Tuba Sungur, Dietitian

Tuba Sungur is a dietitian in the Nutrition & Diet Unit at Acibadem Kartal Hospital in İstanbul. Her work centers on dietary guidance for people living with iron deficiency, coeliac disease, metabolic conditions, cardiovascular disease and gout, together with nutrition during pregnancy and menopause and weight management for children and adolescents. She has more than 16 years of experience in the field of nutrition and dietetics.

Tuba Sungur graduated from İstanbul Bilgi University Faculty of Health Sciences in 2021. Her professional experience includes working as a dietitian at Acıbadem Dr. Şinasi Can Hospital from 2022 to 2025, and she has been associated with Acıbadem Healthcare Services since 2010. She is a member of the Türkiye Diyetisyenler Association (TDD).

Clinical focus

A large part of Tuba Sungur’s practice involves nutrition planning for medical conditions in which diet plays a supporting role. This includes nutrition for iron deficiency, dietary management of coeliac disease, and nutritional approaches for metabolic disease and cardiovascular disease. She also provides dietary guidance for patients with gout, where food choices may form part of the wider management plan alongside medical gout treatment. In each case, dietary recommendations are considered in the context of the patient’s diagnosis, existing treatment and individual circumstances.

Her areas of expertise further include weight management for children and adolescents, nutrition during pregnancy, and nutrition and diet in menopause. Tuba Sungur also works with carbohydrate counting, a method that may be used by people who need to track carbohydrate intake as part of managing their condition, and she provides nutritional support for bed-bound patients, whose dietary needs can differ from those of mobile individuals. Nutritional advice is tailored to the person’s health condition, dietary needs and daily routine.

How Tuba Sungur works with international patients

Tuba Sungur 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, imaging reports, discharge summaries and any previous dietary or medical treatment records, and arranges appointments and the hospital visit. A first consultation typically covers the patient’s history and 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 who wish to discuss their nutritional needs before or instead of traveling, subject to the nature of the individual case.