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 50% of people served within? 35days

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

Wait times

50th

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	6 days	39 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	20 days	37 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	29 days	29 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	37 days	29 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	19 days	50 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	20 days	61 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	50 days	39 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	45 days	46 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	52 days	48 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	50 days	57 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	76 days	57 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	---	---
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	---	---
North Sydney	Northside General Hospital	---	31 days
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	---	---

90th

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	80 days	64 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	95 days	97 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	71 days	135 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	150 days	62 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	141 days	149 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	137 days	181 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	289 days	102 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	255 days	184 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	240 days	233 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	423 days	82 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	453 days	120 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	---	---
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	---	---
North Sydney	Northside General Hospital	---	60 days
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	---	---

Wait Times by Surgeon

50th

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Lucy K Helyer	Halifax	15 days	21 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	16 days	23 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	12 days	28 days
Gregory Knapp	Halifax	22 days	23 days
Victoria Smith	Bridgewater	17 days	32 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	15 days	37 days
John Booth	Truro	15 days	37 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	23 days	29 days
Allison Keeping	Sydney	19 days	35 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	29 days	27 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	18 days	39 days
Heather McFadgen	Halifax	31 days	33 days
Casey Armstrong	Kentville	24 days	43 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	37 days	36 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	45 days	28 days
Paul M Johnson	Halifax	27 days	55 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	25 days	59 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Dartmouth	68 days	32 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	21 days	82 days
Chris Kenyon	Halifax	41 days	71 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	52 days	72 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	86 days	39 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	60 days	78 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	90 days	53 days
Katerina Neumann	Halifax	58 days	109 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	168 days	87 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	---	---
Alexander Ednie	Halifax	---	---
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	---	124 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	---	45 days
Ashley Drohan	Halifax	---	49 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	---	38 days
Chakshu Sahi	New Glasgow	---	29 days
Christopher Blackmore	Halifax	---	23 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	---	---
Dafydd Alexander Davies	Halifax	---	---
Daniel Gerard French	Halifax	---	---
David MacFarlane	Kentville	---	44 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	---	44 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	---	40 days
James C Ellsmere	Halifax	---	---
Jessica Louise Mills	Halifax	---	---
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	---	99 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	---	38 days
Karen Milford	Halifax	---	40 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	---	66 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	---	37 days
Madelaine M Plourde	Halifax	---	---
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	---	---
Nabil Nader	Amherst	---	62 days
Peter Sytnik	Bridgewater	---	---
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	40 days	---
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	---	46 days
S. Mark Taylor	Halifax	---	---
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	---	---
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	---	---

90th

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	39 days	61 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	37 days	67 days
Gregory Knapp	Halifax	78 days	41 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	68 days	53 days
Allison Keeping	Sydney	37 days	89 days
Victoria Smith	Bridgewater	82 days	50 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	84 days	72 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	113 days	55 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	97 days	85 days
Lucy K Helyer	Halifax	31 days	158 days
Paul M Johnson	Halifax	119 days	92 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	30 days	181 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	141 days	101 days
Heather McFadgen	Halifax	143 days	135 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Dartmouth	205 days	86 days
Casey Armstrong	Kentville	227 days	95 days
Chris Kenyon	Halifax	79 days	279 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	308 days	62 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	289 days	92 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	62 days	356 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	240 days	190 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	329 days	102 days
John Booth	Truro	432 days	66 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	111 days	403 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	426 days	141 days
Katerina Neumann	Halifax	207 days	774 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	---	---
Alexander Ednie	Halifax	---	---
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	---	233 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	---	69 days
Ashley Drohan	Halifax	---	113 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	---	71 days
Chakshu Sahi	New Glasgow	---	102 days
Christopher Blackmore	Halifax	---	43 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	---	---
Dafydd Alexander Davies	Halifax	---	---
Daniel Gerard French	Halifax	---	---
David MacFarlane	Kentville	---	58 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	---	67 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	---	191 days
James C Ellsmere	Halifax	---	---
Jessica Louise Mills	Halifax	---	---
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	---	111 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	---	52 days
Karen Milford	Halifax	---	113 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	---	82 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	---	48 days
Madelaine M Plourde	Halifax	---	---
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	---	---
Nabil Nader	Amherst	---	83 days
Peter Sytnik	Bridgewater	---	---
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	165 days	---
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	---	50 days
S. Mark Taylor	Halifax	---	---
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	---	---
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	---	---

Wait Times Trends

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Time Period	Consult - 50th	Consult - 90th	Surgery - 50th	Surgery - 90th
2024 Apr-Jun	33	160	43	234
2024 Jul-Sep	24	175	41	112
2024 Oct-Dec	43	248	48	205
2025 Jan-Mar	38	227	47	212
2025 Apr-Jun	33	265	38	135
2025 Jul-Sep	41	270	48	191
2025 Oct-Dec	50	259	46	126
2026 Jan-Mar	39	219	42	174
2026 Apr-Jun	35	241	44	177

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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Gastrointestinal Tract Surgery

Service/Procedure Summary

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Wait Times by Surgeon

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Wait Times Trends

Gastrointestinal Tract Surgery

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