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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 ?

134 days

Surgery

Nova Scotia

90% of people served within ?

171 days

Wait Times

90%

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	16 days	85 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	75 days	57 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	49 days	106 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	66 days	98 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	76 days	98 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	127 days	58 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	78 days	126 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	113 days	99 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	199 days	188 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	228 days	164 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	163 days	324 days
North Sydney	Northside General Hospital	---	---
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	---	---

50%

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	14 days	19 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	17 days	23 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	19 days	22 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	18 days	35 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	18 days	36 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	13 days	44 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	33 days	26 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	21 days	41 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	41 days	34 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	39 days	49 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	44 days	55 days
North Sydney	Northside General Hospital	---	---
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	---	---

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	16 days	29 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	21 days	51 days
Geoffrey A Porter	Halifax	44 days	52 days
James C Ellsmere	Halifax	45 days	56 days
Clay K Butler	Sydney	76 days	27 days
Hani Redwan	Sydney	70 days	47 days
Irma Joan Proctor	Bridgewater	60 days	64 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	57 days	70 days
Roderick McKenney	Truro	46 days	83 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	49 days	96 days
Lucy K Helyer	Halifax	33 days	115 days
Philip Michael Smith	Truro	68 days	83 days
Dennis R Klassen	Halifax	113 days	40 days
Oleg Lefel	Yarmouth	58 days	98 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	66 days	100 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	142 days	31 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	113 days	73 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	43 days	167 days
Jane Watson-Jessome	Dartmouth	144 days	91 days
Samuel Minor	Halifax	135 days	109 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	71 days	188 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	187 days	89 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	78 days	204 days
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	199 days	103 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	215 days	128 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	89 days	265 days
Paul M Johnson	Halifax	175 days	196 days
Alison Archibald	North Sydney	16 days	374 days
Chris Kenyon	Halifax	69 days	405 days
Abdulrahim S Alawashez	Antigonish	---	---
Alex D Mitchell	Dartmouth	---	230 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	---	---
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	34 days	---
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	---	---
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio	Halifax	---	73 days
Dafydd Alexander Davies	Halifax	---	86 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	---	105 days
Jessica Louise Mills	Halifax	---	34 days
Katerina Neumann	Halifax	---	278 days
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	---	---
Nabil Nader	Amherst	---	---
Najeeb Ahmed Abdul Kadir	Amherst	---	---
Rodney W McGory	Sydney	---	184 days
Rodrigo Luiz Romao	Halifax	---	84 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	36 days	---
S. Mark Taylor	Halifax	---	247 days
Timothy D Wallace	Amherst	---	---
Trevor J Topp	Halifax	---	---

50%

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	11 days	19 days
Hani Redwan	Sydney	15 days	18 days
Clay K Butler	Sydney	16 days	19 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	20 days	15 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	14 days	27 days
Irma Joan Proctor	Bridgewater	19 days	24 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	12 days	34 days
Geoffrey A Porter	Halifax	20 days	27 days
Lucy K Helyer	Halifax	15 days	33 days
Oleg Lefel	Yarmouth	26 days	24 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	26 days	27 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	22 days	36 days
James C Ellsmere	Halifax	39 days	20 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	20 days	41 days
Philip Michael Smith	Truro	17 days	44 days
Dennis R Klassen	Halifax	43 days	20 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	25 days	41 days
Alison Archibald	North Sydney	8 days	59 days
Roderick McKenney	Truro	32 days	35 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	27 days	45 days
Samuel Minor	Halifax	54 days	23 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	23 days	58 days
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	73 days	32 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	63 days	60 days
Chris Kenyon	Halifax	44 days	84 days
Paul M Johnson	Halifax	78 days	54 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	33 days	110 days
Jane Watson-Jessome	Dartmouth	90 days	67 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	142 days	57 days
Abdulrahim S Alawashez	Antigonish	---	---
Alex D Mitchell	Dartmouth	---	167 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	---	---
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	7 days	---
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	---	---
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio	Halifax	---	48 days
Dafydd Alexander Davies	Halifax	---	52 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	---	61 days
Jessica Louise Mills	Halifax	---	24 days
Katerina Neumann	Halifax	---	61 days
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	---	---
Nabil Nader	Amherst	---	---
Najeeb Ahmed Abdul Kadir	Amherst	---	---
Rodney W McGory	Sydney	---	55 days
Rodrigo Luiz Romao	Halifax	---	51 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	32 days	---
S. Mark Taylor	Halifax	---	179 days
Timothy D Wallace	Amherst	---	---
Trevor J Topp	Halifax	---	---

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Gastrointestinal Tract Surgery

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