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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 ?

140 days

Surgery

Nova Scotia

90% of people served within ?

159 days

Wait Times

90%

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	75 days	54 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	47 days	86 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	47 days	96 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	66 days	98 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	117 days	50 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	83 days	124 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	113 days	99 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	137 days	100 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	228 days	114 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	209 days	167 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	140 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	15 days	20 days
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	15 days	21 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	19 days	18 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	27 days	24 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	17 days	37 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	22 days	33 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	13 days	44 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	21 days	42 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	48 days	34 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	41 days	48 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	41 days	48 days
North Sydney	Northside General Hospital	---	---
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	---	---

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Geoffrey A Porter	Halifax	26 days	31 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	48 days	27 days
Edward Joy	New Glasgow	30 days	51 days
Clay K Butler	Sydney	76 days	27 days
Lucy K Helyer	Halifax	33 days	75 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	66 days	57 days
Irma Joan Proctor	Bridgewater	60 days	64 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	47 days	82 days
Hani Redwan	Sydney	70 days	61 days
Oleg Lefel	Yarmouth	27 days	111 days
Roderick McKenney	Truro	58 days	92 days
Vincent O'Malley	Kentville	112 days	42 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	43 days	125 days
Philip Michael Smith	Truro	67 days	106 days
James C Ellsmere	Halifax	126 days	56 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	133 days	50 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	113 days	75 days
Samuel Minor	Halifax	135 days	90 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	71 days	162 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	134 days	113 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	83 days	204 days
Rodney W McGory	Sydney	122 days	184 days
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	209 days	111 days
Paul M Johnson	Halifax	175 days	158 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	215 days	121 days
Alison Archibald	North Sydney	31 days	374 days
Chris Kenyon	Halifax	65 days	433 days
S. Mark Taylor	Halifax	117 days	553 days
Abdulrahim S Alawashez	Antigonish	---	---
Alex D Mitchell	Dartmouth	---	---
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	---	---
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	---	---
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	---	---
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	---	---
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	---	89 days
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio	Halifax	---	73 days
Dafydd Alexander Davies	Halifax	---	86 days
Dennis R Klassen	Halifax	---	40 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	---	111 days
Jane Watson-Jessome	Dartmouth	144 days	---
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	---	---
Jessica Louise Mills	Halifax	---	79 days
John Booth	Truro	---	35 days
Katerina Neumann	Halifax	---	243 days
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	---	---
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	---	37 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	---	---
Najeeb Ahmed Abdul Kadir	Amherst	---	---
Rodrigo Luiz Romao	Halifax	---	75 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	---	---
Timothy D Wallace	Amherst	---	---

50%

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Geoffrey A Porter	Halifax	15 days	18 days
Clay K Butler	Sydney	17 days	17 days
Hani Redwan	Sydney	15 days	19 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	20 days	16 days
Oleg Lefel	Yarmouth	18 days	21 days
Lucy K Helyer	Halifax	13 days	27 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	18 days	25 days
Irma Joan Proctor	Bridgewater	19 days	24 days
Edward Joy	New Glasgow	17 days	31 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	24 days	26 days
Roderick McKenney	Truro	17 days	36 days
Philip Michael Smith	Truro	11 days	44 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	19 days	38 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	20 days	39 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	23 days	40 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	15 days	48 days
James C Ellsmere	Halifax	43 days	22 days
Alison Archibald	North Sydney	8 days	59 days
Vincent O'Malley	Kentville	56 days	21 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	22 days	55 days
Rodney W McGory	Sydney	42 days	37 days
Samuel Minor	Halifax	62 days	21 days
Chris Kenyon	Halifax	41 days	62 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	58 days	55 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	32 days	90 days
Paul M Johnson	Halifax	77 days	57 days
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	118 days	32 days
S. Mark Taylor	Halifax	98 days	111 days
Abdulrahim S Alawashez	Antigonish	---	---
Alex D Mitchell	Dartmouth	---	---
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	---	---
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	---	---
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	---	---
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	---	---
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	---	57 days
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio	Halifax	---	40 days
Dafydd Alexander Davies	Halifax	---	58 days
Dennis R Klassen	Halifax	---	20 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	---	76 days
Jane Watson-Jessome	Dartmouth	62 days	---
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	---	---
Jessica Louise Mills	Halifax	---	32 days
John Booth	Truro	---	24 days
Katerina Neumann	Halifax	---	54 days
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	---	---
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	---	19 days
Nabil Nader	Amherst	---	---
Najeeb Ahmed Abdul Kadir	Amherst	---	---
Rodrigo Luiz Romao	Halifax	---	40 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	---	---
Timothy D Wallace	Amherst	---	---

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Gastrointestinal Tract Surgery

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