Education

• MD, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN, 1994
• Residency, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, 1994-2000
• Research Fellowship in Tumor Immunotherapy, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison, WI 1997-1998
• Specialist Registrar, Surgery, Cheltenham General Hospital, Cheltenham, England, 2000-2001
• Fellowship, Colon and Rectal Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 2001-2002

Clinical Specialties

Dr. Heise is certified by the American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery and by the American Board of Surgery. His specialties include the surgical treatment of colorectal cancer and inflammatory bowel disease. He performs laparoscopic bowel surgery for benign and malignant diseases. In addition, he performs ultrasound staging of rectal cancer and provides testing and surgical treatment for many pelvic floor disorders, including incontinence.

Dr. Heise provides a wide range of services including Abdominoperineal Resection, Abscess Drainage, Anorectal Manometry, Anorectal Ultrasound, Appendectomy, Colonoscopic Excision, Endorectal Advancement Flap, Fistulotomy, Flap Repair, Hemorrhoid Banding, Hemorrhoidectomy, Ileal Pouch Reconstruction, Ileocolic Resection, Laparoscopic and Open Partial Colectomy, Laparoscopic and Open Rectopexy, Laparoscopic and Open Sigmoid Resection, Laparoscopic and Open Total Colectomy, Lateral Internal Sphincterotomy, Lower Anterior Resection (LAR), Open Groin Hernia Repair, (show all). Pilonidal Cyst Excision, Pudendal Nerve Testing, Small Bowel Resection, Sphincter Repair (overlapping sphincteroplasty), Total Proctocolectomy, Transanal Endoscopic Microsurgery (TEM), Transanal Proctosigmoidectomy, and Ventral / Abdominal Hernia Repair.

Research Interests

Dr. Heise’s current clinical research interests include treatment of diverticulitis, patient outcome and function after surgical treatment of colorectal cancer and inflammatory bowel disease.

Recent Publications

• Predictors of mortality after emergent surgery for acute colonic diverticulitis: analysis of National Surgical Quality Improvement Project data.
  Ballian N, Rajamanickam V, Harms BA, Foley EF, Heise CP, Greenberg CC, Kennedy GD
  J Trauma Acute Care Surg 2013 Feb; 74(2):611-6.
  [PubMed ID: 23354259]
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• Comparable postoperative morbidity and mortality after laparoscopic and open emergent restorative colectomy: outcomes from the ACS NSQIP.
  Ballian N, Weisensel N, Rajamanickam V, Foley EF, Heise CP, Harms BA, Kennedy GD
  World J Surg 2012 Oct; 36(10):2488-96.
  [PubMed ID: 22736343]
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• Outpatient diverticulitis: mild or myth?
  O'Connor ES, Smith MA, Heise CP
  J. Gastrointest. Surg. 2012 Jul; 16(7):1389-96.
  [PubMed ID: 22411489, PMC ID: 3638980]
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• Invited commentary.
  Heise CP, Pickhardt PJ
  Radiographics 2012 Jan-Feb; 32(1):194-7; discussion 194.
  [PubMed ID: 22338126]
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• Adjuvant chemotherapy for stage II colon cancer with poor prognostic features.
  O'Connor ES, Greenblatt DY, LoConte NK, Gangnon RE, Liou JI, Heise CP, Smith MA
  J. Clin. Oncol. 2011 Sep 1; 29(25):3381-8.
  [PubMed ID: 21788561, PMC ID: 3164243]
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