Shelly Bar, M.D.
Santa Monica · Eating Disorder Specialist

Expert medical care for eating disorders.

A private, boutique practice offering compassionate, evidence-based medical care for adolescents and adults with eating disorders — and for the families who support them.

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Portrait of Dr. Shelly Bar, M.D.
Stanford Fellowship
Double Board Certified
Kaiser SF Residency
About Dr. Bar

Two decades of specialized, compassionate care.

Dr. Bar is double board certified in Internal Medicine and Adolescent Medicine. She completed her residency at Kaiser San Francisco and her fellowship at Stanford Medical Center, where she also served as a Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Stanford University School of Medicine. Trained in both adolescent and adult medicine, she is one of the few physicians who treats eating disorders across the lifespan — from early adolescence through midlife and beyond.

Her practice is intentionally boutique — a discreet setting where every treatment plan is individualized and developed in close collaboration with each patient’s care team. Dr. Bar adopts a Health At Every Size (HAES), non-dieting approach, is a dedicated advocate for Family-Based Therapy (FBT) in adolescent recovery, and brings the same individualized, medically grounded care to adult patients at every stage of life.

Medical School
Ben Gurion University, in collaboration with Columbia University
Residency
Internal Medicine, Kaiser San Francisco
Fellowship
Adolescent Medicine, Stanford Children's Health
Undergraduate
McGill University, Honors Physiology

Medical Care for Eating Disorders

An eating disorder is best handled by a caring professional with sensitivity to patient outcomes and needs. Dr. Bar's private practice is geared toward the complexity and discretion this care requires — ensuring every patient feels supported throughout their recovery journey.

Adolescent Medicine & Adult Care

Adolescent medicine addresses the physical, psychological, and social development of teens and young adults, with the family involvement that recovery at that age often needs. Dr. Bar's Internal Medicine training extends the same specialist eating disorder care to adults — including those facing an eating disorder for the first time in midlife, or returning to recovery after years.

As seen on TODAY

What’s behind the spike in eating disorders among young men

Dr. Bar joined TODAY to discuss the post-pandemic rise in eating disorders and the role social media plays — a trend she sees in young people and adults alike.

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Our Location

Santa Monica

10309 Santa Monica Blvd, Suite 300
Century City, CA 90025

By appointment only. Telehealth consultations also available.

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Interior of Dr. Bar's boutique Santa Monica clinic