New Rochelle-Based Gastroenterologist Joins White Plains Hospital

White Plains, NY— Seth Gendler, M.D. a recognized and accomplished gastroenterologist with a well-established practice located in New Rochelle, will be joining White Plains Hospital Physician Associates, a division of the hospital aligning local physicians with hospital services, in August.  

Dr. Gendler received his medical degree from Rush Medical College in Chicago, Illinois and went on to complete his residency and fellowship at St. Luke’s Roosevelt Hospital in New York City.  

After fellowship, Dr. Gendler spent one year studying therapeutic biliary endoscopy at the University of Brussels in Belgium.  Dr. Gendler is board certified in Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology.

Dr. Gendler served as the chief the Division of Gastroenterology at Sound Shore Medical Center of Westchester since 1992, where he also held the title of Director of the Division of Gastroenterology Fellowship program.  He is Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine at the New York Medical College/ Westchester Medical Center and is also an active member of the faculty at New York Medical College, where he teaches second year medical students and where he has twice been selected as Teacher of the Year by the medical residents. 

Dr. Gendler is widely published and a frequent presenter at national and international conferences. He has been named many times in Westchester Magazine’s and Castle Connolly’s Top Doctors editions.  

Dr. Gendler specializes in digestive diseases and pancreatic/biliary endoscopy (ERCP) and has performed over 17,000 endoscopies in his 25 year career.  

Dr. Gendler’s office will be located at 1296 North Avenue in New Rochelle.  For appointments and more information on his practice, call (914) 235-9333.

About White Plains Hospital

White Plains Hospital (WPH) is a 292-bed voluntary, not-for-profit health care organization with the primary mission of offering high quality, acute health care and preventive medical care to all people who live in, work in or visit Westchester County and its surrounding areas.  Centers of Excellence include the Dickstein Cancer Treatment Center, The William & Sylvia Silberstein Neonatal & Maternity Center, The Ruth and Jerome A. Siegel Stroke Center and The Westchester Orthopedic Institute.  

The Hospital has the busiest Emergency Department in Westchester County, seeing more than 55,000 visits a year.  White Plains Hospital is the only community hospital in Westchester County licensed to perform emergency & elective angioplasty.  The Hospital is a nine-time winner of the Consumer Choice Award, an honor given to the nation’s top hospitals by the National Research Corporation, and received Magnet designation in 2012 from the American Nurses Credentialing Center. WPH is a member of the New York-Presbyterian Healthcare System.  For additional information, visit http://www.wphospital.org.