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? 41days

Surgery Nova Scotia 50% of people served within? 48days

Wait times

50th

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	17 days	36 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	28 days	29 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	29 days	33 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	37 days	33 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	32 days	40 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	23 days	49 days
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	60 days	22 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	21 days	62 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	37 days	48 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	60 days	46 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	67 days	58 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	60 days	66 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	---	---
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	---	---
North Sydney	Northside General Hospital	---	---

90th

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	55 days	86 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	63 days	117 days
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	121 days	72 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	146 days	61 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	83 days	127 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	165 days	61 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	182 days	71 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	150 days	183 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	313 days	119 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	239 days	242 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	122 days	364 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	301 days	209 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	---	---
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	---	---
North Sydney	Northside General Hospital	---	---

Wait Times by Surgeon

50th

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Lucy K Helyer	Halifax	9 days	20 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	15 days	35 days
Gregory Knapp	Halifax	16 days	36 days
Chakshu Sahi	New Glasgow	22 days	31 days
Victoria Smith	Bridgewater	16 days	37 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	28 days	28 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	29 days	28 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	28 days	33 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	21 days	43 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Dartmouth	58 days	28 days
Ashley Drohan	Halifax	33 days	56 days
Chris Kenyon	Halifax	29 days	62 days
Alex D Mitchell	Dartmouth	43 days	50 days
John Booth	Truro	43 days	50 days
Paul M Johnson	Halifax	40 days	53 days
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	27 days	71 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	46 days	57 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	74 days	31 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	76 days	33 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	48 days	63 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	61 days	52 days
Karen Milford	Halifax	47 days	69 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	64 days	54 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	84 days	37 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	59 days	62 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	74 days	77 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	118 days	41 days
Katerina Neumann	Halifax	145 days	107 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	188 days	80 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	---	---
Alexander Ednie	Halifax	---	---
Alison Archibald	Sydney	---	41 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	---	---
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	---	37 days
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio	Halifax	---	70 days
Christopher Blackmore	Halifax	---	47 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	---	21 days
Dafydd Alexander Davies	Halifax	---	35 days
Daniel Gerard French	Halifax	---	---
David MacFarlane	Kentville	---	---
Eileen Roach	Sydney	---	56 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	---	62 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	---	102 days
Heather McFadgen	Halifax	26 days	---
Heather Poushay	Sydney	---	---
James C Ellsmere	Halifax	---	---
Jane Watson-Jessome	Windsor	---	---
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	---	10 days
Jessica Louise Mills	Halifax	---	71 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	---	47 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	---	---
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	---	---
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	---	88 days
Madelaine M Plourde	Halifax	---	---
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	18 days	---
S. Mark Taylor	Halifax	---	---
Samuel Minor	Halifax	---	---
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	---	---
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	---	---
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	---	26 days
Timothy D Wallace	Amherst	---	---

90th

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Lucy K Helyer	Halifax	32 days	45 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	34 days	53 days
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	32 days	84 days
Victoria Smith	Bridgewater	82 days	72 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	55 days	113 days
Gregory Knapp	Halifax	38 days	137 days
Karen Milford	Halifax	68 days	122 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	159 days	49 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	146 days	62 days
Alex D Mitchell	Dartmouth	121 days	100 days
John Booth	Truro	151 days	71 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	182 days	45 days
Chakshu Sahi	New Glasgow	165 days	67 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Dartmouth	205 days	44 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	196 days	71 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	191 days	101 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	244 days	53 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	168 days	159 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	137 days	217 days
Paul M Johnson	Halifax	152 days	242 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	301 days	102 days
Ashley Drohan	Halifax	267 days	158 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	295 days	158 days
Chris Kenyon	Halifax	72 days	385 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	102 days	359 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	265 days	226 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	467 days	100 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	579 days	119 days
Katerina Neumann	Halifax	307 days	848 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	---	---
Alexander Ednie	Halifax	---	---
Alison Archibald	Sydney	---	131 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	---	---
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	---	63 days
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio	Halifax	---	96 days
Christopher Blackmore	Halifax	---	127 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	---	28 days
Dafydd Alexander Davies	Halifax	---	155 days
Daniel Gerard French	Halifax	---	---
David MacFarlane	Kentville	---	---
Eileen Roach	Sydney	---	82 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	---	80 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	---	191 days
Heather McFadgen	Halifax	143 days	---
Heather Poushay	Sydney	---	---
James C Ellsmere	Halifax	---	---
Jane Watson-Jessome	Windsor	---	---
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	---	24 days
Jessica Louise Mills	Halifax	---	83 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	---	82 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	---	---
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	---	---
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	---	167 days
Madelaine M Plourde	Halifax	---	---
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	33 days	---
S. Mark Taylor	Halifax	---	---
Samuel Minor	Halifax	---	---
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	---	---
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	---	---
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	---	83 days
Timothy D Wallace	Amherst	---	---

Wait Times Trends

See wait times trend by selecting the coloured boxes in the legend

Time Period	Consult - 50th	Consult - 90th	Surgery - 50th	Surgery - 90th
2023 Jul-Sep	40	259	43	265
2023 Oct-Dec	39	182	41	247
2024 Jan-Mar	43	231	48	120
2024 Apr-Jun	29	153	43	234
2024 Jul-Sep	26	175	41	112
2024 Oct-Dec	43	217	48	205
2025 Jan-Mar	36	174	47	212
2025 Apr-Jun	35	265	38	135
2025 Jul-Sep	41	270	48	191

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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