Cardiac Surgery

Half of all heart or cardiac surgery in B.C. is done on an emergency basis and without delay. According to the Median Wait Time, all the people who have had their surgery in the past three months, half waited less than the median wait time.

Patients Waiting as of Jun 30/08	Median Wait Time for 3 months ending Jun 30/08	Surgeries Performed for the 3 months ending Jun 30/08
238	48 days 6.9 weeks	329

B.C. provides one of the highest rates of both cardiac surgery and coronary angioplasty in Canada, and B.C. programs offer quality care with the latest technological advances in clinical-care delivery.

Where are you scheduled to have your surgery?

Cardiac surgery and coronary angioplasty are provided by four hospitals in British Columbia

Royal Columbian Hospital

Surgeon	Patients Waiting	Median Weeks Wait Time
Dr D.J. Gunning	7	6.1
Dr. Robert Hayden	13	10.9
Dr. Shahzad Karim	11	14.6
Dr. Timothy Latham	7	9.0
RCH Total	38	10.9

Surgeon	Patients Waiting	Median Weeks Wait Time
Dr. J Bozinovsky	9	4.7
Dr. James Dutton	0	90.6
Dr. Fedoruk, L.M.	3	2.2
Dr. John Ofiesh	7	5.9
Dr. John Peachell	-	-
Dr. Michael Perchinsky	5	4.3
Dr. D.R. Wong	1	3.6
RJH Total	25	4.1

Surgeon	Patients Waiting	Median Weeks Wait Time
Dr. James Abel	17	4.6
Dr. J.G. Bashir	9	5.4
Dr. P. Bui	-	-
Dr. A.I. Campbell	5	15.0
Dr. Anson Cheung	19	6.4
Dr. Shahzad Karim	1	N/A
Dr. Samuel Lichtenstein	11	7.3
Dr. Hilton Ling	35	13.6
Dr. A. Poostizadeh	1	0.4
Dr. J. Ye	26	9.9
SPH Totals	124	6.8

Surgeon	Patients Waiting	Median Weeks Wait Time
Dr. R. C. Cook	8	20.6
Dr. Guy Fradet	3	8.1
Dr. Virginia Gudas	6	5.7
Dr. D.J. Gunning	-	-
Dr. Michael Janusz	8	6.0
Dr. A. Poostizadeh	8	3.7
Dr. P. L. Skarsgard	18	6.9
VGH Totals	51	7.1