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	19 days	36 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	29 days	29 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	31 days	29 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	33 days	33 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	29 days	47 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	32 days	48 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	32 days	50 days
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	60 days	22 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	27 days	61 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	53 days	51 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	32 days	98 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	74 days	64 days
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	---	---
North Sydney	Northside General Hospital	---	---

90th

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	57 days	98 days
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	121 days	72 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	146 days	61 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	73 days	148 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	176 days	71 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	151 days	117 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	233 days	60 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	150 days	193 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	286 days	135 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	239 days	270 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	301 days	216 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	247 days	364 days
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	8 days	24 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	13 days	33 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	22 days	26 days
Chakshu Sahi	New Glasgow	22 days	29 days
Gregory Knapp	Halifax	13 days	38 days
Victoria Smith	Bridgewater	16 days	35 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	19 days	37 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	29 days	28 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	29 days	28 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	21 days	43 days
Ashley Drohan	Halifax	19 days	49 days
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	24 days	49 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	39 days	41 days
Alex D Mitchell	Dartmouth	32 days	50 days
Paul M Johnson	Halifax	36 days	48 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Dartmouth	58 days	28 days
Chris Kenyon	Halifax	29 days	61 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	49 days	51 days
John Booth	Truro	53 days	50 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	81 days	22 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	47 days	57 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	76 days	34 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	57 days	54 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	39 days	76 days
Karen Milford	Halifax	47 days	69 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	82 days	36 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	59 days	62 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	19 days	107 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	86 days	72 days
Katerina Neumann	Halifax	125 days	107 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	215 days	79 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	---	---
Alexander Ednie	Halifax	---	---
Alison Archibald	Sydney	---	45 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	---	---
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	---	---
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio	Halifax	---	76 days
Christopher Blackmore	Halifax	---	54 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	---	20 days
Dafydd Alexander Davies	Halifax	---	87 days
Daniel Gerard French	Halifax	---	---
David MacFarlane	Kentville	---	---
Eileen Roach	Sydney	---	56 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	---	65 days
Heather McFadgen	Halifax	---	---
Heather Poushay	Sydney	---	---
James C Ellsmere	Halifax	---	---
Jane Watson-Jessome	Windsor	---	---
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	---	11 days
Jessica Louise Mills	Halifax	---	---
Kieron McGibney	Truro	---	47 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	---	---
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	---	---
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	---	114 days
Madelaine M Plourde	Halifax	---	---
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	23 days	---
S. Mark Taylor	Halifax	---	---
Samuel Minor	Halifax	---	---
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	---	---
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	---	---
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	---	27 days
Timothy D Wallace	Amherst	---	---

90th

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	34 days	39 days
Lucy K Helyer	Halifax	28 days	45 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	55 days	78 days
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	67 days	79 days
Victoria Smith	Bridgewater	82 days	72 days
Alex D Mitchell	Dartmouth	64 days	100 days
Gregory Knapp	Halifax	38 days	137 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	123 days	61 days
Karen Milford	Halifax	67 days	122 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	159 days	49 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	112 days	98 days
Chakshu Sahi	New Glasgow	165 days	49 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	146 days	69 days
John Booth	Truro	151 days	71 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	32 days	191 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Dartmouth	182 days	44 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	182 days	45 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	196 days	71 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	191 days	101 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	137 days	179 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	168 days	159 days
Paul M Johnson	Halifax	152 days	227 days
Chris Kenyon	Halifax	86 days	312 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	301 days	111 days
Ashley Drohan	Halifax	267 days	158 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	295 days	158 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	102 days	359 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	385 days	100 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	265 days	226 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	579 days	135 days
Katerina Neumann	Halifax	576 days	848 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	---	---
Alexander Ednie	Halifax	---	---
Alison Archibald	Sydney	---	183 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	---	---
Boris Gala Lopez	Halifax	---	---
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio	Halifax	---	379 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	---	93 days
Heather McFadgen	Halifax	---	---
Heather Poushay	Sydney	---	---
James C Ellsmere	Halifax	---	---
Jane Watson-Jessome	Windsor	---	---
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	---	24 days
Jessica Louise Mills	Halifax	---	---
Kieron McGibney	Truro	---	124 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	---	114 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	41	273	43	265
2023 Oct-Dec	39	182	41	247
2024 Jan-Mar	43	231	48	120
2024 Apr-Jun	29	138	43	234
2024 Jul-Sep	26	175	41	112
2024 Oct-Dec	43	221	48	205
2025 Jan-Mar	37	227	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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