Eileen Janec, MD
Practice location
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Languages | English |
| Board certification | Gastroenterology |
| Internship |
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University
Internal medicine |
| Residency |
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University
Internal medicine |
| Fellowship |
University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey/Cooper Hospital
Gastroenterology |
| Fellowship |
Washington University School of Medicine
Advanced interventional endoscopy and gastroenterology |
| Group | White Plains Hospital Physician Associates |
| Accepted insurance | View accepted health insurance plans |
About
Dr. Eileen Janec is a board certified gastroenterologist who completed an Advanced Gastroenterology Fellowship 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 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. 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) are some examples.
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. 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.