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

90%

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

Wait Times by Surgeon

50%

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

90%

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

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.