Gallbladder Surgery

Service/Procedure Summary

Surgery to remove the gall bladder.

Consult Nova Scotia 50% of people served within? 54days

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

Wait times

50th

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	39 days	26 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	39 days	28 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	18 days	51 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	41 days	45 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	53 days	47 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	62 days	51 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	49 days	66 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	65 days	58 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	88 days	41 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	68 days	73 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	113 days	38 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	106 days	48 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	---	---
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	---	50 days

90th

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	64 days	87 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	141 days	46 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	132 days	81 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	93 days	121 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	154 days	102 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	135 days	169 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	256 days	111 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	287 days	88 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	270 days	138 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	207 days	226 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	477 days	238 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	722 days	54 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	---	---
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	---	77 days

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	25 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	17 days	33 days
Peter Sytnik	Bridgewater	18 days	34 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	27 days	27 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	11 days	47 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Dartmouth	33 days	30 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	20 days	47 days
Lior Flor	Glace Bay	36 days	34 days
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	34 days	41 days
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	37 days	41 days
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	49 days	36 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	56 days	29 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	59 days	27 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	46 days	43 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	24 days	71 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	70 days	30 days
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	23 days	77 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	55 days	52 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	60 days	50 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	68 days	42 days
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	36 days	77 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	79 days	38 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	22 days	100 days
Samuel Minor	Halifax	68 days	56 days
Chakshu Sahi	New Glasgow	60 days	69 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	60 days	76 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	76 days	63 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	87 days	54 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	76 days	69 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	99 days	55 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	121 days	35 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	80 days	76 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	87 days	69 days
Victoria Smith	Bridgewater	132 days	27 days
John Booth	Truro	39 days	121 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	100 days	66 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	44 days	139 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	57 days	130 days
James C Ellsmere	Halifax	52 days	155 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	209 days	36 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	142 days	115 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	142 days	174 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	219 days	115 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	301 days	106 days
Alex D Mitchell	Dartmouth	71 days	---
Casey Armstrong	Kentville	---	---
Christopher Blackmore	Halifax	---	---
Dafydd Alexander Davies	Halifax	---	---
Jessica Louise Mills	Halifax	---	---
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	---	100 days
Maria Pilar Iskra Marco	Amherst	64 days	---
Richard Spence	Halifax	---	149 days

90th

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Allison Keeping	Sydney	46 days	53 days
Peter Sytnik	Bridgewater	43 days	68 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	48 days	69 days
Jane Watson-Jessome	Windsor	71 days	68 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	26 days	121 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Dartmouth	105 days	62 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	113 days	70 days
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	104 days	82 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	126 days	60 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	122 days	82 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	58 days	146 days
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	70 days	138 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	110 days	100 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	128 days	83 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	149 days	81 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	113 days	132 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	164 days	96 days
John Booth	Truro	69 days	219 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	146 days	154 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	234 days	69 days
Samuel Minor	Halifax	182 days	139 days
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	153 days	178 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	207 days	126 days
Chakshu Sahi	New Glasgow	221 days	123 days
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	198 days	159 days
Victoria Smith	Bridgewater	232 days	125 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	92 days	272 days
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	78 days	288 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	100 days	272 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	278 days	98 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	306 days	78 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	188 days	216 days
James C Ellsmere	Halifax	207 days	211 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	368 days	71 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	363 days	104 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	296 days	206 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	531 days	110 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	448 days	320 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	582 days	247 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	720 days	218 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	865 days	150 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	659 days	360 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	544 days	523 days
Lior Flor	Glace Bay	1056 days	60 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	846 days	345 days
Alex D Mitchell	Dartmouth	83 days	---
Casey Armstrong	Kentville	---	---
Christopher Blackmore	Halifax	---	---
Dafydd Alexander Davies	Halifax	---	---
Jessica Louise Mills	Halifax	---	---
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	---	108 days
Maria Pilar Iskra Marco	Amherst	84 days	---
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	213	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	51	210	61	160
2025 Oct-Dec	54	256	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

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Wait Times by Surgeon

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