Specialties
Charles P Heise, MD, FACS
Professor
- Division of Colorectal Surgery
- Dr. Bruce and Judith Harms Surgery Professor
heise@surgery.wisc.edu
(608) 263-4224
- Administrative Assistant: (608) 263-2521
600 Highland Avenue
MC 7375
Madison, WI 53792
Education
- MD, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, MN
- Residency, University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics, Madison, WI
- Research Fellowship in Tumor Immunotherapy, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison, WI
- Specialist Registrar, Surgery, Cheltenham General Hospital, Cheltenham, England
- Fellowship, Colon and Rectal Surgery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
Honors
Castle Connolly America’s Top Doctors Colon & Rectal Surgery
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.
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, Pilonidal Cyst Excision, Pudendal Nerve Testing, Small Bowel Resection, Sphincter Repair (overlapping sphincteroplasty), Total Proctocolectomy, Transanal Endoscopic Microsurgery (TEM), Transanal Proctosigmoidectomy, Ventral / Abdominal Hernia Repair.
Research Interests
Dr. Heise’s current research interests revolve around the use of miniature cameras for visualization in laparoscopic surgery.
Recent Publications
Subclonal response heterogeneity to define cancer organoid therapeutic sensitivity.
Kratz JD, Rehman S, Johnson KA, Gillette AA, Sunil A, Favreau PF, Pasch CA, Miller D, Zarling LC, Yeung AH, Clipson L, Anderson SJ, Steimle AK, Sprackling CM, Lemmon KK, Abbott DE, Burkard ME, Bassetti MF, Eickhoff JC, Foley EF, Heise CP, Kimple RJ, Lawson EH, LoConte NK, Lubner SJ, Mulkerin DL, Matkowskyj KA, Sanger CB, Uboha NV, Mcilwain SJ, Ong IM, Carchman EH, Skala MC, Deming DA
Sci Rep 2025 Apr 09; 15(1): 12072
[PubMed ID: 40200028]Carboplatin and Paclitaxel Chemoradiation for Localized Anal Cancer in Patients Not Eligible for Mitomycin and 5-Fluorouracil.
DeZeeuw AK, Bassetti MF, Carchman EH, Heise CP, Hayden D, Lawson EH, Sanger CB, King R, LoConte NK, Lubner SJ, Kratz JD, Deming DA
Cancers (Basel) 2024 Sep 03; 16(17)
[PubMed ID: 39272920]Treating acute diverticulitis in pre- and post-solid-organ transplant patients: a single-institution cohort study.
Klos CL, Bath NM, Carchman E, Leverson G, Lawson E, Sanger CB, King R, Heise C
Colorectal Dis 2023 Jun; 25(6): 1238-1247
[PubMed ID: 36945080]Evaluation of the Veterans Affairs Pharmacogenomic Testing for Veterans (PHASER) clinical program at initial test sites.
Dong OM, Roberts MC, Wu RR, Voils CI, Sperber N, Gavin KL, Bates J, Chanfreau-Coffinier C, Naglich M, Kelley MJ, Vassy JL, Sriram P, Heise CW, Rivas S, Ribeiro M, Chapman JG, Voora D
Pharmacogenomics 2021 Nov; 22(17): 1121-1133
[PubMed ID: 34704830]Prevalence of High-Grade Anal Dysplasia and Anal Cancer in Veterans Living With HIV and CD4/CD8 Ratio as a Marker For Increased Risk: A Regional Retrospective Cohort Study.
Sanger CB, Xu Y, Carchman E, Lawson EH, Heise CP, Striker R, Voils CI
Dis Colon Rectum 2021 Jul 01; 64(7): 805-811
[PubMed ID: 34086000]