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? 30days

Surgery Nova Scotia 50% of people served within? 40days

Wait times

50%

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	15 days	34 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	27 days	43 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	82 days	72 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	19 days	29 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	33 days	47 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	---	76 days
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	---	---
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	122 days	40 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	---	---
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	58 days	78 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	7 days	51 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	19 days	38 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	22 days	41 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	42 days	35 days

90%

Community	Facility	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Yarmouth	Yarmouth Regional Hospital	112 days	124 days
Kentville	Valley Regional Hospital	130 days	164 days
Antigonish	St. Martha's Regional Hospital	196 days	156 days
Bridgewater	South Shore Regional Hospital	96 days	86 days
Halifax	QEII Health Sciences Centre (All Sites)	189 days	419 days
Halifax	IWK Health Centre	---	170 days
Inverness	Inverness Consolidated Memorial Hospital	---	---
Windsor	Hants Community Hospital	259 days	112 days
Glace Bay	Glace Bay Healthcare Facility	---	---
Dartmouth	Dartmouth General Hospital	278 days	193 days
Amherst	Cumberland Regional Health Care Centre	147 days	118 days
Truro	Colchester East Hants Health Centre	72 days	79 days
Sydney	Cape Breton Regional Hospital	82 days	185 days
New Glasgow	Aberdeen Hospital	206 days	74 days

Wait Times by Surgeon

50%

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	109 days	111 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	20 days	30 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	---	---
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	---	---
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	---	---
Samuel Minor	Halifax	---	---
S. Mark Taylor	Halifax	---	---
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	---	62 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	32 days	39 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	59 days	27 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Bridgewater	50 days	20 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	48 days	43 days
Paul M Johnson	Halifax	41 days	45 days
Oleg Lefel	Yarmouth	26 days	19 days
Najeeb Ahmed Abdul Kadir	Truro	---	---
Nabil Nader	Amherst	---	75 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	21 days	33 days
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	---	39 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	---	---
Lucy K Helyer	Halifax	14 days	17 days
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	144 days	88 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	---	---
Kieron McGibney	Truro	---	58 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	---	29 days
Katerina Neumann	Halifax	46 days	105 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	87 days	71 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	---	37 days
John Booth	Truro	---	50 days
Jessica Louise Mills	Halifax	---	---
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	---	---
Jane Watson-Jessome	Windsor	116 days	36 days
James C Ellsmere	Halifax	---	---
Irma Joan Proctor	Bridgewater	---	24 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	---	---
Gregory Knapp	Halifax	19 days	36 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	---	---
F Donald Clark	Kentville	---	54 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	---	---
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	17 days	38 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	---	22 days
Dafydd Alexander Davies	Halifax	---	96 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	43 days	52 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	---	43 days
Clay K Butler	Sydney	---	17 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	8 days	44 days
Christopher Blackmore	Halifax	---	40 days
Chris Kenyon	Halifax	55 days	85 days
Chakshu Sharma	New Glasgow	---	---
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio	Halifax	---	31 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	---	---
Brian Nocon	New Glasgow	56 days	26 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	---	75 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	---	---
Baharak Amir	Halifax	---	---
Ashley Drohan	Halifax	---	17 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	---	---
Alison Archibald	Sydney	48 days	38 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	23 days	94 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	---	---

90%

Surgeon	Community	Consult Wait Time	Surgery Wait Time
Warren W Shih	Dartmouth	278 days	180 days
Todd Stoddart	Bridgewater	96 days	55 days
Stephanie Lapierre	Sydney	---	---
Stephanie Hiebert	Halifax	---	---
Scott Livingstone	Halifax	---	---
Samuel Minor	Halifax	---	---
S. Mark Taylor	Halifax	---	---
Ryan Patrick Kelly	Kentville	---	193 days
Riley Stewart	Dartmouth	92 days	94 days
Richard Spence	Halifax	521 days	99 days
Rhys Kavanagh	Bridgewater	158 days	46 days
Paul Yaffe	Kentville	182 days	176 days
Paul M Johnson	Halifax	62 days	208 days
Oleg Lefel	Yarmouth	112 days	77 days
Najeeb Ahmed Abdul Kadir	Truro	---	---
Nabil Nader	Amherst	---	119 days
Martin Dzierzanowski	Truro	57 days	62 days
Mark J Walsh	Halifax	---	47 days
Lukas Wasserman	Antigonish	---	---
Lucy K Helyer	Halifax	19 days	125 days
Leszek J Wasilewski	Dartmouth	299 days	193 days
Krista de Boer	Antigonish	---	---
Kieron McGibney	Truro	---	120 days
Kevin Johnson	Bridgewater	---	43 days
Katerina Neumann	Halifax	230 days	860 days
Jonathan Boyde Enright	Dartmouth	125 days	108 days
John L Murdoch	Dartmouth	---	127 days
John Booth	Truro	---	55 days
Jessica Louise Mills	Halifax	---	---
Jenelle King	Yarmouth	---	---
Jane Watson-Jessome	Windsor	259 days	71 days
James C Ellsmere	Halifax	---	---
Irma Joan Proctor	Bridgewater	---	37 days
Heather Poushay	Sydney	---	---
Gregory Knapp	Halifax	34 days	61 days
Farisa Hossain	Antigonish	---	---
F Donald Clark	Kentville	---	80 days
Eileen Roach	Sydney	---	---
Edward Joy	Bridgewater	63 days	137 days
David MacFarlane	Kentville	---	42 days
Dafydd Alexander Davies	Halifax	---	161 days
Colleen M O'Sullivan	New Glasgow	196 days	71 days
Colin McWilliams	Amherst	---	57 days
Clay K Butler	Sydney	---	88 days
Christopher Murphy	Yarmouth	32 days	158 days
Christopher Blackmore	Halifax	---	114 days
Chris Kenyon	Halifax	121 days	593 days
Chakshu Sharma	New Glasgow	---	---
Carman Anthony Giacomantonio	Halifax	---	497 days
C Marius Hoogerboord	Halifax	---	---
Brian Nocon	New Glasgow	206 days	53 days
Blair MacDonald	Yarmouth	---	90 days
Benjamin Heisler	Kentville	---	---
Baharak Amir	Halifax	---	---
Ashley Drohan	Halifax	---	42 days
Andrea Marie Faryniuk	Amherst	---	---
Alison Archibald	Sydney	90 days	107 days
Alicia Lamey	Sydney	99 days	237 days
Ahmed Jad	Truro	---	---

Wait Times Trends

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Time Period	Consult - 50%	Consult - 90%	Surgery - 50%	Surgery - 90%
2021 Oct-Dec	34	155	42	164
2022 Jan-Mar	23	135	25	102
2022 Apr-Jun	24	131	43	240
2022 Jul-Sep	33	114	48	253
2022 Oct-Dec	50	275	50	330
2023 Jan-Mar	34	203	43	287
2023 Apr-Jun	26	155	44	188
2023 Jul-Sep	40	156	43	265
2023 Oct-Dec	30	182	40	247

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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Gastrointestinal Tract Surgery

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