Dr. Vered Bar mission is to prevent and alleviate mental disorders in women, particularly during pregnancy and postpartum. As director of the National Chava Center for Maternal Mental Health at Sheba, she set a goal to develop and implement innovative treatment for perinatal women and their families.
Dr. Vered Bar and her staff opened the first mother-baby day unit in Israel, dyadic hospitalization, and the world's first virtual ward for perinatal women. They have a close collaboration with Sheba Women's Hospital and Sheba Children's Hospital, contributing significantly to comprehensive women's mental health care. They help develop new centers across the country and are now building the first Mother-Baby unit that will enable hospitalization of a mother, when needed, without separating her from her baby.
Education:
1999-2002, Psychotherapy Program, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel aviv, Israel
1998-2002, Resident in Psychiatry, Shalvata Mental Health Center, Hod Hasharon, Israel
1998-2001, Psychiatry, School of continuing medical education – Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel aviv, Israel
1990-1997, MD, Sackler Medical School, Tel Aviv University, Tel aviv, Israel
Clinical Experience:
2023-present, Head of Reproductive Psychiatry Unit, Chava Center, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel. affiliated with Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University
2022-present, Head of Virtual Perinatal ward (online hospitalization), Chava Center, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel. affiliated with Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University
2019-present, Head of Mother-Baby Day unit, Chava Center, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel. affiliated with Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University
2014-present, Head of Chava Clinic, Reproductive Psychiatry clinic, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel. affiliated with Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University
2007-2008, Senior Psychiatrist, Hanotrim Mental Health Clinic, Raanana, Shalvata Mental Health Center, Hod Hasharon, Israel. affiliated with Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University
2002-2006, Senior Psychiatrist, vice head of closed ward, Shalvata Mental Health Center, Hod Hasharon, Israel. affiliated with Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University
2002, Senior Psychiatrist, vice head of psychiatric emergency room, Shalvata Mental Health Center, Hod Hasharon, Israel. affiliated with Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University
2000-present, Adult Psychiatrist, Private Psychiatric Clinic, Tel Aviv
1998-2002, Adult Psychiatry Residency, Shalvata Mental Health Center, Hod Hasharon, Israel. affiliated with Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University
1995-1997, Clinical psychiatric nurse, Emergency Room, Tel Aviv Community Mental Health Center, Ramat Chen, Israel. affiliated with Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University
Academic Experience:
2014-present, Clinical teaching of medical students and psychiatry residents, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel
2014-present, Teaching in Medical School, Sackler School of Medicine – School of continuing medical education (Psychiatry, Menopause, Family, OBJYN, Women's Mental Health), Tel Aviv University, Tel aviv, Israel
2002-2006, Teaching Medical students from Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel aviv, Israel
2002-2006, Supervising interns and residents in Closed Psychiatric ward, Tel Aviv University, Tel aviv, Israel
2002-2006, Supervising residents in Psychiatry in Psychotherapy
2001-2006, Teaching Psychiatry, Tmurot Alternative Medicine School Studies, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel
Membership in Professional/ Scientific Societies:
Israel Psychiatry Association
Israel Biological Psychiatry Association
Marce' International Association for Perinatal Psychiatry
International Woman's Mental Health
