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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 ?

166 days

Surgery

Nova Scotia

90% of people served within ?

207 days

Wait Times

90%

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	43 days	50 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	55 days	41 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	62 days	107 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	104 days	78 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	43 days	142 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	102 days	129 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	129 days	111 days
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	201 days	59 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	118 days	162 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	175 days	125 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	175 days	416 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	466 days	320 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	---	---
North Sydney	Northside General Hospital	---	---

50%

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	8 days	14 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	10 days	26 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	22 days	24 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	18 days	36 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	20 days	39 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	25 days	36 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	34 days	45 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	28 days	61 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	30 days	61 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	42 days	49 days
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	57 days	40 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	71 days	59 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	---	---
North Sydney	Northside General Hospital	---	---

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
David MacFarlane	Kentville	17 days	44 days
Oleg Lefel	Yarmouth	12 days	50 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	28 days	36 days
Geoffrey A Porter	Halifax	17 days	69 days
Lucy K Helyer	Halifax	61 days	26 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	50 days	38 days
John Booth	Truro	82 days	27 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	32 days	83 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	37 days	94 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	35 days	100 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	57 days	101 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	124 days	52 days
Clay K Butler	Sydney	94 days	107 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	33 days	181 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	118 days	99 days
Roderick McKenney	Truro	166 days	79 days
Philip Michael Smith	Truro	89 days	163 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	108 days	172 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	166 days	137 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	113 days	197 days
Paul M Johnson	Halifax	116 days	280 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	167 days	251 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	119 days	358 days
Katerina Neumann	Halifax	241 days	299 days
Chris Kenyon	Halifax	107 days	559 days
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	578 days	131 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	575 days	141 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	466 days	321 days
Ahmed Jad	Antigonish	---	---
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	---	---
Aneil Arvind Mujoomdar	Halifax	---	---
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	---	75 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	---	38 days
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio	Halifax	---	71 days
Chakshu Sharma	New Glasgow	26 days	---
Christopher Blackmore	Halifax	---	142 days
Dafydd Alexander Davies	Halifax	---	89 days
Daniel Kagedan	Sydney	---	50 days
Gregory Knapp	Halifax	---	---
Heather Poushay	North Sydney	---	---
Irma Joan Proctor	Bridgewater	---	62 days
James C Ellsmere	Halifax	---	---
Jane Watson-Jessome	Windsor	---	---
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	---	---
Jessica Louise Mills	Halifax	---	64 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	---	---
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	---	129 days
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	32 days	---
Rodney W McGory	Sydney	---	---
Rodney W McGory	Sydney	---	---
Rodrigo Luiz Romao	Halifax	---	169 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	---	39 days
Samuel Minor	Halifax	---	283 days
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	---	---
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	---	---
Trevor J Topp	Halifax	---	---

50%

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Oleg Lefel	Yarmouth	5 days	14 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	8 days	16 days
Lucy K Helyer	Halifax	14 days	13 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	10 days	25 days
Geoffrey A Porter	Halifax	12 days	30 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	12 days	31 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	23 days	23 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	29 days	18 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	20 days	27 days
Philip Michael Smith	Truro	9 days	43 days
John Booth	Truro	38 days	16 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	27 days	27 days
Clay K Butler	Sydney	18 days	44 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	22 days	41 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	23 days	43 days
Roderick McKenney	Truro	41 days	26 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	34 days	46 days
Alison Archibald	Sydney	57 days	28 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	42 days	44 days
Paul M Johnson	Halifax	40 days	46 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	38 days	55 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	29 days	78 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	67 days	74 days
Katerina Neumann	Halifax	68 days	75 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	77 days	76 days
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	119 days	41 days
Chris Kenyon	Halifax	45 days	121 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	145 days	60 days
Ahmed Jad	Antigonish	---	---
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	---	---
Aneil Arvind Mujoomdar	Halifax	---	---
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	---	32 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	---	10 days
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio	Halifax	---	57 days
Chakshu Sharma	New Glasgow	11 days	---
Christopher Blackmore	Halifax	---	87 days
Dafydd Alexander Davies	Halifax	---	65 days
Daniel Kagedan	Sydney	---	23 days
Gregory Knapp	Halifax	---	---
Heather Poushay	North Sydney	---	---
Irma Joan Proctor	Bridgewater	---	41 days
James C Ellsmere	Halifax	---	---
Jane Watson-Jessome	Windsor	---	---
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	---	---
Jessica Louise Mills	Halifax	---	13 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	---	---
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	---	124 days
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	24 days	---
Rodney W McGory	Sydney	---	---
Rodney W McGory	Sydney	---	---
Rodrigo Luiz Romao	Halifax	---	68 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	---	30 days
Samuel Minor	Halifax	---	151 days
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	---	---
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	---	---
Trevor J Topp	Halifax	---	---

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