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Gastrointestinal Tract Surgery

Service/Procedure Summary

This procedure inserts a special camera called a laparoscope into the stomach to examine or repair it. Surgery on the GI tract, the path that food follows through the body.

Consult

Nova Scotia

90% of people served within ?

168 days

Surgery

Nova Scotia

90% of people served within ?

178 days

Wait Times

90%

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	82 days	73 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	49 days	121 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	106 days	72 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	90 days	92 days
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	132 days	69 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	134 days	100 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	61 days	206 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	59 days	210 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	228 days	58 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	271 days	77 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	259 days	178 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	163 days	349 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	---	---
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	---	---

50%

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	12 days	16 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	14 days	32 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	27 days	21 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	21 days	28 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	25 days	35 days
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	35 days	28 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	34 days	44 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	24 days	58 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	37 days	50 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	41 days	47 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	36 days	59 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	73 days	25 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	---	---
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	---	---

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Oleg Lefel	Yarmouth	21 days	36 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	42 days	43 days
Irma Joan Proctor	Bridgewater	33 days	55 days
Lucy K Helyer	Halifax	46 days	58 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	57 days	73 days
Hani Redwan	Sydney	90 days	47 days
Philip Michael Smith	Truro	73 days	82 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	133 days	30 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	85 days	80 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	53 days	142 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	79 days	121 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	57 days	149 days
Geoffrey A Porter	Halifax	44 days	188 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	102 days	149 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	147 days	127 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	193 days	85 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	252 days	30 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	128 days	210 days
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	200 days	178 days
Clay K Butler	Sydney	292 days	98 days
Paul M Johnson	Halifax	195 days	196 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	286 days	142 days
Roderick McKenney	Truro	365 days	86 days
Jane Watson-Jessome	Dartmouth	182 days	286 days
S. Mark Taylor	Halifax	130 days	360 days
Chris Kenyon	Halifax	82 days	456 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	386 days	162 days
Alex D Mitchell	Dartmouth	---	---
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	---	49 days
Alison Archibald	North Sydney	---	45 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	---	---
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	---	---
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	---	51 days
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio	Halifax	---	185 days
Chakshu Sharma	New Glasgow	---	46 days
Christopher Blackmore	Halifax	---	---
Dafydd Alexander Davies	Halifax	---	78 days
Daniel Gerard French	Halifax	---	---
Dennis R Klassen	Halifax	---	136 days
Eric Hyun	New Glasgow	---	68 days
James C Ellsmere	Halifax	---	---
Jessica Louise Mills	Halifax	---	---
Katerina Neumann	Halifax	---	523 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	---	206 days
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	---	---
Nabil Nader	Amherst	---	29 days
Najeeb Ahmed Abdul Kadir	Amherst	---	---
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	---	---
Rodrigo Luiz Romao	Halifax	---	84 days
Samuel Minor	Halifax	---	123 days
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	---	---
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	---	---
Trevor J Topp	Halifax	---	---

50%

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Oleg Lefel	Yarmouth	10 days	12 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	17 days	17 days
Lucy K Helyer	Halifax	15 days	26 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	25 days	23 days
Irma Joan Proctor	Bridgewater	14 days	34 days
Hani Redwan	Sydney	39 days	15 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	25 days	29 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	12 days	43 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	26 days	34 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	24 days	38 days
Philip Michael Smith	Truro	22 days	43 days
Geoffrey A Porter	Halifax	14 days	52 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	40 days	34 days
Jane Watson-Jessome	Dartmouth	43 days	34 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	33 days	46 days
Roderick McKenney	Truro	38 days	45 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	42 days	42 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	57 days	34 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	42 days	50 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	30 days	78 days
Chris Kenyon	Halifax	34 days	76 days
Paul M Johnson	Halifax	64 days	47 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	58 days	66 days
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	48 days	81 days
Clay K Butler	Sydney	110 days	25 days
S. Mark Taylor	Halifax	73 days	76 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	129 days	37 days
Alex D Mitchell	Dartmouth	---	---
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	---	40 days
Alison Archibald	North Sydney	---	20 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	---	---
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	---	---
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	---	28 days
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio	Halifax	---	64 days
Chakshu Sharma	New Glasgow	---	28 days
Christopher Blackmore	Halifax	---	---
Dafydd Alexander Davies	Halifax	---	50 days
Daniel Gerard French	Halifax	---	---
Dennis R Klassen	Halifax	---	52 days
Eric Hyun	New Glasgow	---	31 days
James C Ellsmere	Halifax	---	---
Jessica Louise Mills	Halifax	---	---
Katerina Neumann	Halifax	---	80 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	---	47 days
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	---	---
Nabil Nader	Amherst	---	26 days
Najeeb Ahmed Abdul Kadir	Amherst	---	---
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	---	---
Rodrigo Luiz Romao	Halifax	---	43 days
Samuel Minor	Halifax	---	102 days
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	---	---
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	---	---
Trevor J Topp	Halifax	---	---

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