Eric J. Mandelbaum, 64, of Londonderry, passed away suddenly at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon on Thursday, October 4, 2018. He was born in New York City on June 2, 1954, the son of Leo and Ronnie Mandelbaum.
Eric met the love of his life, Madeleine Townsend, when they were both employed on the Children’s Unit at McLean Hospital from 1979 to 1981. Eric was a nurse and Maddy was a childcare worker. Following his employment there, Eric finished his bachelor’s degree at Pace University in Pleasantville, NY in 1983. Eric and Maddy married the following year while residing in Armonk, NY. Following a move back to Boston and then to Londonderry, NH in 1986, Eric earned his MBA at Rivier University in 1991. Eric was focused on combining his nursing and business backgrounds to make his way into the corporate world. He was employed by Bristol-Myers Squibb as a Pharmaceutical Sales Representative/District Trainer from 1986 to 2002. From 2002 to 2008, Eric worked for Medtronic Diabetes as a Corporate Account Manager, at which time he transitioned from sales to reimbursement. From 2009 to 2011, Eric was the Regional Reimbursement Manager in the East for Celleration, Inc. of Eden Prarie, MN. At the time of his passing, he had been Associate Director of Reimbursement and Health Policy for the eastern U.S. for Neuronetics, Inc. of Malvern, PA since 2011. Eric was able to bring his initial interest in mental health full circle while working for Neuronetics. There he was responsible for garnering insurance coverage for Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, a procedure to improve chronic depression. Eric adored the team of people he worked with there and was driven to help bring TMS to people who would greatly benefit from it.
Eric was the father of Jennifer Beth, 26, and Jeremy Stephen Mandelbaum, 22. Eric and Jennifer bonded over their shared passion for photography, interest in health care, and love of travel. Eric was proud to have explored South Africa with Maddy and Jennifer, where his late father had always envisioned visiting. He and Jeremy spent countless afternoons playing chess and loved competing to see who had the lowest voice. Eric had a wonderful sense of humor, and he and Jeremy had their own language and inside jokes, often ending with laughter and calling each other knuckleheads (perhaps Eric’s favorite word). Eric was pragmatic to a fault, and the person anyone could go to for no-nonsense advice. For any problem, he would help you find the solution.
In his free time, he enjoyed taking long rides on his motorcycle through Litchfield (he only passed one stoplight), exploring new cities through work or vacation, finding restaurants through Phantom Gourmet, reading David Baldacci, and watching his beloved Boston Celtics or New York Mets on the floor with the family dog in his lap. Although he loved living in New Hampshire, you could not take the “New York” out of Eric Mandelbaum. He thought there was nothing like a good New York bagel or slice of Ray’s pizza.
He is survived by his wife, children, mother, brothers Michael and Craig, sister Robin, and many dear cousins, nieces, nephews, grandnieces, and grandnephews. He is predeceased by his father and his brother’s wife, Debby.
Memorial contributions may be made to JDRF (formerly called the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation; https://www2.jdrf.org/site/Donation2?df_id=2374) or to Londonderry Trailways (https://londonderrytrails.org/make-a-donation). The Peabody Funeral Home and Crematorium is assisting the family.