Research
Since 2006, Dr Makras has been actively involved in research on disorders of calcium and bone metabolism and on rare diseases, including Langerhans cell histiocytosis and non-Langerhans cell histiocytoses.
Dr Makras is the lead author of the published Greek guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis and a co-author of the corresponding Greek guidelines for parathyroid disorders. He co-founded the first Fracture Liaison Service (FLS) in Greece.
Dr Makras is the founder and Director of the Adult Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis Centre of Expertise, based at the 251 Hellenic Air Force General Hospital. The Centre is a member of the European Reference Network EuroBloodNet.
In addition to its involvement in multiple research protocols, a major research project conducted by the Research Laboratory of the 251 Hellenic Air Force General Hospital under Dr Makras’s direction focuses on the DNA-based identification of Greek soldiers who fell during the Greek-Italian War of 1940–1941. This research has recently yielded its first successful identifications.