White Plains, N.Y. (January 26, 2026) - White Plains Hospital has announced that board-certified gastroenterologist Dr. Eileen Janec has joined its staff at the White Plains Hospital Center for Advanced Medicine & Surgery. Dr. Janec has specialized training in Advanced Gastroenterology, having completed a fellowship in the specialty at Washington University in St. Louis – Barnes Hospital.
After earning her medical degree from the Ross University School of Medicine in Dominica, West Indies, she completed an internship and residency in Internal Medicine at SUNY Downstate at Brooklyn Health Sciences University, followed by fellowships in Gastroenterology & Liver disease at the University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey/Cooper Hospital and in Advanced Interventional Endoscopy at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
Most recently, Dr. Janec, an Advanced Endoscopist served as a Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at NYU Langone’s Laura & Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center. She was part of a multi-disciplinary group for the care of patients with GI cancer with a focus in the diagnosis, staging, and palliative treatments of patients with cancer.
Dr. Janec has expertise in advanced endoscopic procedures, including Upper and Lower Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS) with fine needle biopsy (FNB), Therapeutic Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), Endoscopic Mucosal Resection (EMR), and Enteral stenting.
She also has extensive experience with the prevention and early detection of GI cancers associated with genetic mutations and family history of cancer. She specializes in the surveillance and management of high-risk gastrointestinal patients. Some examples include:
- Genetic mutations such as hereditary breast/ovarian cancer (BRCA1, BRCA2 and PALB2 gene mutations)
- ATM gene mutation
- Hereditary nonpolyposis colon cancer (Lynch Syndrome)
- Familial Adenomatous Polyposis (APC)
- MUTYH-associated polyposis
- Serrated polyposis syndrome (SPS)
- Peutz-Jeghers syndrome (STK 11)
- Familial atypical multiple mole melanoma syndrome (CDKN2A)
- Hereditary pancreatitis (PRSS1, SPINK1)
- Li-Fraumeni syndrome (P53)
She has been named Castle Connolly Top Doctor in NY Metro area since 2016 and Exceptional Women in Medicine yearly since 2019. She has been featured in New York Magazine and the New York Times as a top doctor for cancer. In addition, she has published several articles in peer-review journals and participates in the PRECEDE study at White Plains Hospital’s Center for Cancer Care, offering pancreatic cancer screening for high-risk individuals.
To make an appointment with Dr. Janec, call 914-948-1000.
About White Plains Hospital
White Plains Hospital is a proud member of the Montefiore Health System, serving as its tertiary hub of advanced care in the Hudson Valley. The Hospital is a 292-bed not-for-profit healthcare organization with the primary mission of providing exceptional acute and preventive medical care to all people who live in, work in or visit Westchester County and its surrounding areas. White Plains Hospital has outpatient medical facilities across Westchester, including multispecialty practices in Armonk, Hawthorne, Larchmont, New Rochelle, Rye Brook, Somers, Yonkers and Yorktown Heights; and Scarsdale Medical Group locations in Harrison and Scarsdale.
The Hospital is fully accredited by the Joint Commission and in 2025, it received another 5-star rating from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) — the highest distinction offered by that federal agency – for the fourth consecutive year. In addition, the Hospital received its third Magnet® designation from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), a distinction held by only two percent of hospitals in the country. White Plains Hospital has consistently received the Outstanding Patient Experience Award from Healthgrades®, and in 2025 was awarded an “A” Safety Grade from the Leapfrog Group for the 14th consecutive time.