Ali Salcan, Dietitian

Ali Salcan is a dietitian in the Nutrition & Diet unit at Acibadem Bodrum Outpatient Clinic in Muğla, Türkiye. He graduated from İstanbul Gelişim University in 2018 and completed the Turkish Football Federation Football Player Nutrition Specialist Training in 2019. He has more than nine years of experience in nutrition and dietetics, and his professional focus is on nutrition and diet care, dietary counseling and sports nutrition, including nutrition for football players.

Before taking up his current position in 2025, Ali Salcan worked at Acıbadem İzmir Kent Hospital from 2023 to 2025 and at Acıbadem Atakent Hospital from 2022 to 2023. From 2021 to 2022 he was a dietitian at Anti Natural Food and Herbal Supplement Products Industry and Trade Inc. His early training included dietitian internships at Fitcy Nutrition Beylikdüzü İstanbul and at Florence Nıghtıngale Hospital Şişli /İstanbul in 2018, as well as a hospital-based dietitian internship in İstanbul in 2017. Across these roles he has gained experience in hospital-based nutrition services as well as in commercial and community nutrition settings.

Clinical focus

Ali Salcan provides nutrition and diet care and dietary counseling for adults seeking guidance on their eating habits. A dietary assessment usually begins with a review of the patient’s medical history, current diet, lifestyle and any relevant laboratory findings, after which an individualized eating plan is discussed. Dietary recommendations are adjusted over time according to the patient’s needs, tolerance and any medical conditions that may influence nutritional requirements. Where a patient is under the care of other physicians, dietary advice is coordinated with that ongoing treatment.

A further area of his work is sports nutrition, with particular attention to football player nutrition, a field in which he completed dedicated training with the Turkish Football Federation in 2019. This work concerns the nutritional needs of athletes in relation to training load, competition schedules, recovery and body composition. Recommendations are individualized and reviewed as an athlete’s training and goals change. As with all dietary advice, expectations are discussed in a realistic way, and nutrition planning is presented as one component of an athlete’s overall preparation rather than as a substitute for coaching or medical care.

How Ali Salcan works with international patients

Ali Salcan consults in Turkish and English, and interpreters can be arranged for patients who speak other languages. Before a visit, the international patient team coordinates the collection of prior reports, such as laboratory results, discharge summaries and previous nutrition or medical records, and arranges appointments and the practical aspects of the clinic visit. A first consultation typically covers the patient’s history and current concerns, a review of existing results and previous dietary or medical treatments, an assessment of nutritional status and a discussion of the available options. Video consultation is available for international patients who wish to have an initial or follow-up discussion before or after traveling to Muğla.