Thursday funeral set for OB-GYN specialist Dr. Stanley Sherman

STANLEY EDWARD SHERMAN, M.D., a pioneer in obstetrics and gynecology, passed away on Monday, April 2, 2018. He was 86.

STANLEY SHERMAN, M.D.

A resident of Kenner, Dr. Sherman was born in New York City during the Great Depression. He attended New York University and matriculated to its medical school, from where he graduated in 1956. After serving out his internship at Montefiore Medical Center the next year, he became a resident at Brookdale University Hospital Medical Center.

He eventually moved to the Crescent City, where he became Chief of Obstetrics at the now-shuttered U.S. Army hospital. He maintained a private practice for nearly six decades.

Dr. Sherman was the first New Orleans physician to monitor all of his patients in labor and was also the first physician in New Orleans to use stress testing for pregnant women and chemical determination of fetal well-being prior to the onset of labor.

Stanley is survived by his wife of 58 years, Joan Sherman, and his children David Sherman (Jane), Richard Sherman (Lisa), Peter Sherman, and Ruth Gottlieb (Jon) 11 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. 

A funeral service was held at Tharp-Sontheimer-Tharp Funeral Home, 1600 N. Causeway Blvd. on Thursday, April 5, at 2:00 p.m. Rabbi Robert Loewy officiated. Interment followed in Lakelawn Cemetery. A celebration of Dr. Sherman’s life followed at Andrea’s Restaurant.