Gallbladder Surgery

Service/Procedure Summary

Surgery to remove the gall bladder.

Consult Nova Scotia 50% of people served within? 44days

Surgery Nova Scotia 50% of people served within? 52days

Wait times

50th

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	20 days	19 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	28 days	36 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	35 days	42 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	35 days	47 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	45 days	40 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	52 days	48 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	46 days	83 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	76 days	53 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	64 days	152 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	---	---
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	89 days	---
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	---	---
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	---	---
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	---	64 days

90th

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	47 days	41 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	46 days	86 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	154 days	167 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	131 days	198 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	141 days	188 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	318 days	57 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	275 days	113 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	243 days	163 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	308 days	303 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	---	---
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	119 days	---
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	---	---
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	---	---
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	---	97 days

Wait Times by Surgeon

50th

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Rhys Kavanagh	Dartmouth	21 days	23 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	17 days	27 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	19 days	28 days
Mooyad Ahmed	New Glasgow	6 days	50 days
Peter Sytnik	Bridgewater	19 days	45 days
Allison Keeping	Sydney	39 days	31 days
Lior Flor	Sydney	35 days	35 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	28 days	46 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	41 days	33 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	56 days	18 days
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	49 days	26 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	11 days	68 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	18 days	62 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	16 days	69 days
Victoria Smith	Bridgewater	51 days	35 days
Casey Armstrong	Kentville	60 days	32 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	57 days	39 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	55 days	42 days
Maria Pilar Iskra Marco	Amherst	50 days	54 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	61 days	46 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	59 days	48 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	61 days	47 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	65 days	61 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	63 days	64 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	91 days	48 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	49 days	93 days
John Booth	Truro	70 days	78 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	44 days	111 days
Chakshu Sahi	New Glasgow	108 days	50 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	91 days	70 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	119 days	48 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	113 days	69 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	119 days	64 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	122 days	66 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	104 days	90 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	82 days	167 days
James C Ellsmere	Halifax	111 days	217 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	307 days	49 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	186 days	189 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	266 days	175 days
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	28 days	---
Jane Watson-Jessome	Windsor	35 days	---
Jessica Louise Mills	Halifax	---	---
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	49 days	---
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	52 days	---
Samuel Minor	Halifax	65 days	---
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	35 days	---
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	37 days	---
Zuhaib Mir	Halifax	---	---

90th

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Rhys Kavanagh	Dartmouth	33 days	30 days
Mooyad Ahmed	New Glasgow	22 days	57 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	40 days	45 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	83 days	58 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	57 days	88 days
Maria Pilar Iskra Marco	Amherst	84 days	66 days
Allison Keeping	Sydney	94 days	74 days
Lior Flor	Sydney	116 days	53 days
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	104 days	69 days
Peter Sytnik	Bridgewater	57 days	120 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	110 days	82 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	122 days	88 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	64 days	149 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	60 days	160 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	143 days	86 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	165 days	69 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	107 days	137 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	199 days	75 days
John Booth	Truro	118 days	159 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	165 days	115 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	79 days	202 days
Casey Armstrong	Kentville	247 days	48 days
Victoria Smith	Bridgewater	232 days	76 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	189 days	120 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	127 days	204 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	262 days	89 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	240 days	155 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	303 days	97 days
Chakshu Sahi	New Glasgow	318 days	88 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	332 days	96 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	259 days	191 days
James C Ellsmere	Halifax	207 days	246 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	346 days	149 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	333 days	264 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	308 days	291 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	378 days	347 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	722 days	86 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	865 days	73 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	910 days	154 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	961 days	260 days
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	168 days	---
Jane Watson-Jessome	Windsor	350 days	---
Jessica Louise Mills	Halifax	---	---
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	258 days	---
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	161 days	---
Samuel Minor	Halifax	192 days	---
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	86 days	---
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	399 days	---
Zuhaib Mir	Halifax	---	---

Wait Times Trends

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Time Period	Consult - 50th	Consult - 90th	Surgery - 50th	Surgery - 90th
2024 Apr-Jun	37	215	60	195
2024 Jul-Sep	49	220	60	211
2024 Oct-Dec	46	296	60	196
2025 Jan-Mar	52	331	59	247
2025 Apr-Jun	42	191	64	201
2025 Jul-Sep	50	210	61	160
2025 Oct-Dec	55	270	50	159
2026 Jan-Mar	62	245	58	160
2026 Apr-Jun	44	263	52	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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Wait Times Trends

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