Kevin Modeste, MBBS, treats a range of conditions using the latest robotic surgery technologies. He has expertise and training in skin cancers as well as benign (noncancerous) and malignant (cancerous) diseases of the GI tract. He was born and raised in the southern Caribbean islands of Trinidad and Tobago. He earned his MBBS (the British equivalent of the MD) at the University of the West Indies. He completed his general surgery residency at the University of Connecticut in Farmington and a surgical critical care fellowship at Hartford Hospital. Dr. Modeste says when he meets a patient for the first time, he is interested both in the surgical problem and who they are as a person. "Undergoing surgery can be a stressful experience," he says. "I never want a patient or their family to feel they're on the journey alone." He enjoys spending time with his wife and two daughters, hiking, running, traveling, growing hot peppers, cooking and eating spicy food.