartmouth	---	---
Jessica Louise Mills	Halifax	---	---
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	---	---
Richard Spence	Halifax	---	532 days

Wait Times Trends

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Time Period	Consult - 50th	Consult - 90th	Surgery - 50th	Surgery - 90th
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	296	60	196
2025 Jan-Mar	53	337	59	247
2025 Apr-Jun	42	191	64	201
2025 Jul-Sep	50	232	61	160
2025 Oct-Dec	55	293	50	159
2026 Jan-Mar	61	240	58	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

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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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