Paul E. Wise, MD

Specialty Areas

• Inherited colorectal cancer and hereditary colorectal cancer syndromes (Lynch syndrome, hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC) familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP), polyposis syndromes)
• Colon cancer
• Rectal cancer
• Anal cancer

• Colon and rectal polyps
• Inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis)
• Other disease of the colon and rectum (diverticulitis, benign and malignant disease of the anorectum

Common Procedures

Common Diagnoses Treated

• Inherited colorectal cancer and hereditary colorectal cancer syndromes (Lynch syndrome, hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC) familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP), polyposis syndromes)
• Anal cancer
• Colon cancer
• Colon polyps
• Colorectal cancer
• Constipation
• Crohn’s disease
• Diverticulitis
• Fecal incontinence
• Fissures
• Hemorrhoids
• Intestinal stomas
• Pelvic floor disorders
• Pilonidal cysts
• Rectal cancer
• Ulcerative colitis

Board Certifications

American Board of Surgery

American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery

Degrees

Medical School: Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 1996

Residency

Colon and Rectal Surgery Fellowship, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, 2003-2004

Professional Memberships

Awards and Honors

Alpha Omega Alpha Faculty election, Washington University Chapter

Election to the Southern Surgical Association

Inaugural fellow in the Washington University School of Medicine Academy of Educators

2019 Clinical Teacher of the Year Award

Distinguished Service Teaching Awards, Washington University School of Medicine Class of 2020

Chair, ASCRS Website Committee

Fellow of the American College of Surgeons

Fellow of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons

Co-Editor, Washington Manual of Surgery

Areas of Research Interest

Hospital Affiliations

Barnes-Jewish Hospital

Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital

Patients Seen At

Contact Information

• Top Doctors 2021
• 2020 Colon and Rectal Surgery Annual Report

Dr. Wise completed his general surgery residency and research residency at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville in 2003 after completing medical school at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 1996. He completed his colon and rectal surgery fellowship at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis/Barnes Jewish Hospital in 2004. He served on the faculty of Vanderbilt University Medical Center from 2004-2012 as Assistant and then Associate Professor of Surgery. He accepted a faculty position at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis in 2012 as Associate Professor of Surgery, promoted to Professor of Surgery in 2016, and currently serves as Program Director of the General Surgery Residency and Director of the Inherited Colorectal Cancer and Polyposis Registry. He is certified by the American Board of Surgery and the American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery and is a Fellow of both the American College of Surgeons and the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons. His particular interest in hereditary colorectal cancer has led to his election to the Council and eventually the Presidency (2010-2011) of the Collaborative Group of the Americas on Inherited Colorectal Cancer, where he also served for four years on the CGA Fund Board; and he was a founding member of the Lynch Syndrome Screening Network, a group dedicated to increasing the identification of patients and their family members who are at risk for Lynch syndrome. Additionally, as a Fellow of the ASCRS, Dr. Wise has been a member of multiple committees including Continuing Education (2007-2010), Program (2009-2011), Public Relations (2011-2014), Website (2011-2020, Chair 2017-2020), and CREST (2013-2015). He also served on the Postgraduate/Continuing Medical Education Committee of the Society of Surgeons of the Alimentary Tract (2013-2017). Dr. Wise’s interest in the academic aspects of surgical education has grown further since starting as the General Surgery Program Director at Washington University in 2014, and he is now actively involved in education research as well as participation in the Association of Program Directors in Surgery and the Association of Surgical Education. Dr. Wise was selected in 2019 to be an inaugural fellow in the Washington University School of Medicine Academy of Educators and currently serves on multiple School of Medicine and Academy working groups and task forces.

To request an appointment with Dr. Wise, please call (314) 454-7177 or request an appointment online.