Manhattan’s Premier Plastic Surgeon

Bianca Molina, MD

About us

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BOARD CERTIFIED PLASTIC SURGEON

BIANCA MOLINA, MD

Dr. Bianca Molina is a Board Certified plastic surgeon in New York City specializing in aesthetic and cosmetic surgery. Dr. Molina is a female plastic surgeon with over 10 years of experience in the medical field.

Dr. Molina grew up on the shores of Connecticut, and then moved to New York to attend New York University where she graduated with a degree in Psychology. Afterwards, she earned a medical degree from New York Medical College. Dr. Molina then completed surgical residency at Mount Sinai Beth Israel, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (New York, NY), followed by a Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery fellowship at The Ohio State University. She is board certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery.

Dr. Molina has lived in Manhattan for over 15 years, where she currently resides with her husband and 2 children.

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Education

Medical Training & Experience

Doctor of Medicine, New York Medical College
Board Certified Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeon
Member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons

Dr. Bianca Molina pursued her medical education with a dedication to excellence that has defined her career. Graduating with top honors from New York Medical College, she embarked on a journey of continuous learning and growth. Throughout her training, she demonstrated a keen intellect and a passion for cosmetic medicine, which led her to pursue specialized training in the field. Dr. Molina’s commitment to education extends beyond her formal training, as she consistently seeks out the latest advancements and techniques to provide her patients with the highest quality of care. With a strong foundation in both medical science and aesthetic principles, Dr. Molina is uniquely positioned to deliver exceptional results to her patients.

Member of the Aesthetic Society of Plastic Surgeons
Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, The Ohio State University (Columbus, OH)
July 2018 – June 2021
General Surgery

Mount Sinai Beth Israel, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (New York, NY)
July 2013 – June 2018
Doctor of Medicine
New York Medical College (Valhalla, NY)
August 2009 – May 2013
Bachelor of Arts, Psychology
New York University (New York, NY)
September 2004 – January 2008

Molina BJ, Ghazoul EN, Janis JE. Practical review of the comprehensive management of Morel-Lavallée lesions. Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Global Open. 2021 Nov.
Kraft CT, Molina BJ, Skoracki R. Polypropylene mesh complications in the sublay position after abdominally-based breast reconstruction. Plastic Surgery (Oakv). 2021 Feb;29(1):16-20.
Molina BJ, Shelby RD, Janis JE. Key areas for development in oncoplastic breast reconstruction. Plastic &
Reconstructive Surgery Global Open. 2020 Dec 17;8(12):e3273.
Smith ML, Molina BJ, Dayan E, Jablonka EM, Okwali M, Kim JN, Dayan JH. Defining the role of free flaps in partial breast reconstruction. Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery. 2018 Mar;34(3):185-192.
Jablonka EM, Lamelas AM, Kim JN, Molina BJ, Molina N, Okwali M, Samson W, Sultan MR, Dayan JH, Smith ML. Transversus abdominis plane blocks with single-dose liposomal bupivacaine in conjunction with a nonnarcotic pain regimen helps reduce length of stay following abdominally based microsurgical breast reconstruction. Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery. 2017 Aug;140(2):240-251.
Smith ML, Molina BJ, Dayan E, Saint-Victor DS, Kim JN, Kahn E, Kagen A, Dayan JH. Heterotopic vascularized lymph node transfer to the medial calf without a skin paddle for restoration of lymphatic function: proof of concept. Journal of Surgical Oncology. 2017 Jan;115(1):90-95.
Smith ML, Molina BJ, Dayan E, Kim JN, Kagen A, Dayan JH. Use of distal medial sural vessels as recipient vessels in free tissue transfer. Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery. 2017 Jan;33(1):59-62.
Obeid NR, Malick W, Baxter A, Molina B, Schwack BF, Kurian MS, Ren-Fielding CJ, Fielding GA. Weight loss outcomes among patients referred after primary bariatric procedure. American Journal of Surgery. 2016
Jul;212(1):69-75.

Molina BJ, Janis JE. Diastasis Recti. Fundamentals of Hernia Radiology. New York: Springer. Published 2023
Dayan E, Chi D, Molina BJ. Migraines: A guidebook for diagnosis and treatment, 1st Edition. The Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Network. Published September 2019
Smith ML, Molina BJ. Chapter 57: Surgical management of lipedema. Lymphedema: A Concise Compendium of Theory and Practice, 2nd Edition. New York: Springer. Published January 2018

Raborn L, Molina BJ, Gokun Y, Janse SE, Janis JE. Gender trends in plastic and reconstructive surgery graduates.

Manuscript submitted to Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery December 2022.
Jablonka EM, Weissler EH, Molina BJ, Lamelas AM, Molina N, Okwali M, Sultan MR, Samson W, Smith ML. Cost- utility of inpatient free flap monitoring following microsurgical breast reconstruction.

Submitted to Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, September 2016
Dayan E, Molina BJ, Covello P, Thiagarajah S, Urken ML, Gave A. The utility of low dose dopamine infusion for head and neck free flap management.

Submitted to Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery, January 2016

Molina BJ, Shelby RD, Lee CN. Has there been improvement in female representation at plastic surgery meetings?

Abstract presented at Plastic Surgery The Meeting 2020
Molina BJ, Dayan E. Policy changes in the transgender healthcare arena.

Editorial published on www.KevinMD.com/blog on January 5, 2017
Molina BJ, Jablonka EM, Smith ML. 48-hour hospital stay for free flap breast reconstruction: early experience with a fast-track protocol.

Abstract submitted to American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery 2017 Annual Meeting, June 2016
Molina BJ, Smith ML. Male breast reconstruction using a pedicled thoracodorsal artery perforator (TDAP) flap.

Case report submitted to Annals of Plastic Surgery, June 2016

Molina BJ, Dayan E, Saint-Victor D, Dayan JH, Smith ML. The use of free and pedicled flaps in oncoplastic breast reconstruction.

American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery Annual Meeting, January 2016
Dayan E, Melone CP, Molina BJ. The dorsal bipedicle flap for proximal interphalangeal arthrodesis in systemic scleroderma.

Northeastern Society of Plastic Surgeons Annual Meeting, September 2015
Dayan E, Covello P, Molina BJ, Thiagarajah S, Urken ML, Gave A. The utility of low dose dopamine infusion for head and neck free flap management.

Northeastern Society of Plastic Surgeons Annual Meeting, September 2015

Dayan E, Covello P, Molina BJ, Thiagarajah S, Urken ML, Gave A. The utility of low dose dopamine infusion for head and neck free flap management.

American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery Annual Meeting, January 2016
Smith ML, Molina BJ, Dayan E, Saint-Victor D, Kim JN, Kahn ES, Kagen A, Dayan JH. Heterotopic vascularized lymph node transfer to the medial calf without a skin paddle: proof of concept.

Mount Sinai Beth Israel Research Day, May 2015

Department of Psychiatry, New York University Langone Medical Center
Effects of dopamine on adrenergic receptors in mouse model of depression. PI: Eric A. Stone, Ph.D.
New York, NY June 2007 – December 2007

Moebius Syndrome Foundation – Content developer, MoebiusSyndrome.org (2017)
A Leg to Stand On, New York, NY – Liaison & coordinator for NYMC participation in Hartford ING Marathon (2012)
La Casita de la Salud, New York, NY – Clinical care team member of student-run health clinic (2011 – 2012)
The Go Project, New York, NY – Tutor & mentor for high-risk elementary school children (2005 – 2006)

Scholarly Activity Award, Mount Sinai Beth Israel Department of Surgery (2016 – 2017)
Bentivegna Family Scholarship Award in Surgery (2013)
New York Medical College Merit Scholarship (2012 – 2013)
Layton Foundation Scholarship (2010 – 2013)
New York University Merit Scholarship (2004 – 2007)

NYU Langone Targeted Muscle Reinnervation & Nerve Repair Cadaver Course; New York, NY (2022)
Dallas Cosmetic & Rhinoplasty Meeting; Dallas, TX (2020)
ASPS Advocacy Summit; Washington, DC (2019)
Plastic Surgery The Meeting; Chicago, IL (2018)
AOCMF Masters Course – Soft Tissue Reconstruction, Improving Functional & Aesthetic Outcomes; Davos, Switzerland (2017)
American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery (ASRM) Annual Meeting; Scottsdale, AZ & Waikoloa, HI (2016, 2017)
Northeastern Society of Plastics Surgeons (NESPS) Annual Meeting; Philadelphia, PA (2015)

Member, American Society of Plastic Surgeons (2023 – Present)
Member, Northeastern Society of Plastic Surgeons (2023 – Present)
Member, ASPS Legislative Advocacy Committee (2019 – 2022)
Resident mentor, Women in Surgery Interest Group, The Ohio State University College of Medicine (2019 – 2021)
Resident Member, The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (2018 – 2021)
Resident Member, The American Society of Plastic Surgeons (2018 – 2021)
Member, Curriculum Development Committee, The Plastic Surgery Education Network (PSEN) (2018 – 2019)
Member, American College of Surgeons (2013 – 2018)
NY Co-Ed & Zog Sports Soccer Leagues (2008 – 2013)
NY Urban Professionals Women’s Basketball League (2008 – 2012)
President, New York Medical College Co-Ed Soccer Club (2010 – 2011)
New York Medical College Flag Football League (2009, 2010)
New York University Varsity Women’s Soccer (2004)
Working fluency in Spanish
Soccer, running, skiing, traveling, music, fashion

- Member of the Aesthetic Society of Plastic Surgeons
- Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
  The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, The Ohio State University (Columbus, OH)
  July 2018 – June 2021
- General Surgery
  
  Mount Sinai Beth Israel, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (New York, NY)
  July 2013 – June 2018
- Doctor of Medicine
  New York Medical College (Valhalla, NY)
  August 2009 – May 2013
- Bachelor of Arts, Psychology
  New York University (New York, NY)
  September 2004 – January 2008
- Molina BJ, Ghazoul EN, Janis JE. Practical review of the comprehensive management of Morel-Lavallée lesions. Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Global Open. 2021 Nov.
- Kraft CT, Molina BJ, Skoracki R. Polypropylene mesh complications in the sublay position after abdominally-based breast reconstruction. Plastic Surgery (Oakv). 2021 Feb;29(1):16-20.
- Molina BJ, Shelby RD, Janis JE. Key areas for development in oncoplastic breast reconstruction. Plastic &
  Reconstructive Surgery Global Open. 2020 Dec 17;8(12):e3273.
- Smith ML, Molina BJ, Dayan E, Jablonka EM, Okwali M, Kim JN, Dayan JH. Defining the role of free flaps in partial breast reconstruction. Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery. 2018 Mar;34(3):185-192.
- Jablonka EM, Lamelas AM, Kim JN, Molina BJ, Molina N, Okwali M, Samson W, Sultan MR, Dayan JH, Smith ML. Transversus abdominis plane blocks with single-dose liposomal bupivacaine in conjunction with a nonnarcotic pain regimen helps reduce length of stay following abdominally based microsurgical breast reconstruction. Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery. 2017 Aug;140(2):240-251.
- Smith ML, Molina BJ, Dayan E, Saint-Victor DS, Kim JN, Kahn E, Kagen A, Dayan JH. Heterotopic vascularized lymph node transfer to the medial calf without a skin paddle for restoration of lymphatic function: proof of concept. Journal of Surgical Oncology. 2017 Jan;115(1):90-95.
- Smith ML, Molina BJ, Dayan E, Kim JN, Kagen A, Dayan JH. Use of distal medial sural vessels as recipient vessels in free tissue transfer. Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery. 2017 Jan;33(1):59-62.
- Obeid NR, Malick W, Baxter A, Molina B, Schwack BF, Kurian MS, Ren-Fielding CJ, Fielding GA. Weight loss outcomes among patients referred after primary bariatric procedure. American Journal of Surgery. 2016
  Jul;212(1):69-75.
- Molina BJ, Janis JE. Diastasis Recti. Fundamentals of Hernia Radiology. New York: Springer. Published 2023
- Dayan E, Chi D, Molina BJ. Migraines: A guidebook for diagnosis and treatment, 1st Edition. The Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Network. Published September 2019
- Smith ML, Molina BJ. Chapter 57: Surgical management of lipedema. Lymphedema: A Concise Compendium of Theory and Practice, 2nd Edition. New York: Springer. Published January 2018
- Raborn L, Molina BJ, Gokun Y, Janse SE, Janis JE. Gender trends in plastic and reconstructive surgery graduates.
  
  Manuscript submitted to Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery December 2022.
- Jablonka EM, Weissler EH, Molina BJ, Lamelas AM, Molina N, Okwali M, Sultan MR, Samson W, Smith ML. Cost- utility of inpatient free flap monitoring following microsurgical breast reconstruction.
  
  Submitted to Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, September 2016
- Dayan E, Molina BJ, Covello P, Thiagarajah S, Urken ML, Gave A. The utility of low dose dopamine infusion for head and neck free flap management.
  
  Submitted to Journal of Reconstructive Microsurgery, January 2016
- Molina BJ, Shelby RD, Lee CN. Has there been improvement in female representation at plastic surgery meetings?
  
  Abstract presented at Plastic Surgery The Meeting 2020
- Molina BJ, Dayan E. Policy changes in the transgender healthcare arena.
  
  Editorial published on www.KevinMD.com/blog on January 5, 2017
- Molina BJ, Jablonka EM, Smith ML. 48-hour hospital stay for free flap breast reconstruction: early experience with a fast-track protocol.
  
  Abstract submitted to American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery 2017 Annual Meeting, June 2016
- Molina BJ, Smith ML. Male breast reconstruction using a pedicled thoracodorsal artery perforator (TDAP) flap.
  
  Case report submitted to Annals of Plastic Surgery, June 2016
- Molina BJ, Dayan E, Saint-Victor D, Dayan JH, Smith ML. The use of free and pedicled flaps in oncoplastic breast reconstruction.
  
  American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery Annual Meeting, January 2016
- Dayan E, Melone CP, Molina BJ. The dorsal bipedicle flap for proximal interphalangeal arthrodesis in systemic scleroderma.
  
  Northeastern Society of Plastic Surgeons Annual Meeting, September 2015
- Dayan E, Covello P, Molina BJ, Thiagarajah S, Urken ML, Gave A. The utility of low dose dopamine infusion for head and neck free flap management.
  
  Northeastern Society of Plastic Surgeons Annual Meeting, September 2015
- Dayan E, Covello P, Molina BJ, Thiagarajah S, Urken ML, Gave A. The utility of low dose dopamine infusion for head and neck free flap management.
  
  American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery Annual Meeting, January 2016
- Smith ML, Molina BJ, Dayan E, Saint-Victor D, Kim JN, Kahn ES, Kagen A, Dayan JH. Heterotopic vascularized lymph node transfer to the medial calf without a skin paddle: proof of concept.
  
  Mount Sinai Beth Israel Research Day, May 2015
- Department of Psychiatry, New York University Langone Medical Center
  Effects of dopamine on adrenergic receptors in mouse model of depression. PI: Eric A. Stone, Ph.D.
  New York, NY June 2007 – December 2007
- Moebius Syndrome Foundation – Content developer, MoebiusSyndrome.org (2017)
- A Leg to Stand On, New York, NY – Liaison & coordinator for NYMC participation in Hartford ING Marathon (2012)
- La Casita de la Salud, New York, NY – Clinical care team member of student-run health clinic (2011 – 2012)
- The Go Project, New York, NY – Tutor & mentor for high-risk elementary school children (2005 – 2006)
- Scholarly Activity Award, Mount Sinai Beth Israel Department of Surgery (2016 – 2017)
- Bentivegna Family Scholarship Award in Surgery (2013)
- New York Medical College Merit Scholarship (2012 – 2013)
- Layton Foundation Scholarship (2010 – 2013)
- New York University Merit Scholarship (2004 – 2007)
- NYU Langone Targeted Muscle Reinnervation & Nerve Repair Cadaver Course; New York, NY (2022)
- Dallas Cosmetic & Rhinoplasty Meeting; Dallas, TX (2020)
- ASPS Advocacy Summit; Washington, DC (2019)
- Plastic Surgery The Meeting; Chicago, IL (2018)
- AOCMF Masters Course – Soft Tissue Reconstruction, Improving Functional & Aesthetic Outcomes; Davos, Switzerland (2017)
- American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery (ASRM) Annual Meeting; Scottsdale, AZ & Waikoloa, HI (2016, 2017)
- Northeastern Society of Plastics Surgeons (NESPS) Annual Meeting; Philadelphia, PA (2015)
- Member, American Society of Plastic Surgeons (2023 – Present)
- Member, Northeastern Society of Plastic Surgeons (2023 – Present)
- Member, ASPS Legislative Advocacy Committee (2019 – 2022)
- Resident mentor, Women in Surgery Interest Group, The Ohio State University College of Medicine (2019 – 2021)
- Resident Member, The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (2018 – 2021)
- Resident Member, The American Society of Plastic Surgeons (2018 – 2021)
- Member, Curriculum Development Committee, The Plastic Surgery Education Network (PSEN) (2018 – 2019)
- Member, American College of Surgeons (2013 – 2018)
- NY Co-Ed & Zog Sports Soccer Leagues (2008 – 2013)
- NY Urban Professionals Women’s Basketball League (2008 – 2012)
- President, New York Medical College Co-Ed Soccer Club (2010 – 2011)
- New York Medical College Flag Football League (2009, 2010)
- New York University Varsity Women’s Soccer (2004)
- Working fluency in Spanish
- Soccer, running, skiing, traveling, music, fashion