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	40 days	46 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	45 days	43 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	33 days	58 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	60 days	33 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	31 days	76 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	36 days	76 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	29 days	92 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	58 days	70 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	97 days	40 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	76 days	86 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	93 days	69 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	---	---
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	---	57 days
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	---	68 days

90th

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	115 days	76 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	146 days	90 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	174 days	83 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	115 days	153 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	131 days	137 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	179 days	178 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	77 days	283 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	198 days	226 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	357 days	178 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	414 days	126 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	483 days	60 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	---	---
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	---	72 days
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	---	118 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	25 days	19 days
Peter Sytnik	Bridgewater	16 days	34 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	16 days	38 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	27 days	27 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	17 days	47 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Dartmouth	39 days	28 days
Lior Flor	Glace Bay	36 days	32 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	40 days	29 days
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	25 days	45 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	11 days	61 days
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	34 days	41 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	34 days	48 days
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	34 days	52 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	63 days	34 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	50 days	53 days
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	39 days	69 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	81 days	32 days
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	36 days	78 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	44 days	74 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	55 days	65 days
Adam Southcott	Truro	38 days	85 days
Chakshu Sahi	New Glasgow	58 days	66 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	68 days	58 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	76 days	51 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	90 days	41 days
Samuel Minor	Halifax	64 days	68 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	98 days	36 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	85 days	49 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	80 days	56 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	33 days	104 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	66 days	72 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	78 days	74 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	121 days	34 days
John Booth	Truro	39 days	117 days
Victoria Smith	Bridgewater	136 days	27 days
James C Ellsmere	Halifax	34 days	140 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	121 days	57 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	83 days	97 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	47 days	139 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	53 days	142 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	154 days	60 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	85 days	170 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	146 days	117 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	219 days	95 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	172 days	178 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	301 days	102 days
Alex D Mitchell	Dartmouth	---	---
Christopher Blackmore	Halifax	---	---
Dafydd Alexander Davies	Halifax	---	---
Jessica Louise Mills	Halifax	---	---
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	---	---
Maria Pilar Iskra Marco	Amherst	---	---

90th

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Allison Keeping	Sydney	49 days	20 days
Peter Sytnik	Bridgewater	37 days	64 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	48 days	55 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	51 days	83 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Dartmouth	82 days	62 days
Jane Watson-Jessome	Windsor	78 days	75 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	27 days	142 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	126 days	60 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	113 days	76 days
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	104 days	87 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	131 days	75 days
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	64 days	154 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	149 days	70 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	61 days	160 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	145 days	99 days
Chakshu Sahi	New Glasgow	135 days	111 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	146 days	104 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	174 days	79 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	126 days	132 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	189 days	78 days
John Booth	Truro	59 days	212 days
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	181 days	98 days
Victoria Smith	Bridgewater	192 days	90 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	219 days	69 days
James C Ellsmere	Halifax	83 days	211 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	146 days	154 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	184 days	117 days
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	143 days	178 days
Samuel Minor	Halifax	182 days	139 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	80 days	280 days
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	85 days	292 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	101 days	278 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	188 days	216 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	285 days	120 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	413 days	104 days
Adam Southcott	Truro	274 days	283 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	433 days	151 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	367 days	220 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	379 days	320 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	197 days	620 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	351 days	523 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	720 days	218 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	865 days	150 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	659 days	393 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	760 days	341 days
Lior Flor	Glace Bay	1056 days	48 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	839 days	345 days
Alex D Mitchell	Dartmouth	---	---
Christopher Blackmore	Halifax	---	---
Dafydd Alexander Davies	Halifax	---	---
Jessica Louise Mills	Halifax	---	---
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	---	---
Maria Pilar Iskra Marco	Amherst	---	---

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	49	220	60	211
2024 Oct-Dec	46	305	60	196
2025 Jan-Mar	55	361	59	247
2025 Apr-Jun	42	219	64	201
2025 Jul-Sep	51	210	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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90th

Wait Times by Surgeon

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Wait Times Trends

Gallbladder Surgery

Service/Procedure Summary

Wait times

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90th

Wait Times by Surgeon

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Wait Times Trends

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