Surgical Care

Kingston Health Sciences Centre's (KHSC) surgical program is dedicated to providing outstanding care for all residents of southeastern Ontario. Our surgeons and operating room staff are specially trained and have expertise in eleven distinct areas including General Surgery, Orthopedic Surgery, Plastic Surgery, Neurosurgery, Cardiovascular Surgery, Urology, Gynecology, Ear Nose and Throat, Dental Surgery, Vascular Surgery and Thoracic Surgery. 

As the largest surgical program in the region, you may also be referred to KHSC from another hospital for a special surgical procedure that is only available here. Our surgical teams complete the most complex procedures in the southeast region, so you can rest assured that you will be in good hands.

robotic-assisted thoracic surgery
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Surgeons at KHSC are now performing robotic-assisted thoracic surgery in the southeast

For the first time in southeastern Ontario, it is now possible for patients to have surgery to remove cancerous tissue from their lungs using a robotic surgical system that is part of the A.B. Smith QC Robotics program at Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC).

This minimally invasive procedure, in which surgeons use controls at a nearby console to guide a robotic system inside the body, means patients experience less pain and blood loss and spend less time in the hospital compared to other surgical approaches.
KHSC uses surgical robot to treat lung cancer for first time
hip replacement surgery
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Process improvements have helped reduce the length of time patients stay in the hospital after scheduled joint surgeries by nearly 50 per cent

Dr. Bob Connelly isn’t usually on the receiving end of care at Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC). As the medical director of the pediatrics program, he usually spends his days caring for KHSC’s youngest patients.

After finding out he needed surgery and waiting nine months for a total hip replacement surgery, in April, Dr. Connelly got to experience the surgical program’s process improvements firsthand.
KHSC is getting people home sooner after hip and knee replacement surgeries
Members of KHSC's robotic colorectal surgery team including Dr. Antonio Caycedo-Marulanda, Jennifer Pereira, Dr. Sunil Patel and Dr. Hugh MacDonald
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In just a few short years, surgical teams in Kingston have leapfrogged their peers, becoming the highest-volume robotic colorectal surgery program in the country.

Officially launched in 2018, the A.B. Smith QC Robotics program at Kingston Health Sciences Centre (KHSC) now regularly completes between 80-110 robotic cases a year for individuals with rectal cancer, double the number performed in larger cities across Canada.
KHSC becomes Canadian leader in robotic rectal cancer surgery

Contact Us

Pre-Surgical Screening
Brock 1
Hotel Dieu Hospital site
166 Brock St, Kingston, ON
613-544-3400

Same-day Admission Centre
Connell 2
Kingston General Hospital site
76 Stuart St, Kingston ON
613-549-6666 extension 3454

For questions about your surgery, including booking a date for surgery or cancelling a surgery, please contact your surgeon’s office.