Gizem Katkıcı Taşkın, Dietitian

Gizem Katkıcı Taşkın is a dietitian working in the field of Nutrition & Diet, with more than 12 years of experience. She sees patients at Acibadem Maslak Hospital in İstanbul, Türkiye, where she works within the Nutrition & Diet unit. Her areas of expertise include personalized nutrition counseling, clinical nutrition counseling and community nutrition counseling, and Functional Medicine is among her subspecialties. The full set of listed areas appears below this biography.

Gizem Katkıcı Taşkın completed her education at Acıbadem Mehmet Ali Aydınlar University Faculty of Health Sciences between 2014 and 2018. In 2018 she joined Acıbadem Healthcare Services, where she has continued her professional work in nutrition and diet. She is a member of one professional body, the Türkiye Diyetisyenler Association. She speaks Turkish and English.

Clinical focus

A central part of Gizem Katkıcı Taşkın’s work is personalized nutrition counseling. In this setting, the dietary plan is developed around the individual patient rather than a standard template, taking into account the information the patient provides about their history, habits and goals. Recommendations are discussed with the patient, and the plan may be adjusted over time as circumstances change. Clinical nutrition counseling is a further area of her practice; here, nutritional guidance is considered in the context of a patient’s medical situation and, where relevant, alongside the care provided by the treating physicians.

Gizem Katkıcı Taşkın also works in community nutrition counseling, which addresses nutrition at the level of groups and populations rather than only the individual. Within her subspecialty of Functional Medicine, she approaches nutrition as one component of a broader view of the patient’s health. As with all dietary advice, the appropriateness of any recommendation depends on the individual patient’s condition, and decisions are made together with the patient after a careful assessment of the available information.

How Gizem Katkıcı Taşkın works with international patients

Gizem Katkıcı Taşkın consults in Turkish and English, and interpreters can be arranged for patients who speak other languages. For patients coming from abroad, the hospital’s international patient team coordinates the collection of prior reports, such as laboratory results, discharge summaries and relevant medical records, arranges appointments and organises the hospital visit. A first consultation typically covers the patient’s history and current concerns, a review of existing reports and previous treatments, an assessment of the patient’s nutritional situation and a discussion of the options that may be suitable. Video consultation is available for international patients, which means that a patient abroad can speak with Gizem Katkıcı Taşkın in Turkish or English before deciding whether to travel to İstanbul.