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 Aug 31/08	Median Wait Time for 3 months ending Aug 31/08	Surgeries Performed for the 3 months ending Aug 31/08
251	49 days 7.0 weeks	300

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	6	5.9
Dr. Robert Hayden	4	6.8
Dr. Shahzad Karim	9	12.0
Dr. Timothy Latham	10	8.3
RCH Total	29	8.6

Surgeon	Patients Waiting	Median Weeks Wait Time
Dr. B. Bjorgraard	1	-
Dr. J Bozinovsky	7	4.4
Dr. James Dutton	1	-
Dr. Fedoruk, L.M.	7	2.2
Dr. John Ofiesh	2	3.1
Dr. Michael Perchinsky	7	5.0
Dr. A. Tang	1	-
Dr. D.R. Wong	0	2.3
RJH Total	26	4.1

Surgeon	Patients Waiting	Median Weeks Wait Time
Dr. James Abel	16	6.6
Dr. J.G. Bashir	6	6.1
Dr. A.I. Campbell	1	17.7
Dr. Anson Cheung	27	8.3
Dr. Shahzad Karim	2	N/A
Dr. Samuel Lichtenstein	11	11.9
Dr. Hilton Ling	39	15.4
Dr. A. Poostizadeh	0	1.6
Dr. J. Ye	24	17.7
SPH Totals	126	12.6

Surgeon	Patients Waiting	Median Weeks Wait Time
Dr. R. C. Cook	6	7.8
Dr. Guy Fradet	2	12.7
Dr. Virginia Gudas	7	6.6
Dr. D.J. Gunning	-	-
Dr. Michael Janusz	15	4.3
Dr. A. Poostizadeh	9	6.0
Dr. P. L. Skarsgard	31	7.0
VGH Totals	70	7.0