Ezgi Hazal Çelik, Dietitian

Ezgi Hazal Çelik is a dietitian in the Nutrition & Diet unit of Acibadem Bakirkoy Hospital in İstanbul. Her work covers clinical nutrition therapy and medical nutrition therapy for patients whose medical condition or treatment affects how they eat, digest or absorb food, as well as individualized nutrition planning adapted to each person’s clinical situation and care plan.

Ezgi Hazal Çelik studied at Acıbadem Mehmet Ali Aydınlar University Faculty of Health Sciences from 2016 to 2019 and continued her education at the same university in 2024. She has worked with Acıbadem Healthcare Services since 2019. She is a member of the Clinical Enteral Parenteral Nutrition Association and of Down Türkiye.

Clinical focus

A central part of Ezgi Hazal Çelik’s practice is medical nutrition therapy, in which dietary intake is assessed and adjusted as part of the overall treatment of a medical condition. This includes clinical nutrition therapy for patients receiving hospital care, where nutritional needs may change during illness, before or after surgery, or alongside other treatments. When a patient cannot meet nutritional requirements through ordinary food, she is involved in enteral nutrition, which delivers nutrition through a feeding tube into the digestive tract, and in parenteral nutrition, which provides nutrients directly into the bloodstream. In both cases the nutritional plan is prepared in coordination with the treating medical team and reviewed as the patient’s condition evolves.

Ezgi Hazal Çelik also provides nutrition support for people with Down syndrome. Individuals with Down syndrome may have particular nutritional considerations related to growth, weight, digestion or associated health conditions, and she prepares individualized nutrition plans that take these factors and the family’s daily routine into account. Across all areas of her work, plans are built around the individual patient rather than a standard template, and are adjusted over time as clinical circumstances and personal goals change.

How Ezgi Hazal Çelik works with international patients

Ezgi Hazal Çelik consults in Turkish and English, and interpreters can be arranged for patients who speak other languages. Before a visit, the hospital’s international patient team coordinates the collection of prior reports, including laboratory and pathology results, imaging reports, operative notes and discharge summaries, and arranges appointments and the hospital visit. A first consultation typically covers the patient’s medical history and current symptoms, a review of existing test results and previous treatments, an assessment of nutritional status and eating habits, and a discussion of possible nutritional approaches. Where a nutrition plan is part of a broader treatment, it is coordinated with the other physicians involved in the patient’s care. Video consultations are available for international patients, which may be used for an initial discussion or for follow-up of an existing nutrition plan.