Psychiatrist Ellen Gandle to be buried Monday

DR. ELLEN LOEB GANDLE, a New Orleans native and psychiatrist, whose specialities included forensic and child and adolescent psychiatry, died at her home on Fri., Feb. 27, after a lengthy illness. She was 54.

Gandle, who was a New Orleans native and a lifelong resident of the city, maintained a private practice in psychiatry until the onset of her illness. She was a board certified member of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in general psychiatry, child and adolescent psychiatry and forensic psychiatry and was on the staffs of West Jefferson Hospital and Milestones Mental Health in New Orleans.

Gandle graduated from Isidore Newman School and received a bachelor’s degree from Emory University in Atlanta. She was accepted and graduated from the Tulane University School of Medicine, spending her residency in general psychiatry at Ochsner Hospital. Dr. Gandle followed with two fellowships in her sub-specialties. The first was in child and adolescent psychiatry at Tulane University, and she later became a fellow in forensic psychiatry at LSU.

A member of Touro Synagogue, Dr. Gandle was involved in the local community, serving on the boards of both Jewish Family Service and the Jewish Community Center.

She is survived by her husband, Dr. Bruce Gandle, her daughter Alexandra Gandle, and her son Peter Gandle, as well as her parents Sharon O. and Milton J. Loeb.

Funeral services will take place at Touro Synagogue, 4238 St. Charles Ave., tomorrow, Mon., March 2, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. Visitation will begin at 12 noon. Internment will follow immediately in Hebrew Rest Cemetery No. 3, 2003 Pelopidas Street at Frenchmen Street.

In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested to the charity of your choice. Tharp-Sontheimer-Tharp Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. Online memorials www.tharpsontheimerfh.com.