Dyt. Esin Aydoğan

Dyt. Esin Aydoğan is a dietitian working in the Nutrition & Diet unit at Acibadem Maslak Hospital in İstanbul, Türkiye. She provides dietary assessment and nutritional counseling for patients of different ages, with a particular focus on children and adolescents, patients receiving oncology treatment, bedridden patients and people with iron deficiency. Her role is to translate a patient’s medical situation into a practical, individualized eating plan and to review how that plan is working over time.

She completed her training at Acıbadem Mehmet Ali Aydınlar University, graduating in 2024, and joined Acıbadem Healthcare Services in the same year. Her clinical work takes place within the hospital’s Nutrition & Diet unit, where nutritional care is planned in relation to the patient’s broader medical treatment and adjusted as the patient’s condition changes.

Clinical focus

One of Dyt. Aydoğan’s main areas of expertise is weight management in children and adolescents. In this age group, dietary guidance has to take growth and development into account, and plans are typically built around the family’s eating habits, the child’s daily routine and gradual, realistic changes rather than restrictive dieting. She also works with patients who have iron deficiency, where dietary counseling focuses on iron-containing foods, factors that influence how well iron is absorbed, and coordination with the treating physician when laboratory results indicate that dietary measures alone are not sufficient.

Her practice further includes nutrition for oncology patients and nutrition for bedridden patients. In oncology, dietary support is often directed at maintaining weight and strength during treatment, managing side effects that affect appetite or eating, and adapting food choices as treatment progresses. For patients who are confined to bed, whether at home or in hospital, the emphasis is on meeting energy and protein needs, supporting skin integrity and general condition, and adjusting the form and texture of food where swallowing or digestion is affected. In each of these areas, the dietary plan is developed together with the patient, the family or caregivers, and the medical team responsible for the patient’s care.

How Dyt. Esin Aydoğan works with international patients

Dyt. Aydoğan speaks Turkish and English, and interpreters can be arranged for patients who prefer another language. Before a visit, the international patient team coordinates the collection of prior reports and relevant documents, such as laboratory results, discharge summaries, previous treatment records and any imaging reports, and arranges the appointment and hospital visit. A first consultation typically covers the patient’s history and current symptoms, a review of existing results and previous treatments, a clinical assessment and a discussion of the dietary options that may be appropriate. Video consultation is available for international patients, which allows a patient abroad to discuss their situation with Dyt. Aydoğan in Turkish or English before deciding whether to travel, and to review dietary progress remotely where suitable.