Department of Surgery
University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health

Specialties

Heather B Neuman, MD, MS, FACS

Associate Professor

  • Division of Surgical Oncology

neuman@surgery.wisc.edu
(608) 263-7064

  • Breast Center: (608) 266-6400
  • Administrative Assistant: (608) 262-2025

600 Highland Avenue
Box 7375, Clinical Science Center
Madison, WI 53792

Education

  • MD, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
  • Surgical Oncology Fellow, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
  • Residency in General Surgery, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
  • National Research Service Award Fellow, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, NY
  • Research Fellow in Surgery, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY
  • MS, Weill Graduate School in Medical Sciences of Cornell University, New York, NY

Clinical Specialties

Dr. Neuman specializes in surgical oncology with a focus on breast, melanoma and sarcoma. She is certified by the American Board of Surgery.

Dr. Neuman provides a wide range of services including Axillary Lymph Node Dissection, Core Needle Biopsy, Lumpectomy or Partial Mastectomy, Lymph Node Dissection, Melanoma Completion Lymph Node Dissection (Axillary and Groin), Melanoma Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy, Melanoma Wide Local Excision and Skin Closure, Modified Radical Mastectomy, Needle-localized Biopsy, Needle-localized Excision, Radical Resection Soft Tissue Tumor, Sarcoma Removal of Retroperitoneal/intraabdominal Soft Tissue Tumors (Sarcomas), Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy, Simple Mastectomy, Skin-sparing and/or Nipple-sparing Mastectomy, Wide Local Excision Skin With Reconstruction.

Research Interests

Dr. Neuman’s research focuses on patient-oriented clinical outcomes including patient decision-making, quality of life and survivorship. Her primary research uses mixed methods to improve the quality and efficiency of breast cancer follow-up provided to breast cancer survivors. Secondary research interests include the use of decision aids to improve patient decision-making surrounding breast cancer surgery. Additionally, she is the principal investigator for a number of surgical clinical trials focused on melanoma.

Dr. Neuman was recently awarded a two-year, $412,000 Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant Award from the National Cancer Institute. Read more here.

Dr. Neuman was awarded a two-year, $143,000 ASPIRE (A Supplement to Promote Inclusion for Research Excellence) grant from Susan G. Komen. Read more here.

Recent Publications

  • Engaging Multidisciplinary Teams to Develop Pragmatic Clinical Practice Guidelines to Support Management of Patients With High-Risk Breast Lesions.
    Neuman HB, Wilke LG, Bozzuto LM, Stelle L, Melnick D, Elezaby M, Woods RW, Chase P, McGregor S, Harter J, Weissman P, Greenberg CC, Burnside E, Fowler AM, DeMartini WB, Salkowski LR, Strigel RM
    Clin Breast Cancer 2024 Oct 17;
    [PubMed ID: 39523128]

  • Role of the Surgeon in De-Escalating Emotion During a Breast Cancer Surgery Consultation: A Qualitative Study of Patients' Experiences in Alliance A231701CD.
    Saucke MC, Jacobson N, McKinney G, Neuman HB
    Ann Surg Oncol 2024 Dec; 31(13): 8873-8881
    [PubMed ID: 39320397]

  • Self-Reported Financial Difficulties Among Patients with Multiple Myeloma and Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Treated at U.S. Community Oncology Clinics (Alliance A231602CD).
    Conti RM, McCue S, Dockter T, Gunn HJ, Dusetzina SB, Bennett AV, Rapkin B, Gracia G, Jazowski S, Johnson M, Behrens R, Richardson P, Subbiah N, Chow S, Chang GJ, Neuman HB, Weiss ES
    medRxiv 2024 Sep 18;
    [PubMed ID: 39371185]

  • Germline genetic mutations in a multi-center cohort of 248 phyllodes tumors.
    Rosenberger LH, Thomas SM, Hieken TJ, Gallagher KK, Spanheimer PM, Neuman HB, Weiss AC, King TA, Wong J, Tong BS, Nash AL, Frazier MP, Menendez CS, Hwang ES, Jakub JW, Plichta JK
    Breast Cancer Res Treat 2024 Sep 13;
    [PubMed ID: 39269552]

  • Improving Surgical Care and Outcomes in Older Cancer Patients Through Implementation of a Presurgical Toolkit (OPTI-Surg)-Final Results of a Phase III Cluster Randomized Trial (Alliance A231601CD).
    Chang GJ, Gunn HJ, Barber AK, Lowenstein LM, Dohan D, Broering J, Dockter T, Tan AD, Dueck A, Chow S, Neuman H, Finlayson E, OPTI-Surg Investigators
    Ann Surg 2024 Oct 01; 280(4): 623-632
    [PubMed ID: 39069901]

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