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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 ?

147 days

Surgery

Nova Scotia

90% of people served within ?

201 days

Wait Times

90%

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	63 days	48 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	41 days	79 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	72 days	68 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	83 days	119 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	75 days	135 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	100 days	175 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	112 days	170 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	212 days	114 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	171 days	197 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	178 days	204 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	155 days	273 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	---	---
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	---	---
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	---	---

50%

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	13 days	15 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	16 days	22 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	17 days	22 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	20 days	35 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	18 days	41 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	27 days	41 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	34 days	36 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	32 days	41 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	35 days	45 days
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	58 days	46 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	40 days	72 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	---	---
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	---	---
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	---	---

Wait Times by Surgeon

90%

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Gregory Knapp	Halifax	31 days	31 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	37 days	54 days
Oleg Lefel	Yarmouth	63 days	29 days
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio	Halifax	53 days	52 days
Daniel Kagedan	Sydney	15 days	113 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	96 days	46 days
John Booth	Truro	75 days	77 days
Chakshu Sharma	New Glasgow	72 days	99 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	98 days	83 days
Lucy K Helyer	Halifax	159 days	23 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	125 days	97 days
Irma Joan Proctor	Bridgewater	41 days	184 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	76 days	150 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	162 days	64 days
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	137 days	134 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	77 days	198 days
Clay K Butler	Sydney	108 days	191 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	168 days	260 days
Paul M Johnson	Halifax	262 days	193 days
Katerina Neumann	Halifax	184 days	320 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	329 days	211 days
Chris Kenyon	Halifax	111 days	441 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	---	---
Alison Archibald	Sydney	---	61 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	---	---
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	---	---
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	---	71 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	167 days	---
Christopher Blackmore	Halifax	---	164 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	---	64 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	---	---
Dafydd Alexander Davies	Halifax	---	211 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	---	115 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	---	56 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	---	---
Geoffrey A Porter	Halifax	---	---
Jane Watson-Jessome	Windsor	---	---
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	---	---
Jessica Louise Mills	Halifax	---	152 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	---	62 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	---	---
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	---	---
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	35 days	---
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	---	---
Nabil Nader	Amherst	---	---
Rhys Kavanagh	Bridgewater	---	---
Rodney W McGory	Sydney	---	---
Rodrigo Luiz Romao	Halifax	---	147 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	---	139 days
Samuel Minor	Halifax	---	295 days
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	---	---
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	---	---
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	---	91 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	---	216 days

50%

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Oleg Lefel	Yarmouth	8 days	11 days
Lucy K Helyer	Halifax	15 days	11 days
Chakshu Sharma	New Glasgow	9 days	22 days
John Booth	Truro	15 days	26 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	20 days	22 days
Irma Joan Proctor	Bridgewater	20 days	22 days
Gregory Knapp	Halifax	19 days	28 days
Daniel Kagedan	Sydney	14 days	35 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	25 days	29 days
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio	Halifax	33 days	29 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	26 days	36 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	33 days	32 days
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	23 days	44 days
Kieron McGibney	Truro	20 days	47 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	56 days	20 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	46 days	31 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	39 days	51 days
Paul M Johnson	Halifax	40 days	66 days
Chris Kenyon	Halifax	41 days	71 days
Katerina Neumann	Halifax	42 days	83 days
Clay K Butler	Sydney	75 days	52 days
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	85 days	53 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	---	---
Alison Archibald	Sydney	---	24 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	---	---
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	---	---
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	---	15 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	62 days	---
Christopher Blackmore	Halifax	---	50 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	---	21 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	---	---
Dafydd Alexander Davies	Halifax	---	79 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	---	31 days
F Donald Clark	Kentville	---	30 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	---	---
Geoffrey A Porter	Halifax	---	---
Jane Watson-Jessome	Windsor	---	---
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	---	---
Jessica Louise Mills	Halifax	---	75 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	---	26 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	---	---
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	---	---
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	29 days	---
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	---	---
Nabil Nader	Amherst	---	---
Rhys Kavanagh	Bridgewater	---	---
Rodney W McGory	Sydney	---	---
Rodrigo Luiz Romao	Halifax	---	57 days
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	---	50 days
Samuel Minor	Halifax	---	113 days
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	---	---
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	---	---
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	---	60 days
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	---	79 days

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