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
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	37 days	29 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	35 days	42 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	33 days	46 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	50 days	46 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	65 days	36 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	41 days	64 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	52 days	61 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	81 days	47 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	68 days	69 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	86 days	55 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	170 days	60 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	---	38 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	---	---
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	---	---

90th

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	71 days	87 days
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	51 days	110 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	161 days	93 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	145 days	139 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	135 days	169 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	248 days	71 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	262 days	103 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	232 days	134 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	270 days	120 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	221 days	240 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	544 days	238 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	15 days	26 days
Allison Keeping	Sydney	22 days	26 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	17 days	33 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	23 days	27 days
Peter Sytnik	Bridgewater	21 days	34 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Dartmouth	30 days	30 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	11 days	51 days
Lior Flor	Glace Bay	30 days	34 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	19 days	47 days
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	31 days	36 days
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	30 days	40 days
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	44 days	42 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	28 days	59 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	63 days	32 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	59 days	37 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	49 days	49 days
Maria Pilar Iskra Marco	Amherst	55 days	43 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	71 days	28 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	58 days	51 days
Samuel Minor	Halifax	55 days	56 days
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	25 days	90 days
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	39 days	77 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	80 days	38 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	72 days	49 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	83 days	39 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	73 days	51 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	21 days	104 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	95 days	32 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	87 days	50 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	76 days	62 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	91 days	50 days
Alex D Mitchell	Dartmouth	71 days	76 days
Chakshu Sahi	New Glasgow	83 days	67 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	78 days	76 days
John Booth	Truro	39 days	117 days
Victoria Smith	Bridgewater	109 days	48 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	93 days	76 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	84 days	92 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	45 days	131 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	115 days	63 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	58 days	120 days
James C Ellsmere	Halifax	55 days	162 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	92 days	170 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	154 days	112 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	243 days	35 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	146 days	138 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	236 days	111 days
Casey Armstrong	Kentville	---	42 days
Christopher Blackmore	Halifax	---	---
Dafydd Alexander Davies	Halifax	---	---
Jessica Louise Mills	Halifax	---	---
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	1281 days	---
Richard Spence	Halifax	---	146 days

90th

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Allison Keeping	Sydney	46 days	58 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	48 days	69 days
Peter Sytnik	Bridgewater	51 days	76 days
Maria Pilar Iskra Marco	Amherst	84 days	64 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Dartmouth	82 days	78 days
Jane Watson-Jessome	Windsor	91 days	95 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	68 days	121 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	113 days	88 days
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	91 days	111 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	50 days	160 days
Alex D Mitchell	Dartmouth	83 days	128 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	128 days	83 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	131 days	82 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	110 days	109 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	142 days	80 days
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	86 days	138 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	149 days	81 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	146 days	99 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	184 days	89 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	143 days	136 days
John Booth	Truro	70 days	212 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	207 days	87 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	234 days	69 days
Samuel Minor	Halifax	182 days	139 days
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	150 days	178 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	270 days	71 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	92 days	272 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	98 days	267 days
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	78 days	288 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	280 days	98 days
Chakshu Sahi	New Glasgow	267 days	111 days
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	221 days	159 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	172 days	216 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	326 days	75 days
Victoria Smith	Bridgewater	301 days	125 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	259 days	206 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	363 days	120 days
James C Ellsmere	Halifax	207 days	330 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	570 days	110 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	582 days	104 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	544 days	165 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	448 days	320 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	582 days	294 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	715 days	191 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	865 days	143 days
Lior Flor	Glace Bay	1056 days	60 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	840 days	345 days
Casey Armstrong	Kentville	---	46 days
Christopher Blackmore	Halifax	---	---
Dafydd Alexander Davies	Halifax	---	---
Jessica Louise Mills	Halifax	---	---
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	1316 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	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	51	210	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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90th

Wait Times by Surgeon

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Wait Times Trends

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