Dr. Ashley Modica, MD

Dr. Modica is a board-certified general surgeon and a board-eligible plastic surgeon. She has trained with leaders in the field and is well versed in all aspects of reconstructive and aesthetic surgery. Dr. Modica is known for her calm and compassionate demeanor and meticulous attention to detail. Dr. Modica joins Long Island Laparoscopic Surgery to perform body contouring surgery for patients after successful weight loss following bariatric surgery. As a board-certified general surgeon, Dr. Modica has excellent background knowledge in bariatric procedures and an understanding of the complex biological changes that take place thereafter. She understands the journey that each patient undergoes and feels privileged to help patients improve both form and function with body contouring procedures to make patients feel and look on the outside how they feel on the inside. Dr. Modica has completed nine postgraduate years of residency training in surgery. She completed her general surgery …residency at Nassau University Medical Center in East Meadow. Dr. Modica then went to Johns Hopkins in Baltimore for a fellowship in burn reconstructive surgery as she transitioned to plastic surgery. She then completed a plastic surgery residency at the University of South Florida in Tampa.