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Dr. MICHAIL A. KARANIKAS M.D., M.Sc., Ph.D., FACS

5. Supervisor of a postgraduate thesis on the topic: "The way in which anatomy serves the 'seed
and soil' theory in bone metastases of breast cancer" in the framework of the Postgraduate

Program "Clinical - Surgical Anatomy" of Medicine School of the Democritus University of
Thrace 6/2022

6. Member of the three-member thesis on the topic: “Appendicovesical fistula. Report of a case
and short review of the literature "in the framework of the Postgraduate Program" Clinical -

Surgical Anatomy "of the Medical School of Democritus University of Thrace 6/2022.

15.B.Postgraduate under preparation

1. Member of the three-member thesis on the topic: “Modern methods of education in

Anatomy" in the framework of the Postgraduate Program" Clinical - Surgical Anatomy "of the
Medical School of Democritus University of Thrace 2019-20.

15.C. PhD Theses successfully completed
1. Participation in the three-member committee of the PhD thesis "The contribution of local

lidocaine infusion in the treatment of facial pain, headache and neck pain" by Pavlos E.

Garinis, Doctor - Otolaryngologist. Submitted to the Department of Medicine of the School
of Health Sciences of the Democritus University of Thrace - Public Support in 2020.
https://www.didaktorika.gr/eadd/handle/10442/47413

2. Participation in the seven-member committee of of the PhD thesis "Lipokines and intestinal

peptides of neurohormonal regulation of appetite in disorders of thyroid function" by
Spyridonos A. Kokkinou, Physician-Pathologist. Submitted to the Department of Medicine of

the School of Health Sciences of the Democritus University of Thrace - Public Support in 2017.
https://www.didaktorika.gr/eadd/handle/10442/42343.

3. Participation in the seven-member committee of the dissertation "Study of pathogenic
microorganisms in diabetic foot infections" under Maria Th. Dimitriou, Biopathologist.

Submitted to the Department of Medicine of the School of Health Sciences of the Democritus
University of Thrace - Public Support in 2017.

https://www.didaktorika.gr/eadd/handle/10442/41709.
4. Participation in the three-member committee of the PhD thesis "The effect of ischemic

ligation on primary total knee arthroplasty: Study of the adhesion mantle of cementum in
the tibia and its release of gentamicin into the bloodstream" by Panagiotis E. Touzopoulos,

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