Memberships:
- Full Member Deutsche Gesellschaft für Plastische, Rekonstruktive und Ästhetische Chirurgie (DGPRÄC)
- Full Member Deutsche Gesellschaft für Chirurgie (DGCh)
- Full Member Deutsche Gesellschaft für Unfallchirurgie (DGU)
- Full Member Deutsche Gesellschaft für Handchirurgie (DGH)
- Full Member Deutschsprachige Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Handchirurgie (DAH)
- International Member American Society for Surgery of the Hand (ASSH)
- Member International Federation of Societies for Surgery of the Hand (IFSSH)
- Member Federation of European Societies for Surgery of the Hand (FESSH)
- Member American Association for Hand Surgery (AAHS)
- Mitglied International Wrist Investigators Workshop (IWIW)
- Active Member American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery (ASRM)
- Active Member World Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery (WSRM)
- Member Section Hand Surgery of the Deutschen Gesellschaft für Unfallchirurgie (DGU)
- Member Section Hand Surgery der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Operative Orthopädie und Traumatologie (DGOT)
- Full Member of the Deutschsprachigen Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Mikrochirurgie der peripheren Nerven und Gefäße (DAM)
- Full Member International Bone Research Association (IBRA)
- Member Mayo Hand Club
- Member Hessische Krebsgesellschaft
Current board memberships in scientific corporations:
- Council member and President Elect Deutsche Gesellschaft für Handchirurgie (DGH) 2023/2024
- Vice President Deutsche Gesellschaft für Plastische, Rekonstruktive und Ästhetische Chirurgie (DGPRÄC) from 2019 – 2020
- Secretary of the Deutschen Gesellschaft für Plastische, Rekonstruktive und Ästhetische Chirurgie (DGPRÄC) von 2017 – 2019
- Head of the Department Hand surgery in the extended board of the Deutschen Gesellschaft für Plastische, Rekonstruktive und Ästhetische Chirurgie (DGPRÄC) September 2012 – 2018
- Board- and Advisory board member of the Deutschen Gesellschaft für Handchirurgie (DGH) until 2016 and since 2022 again in the board of the Deutschen Gesellschaft für Handchirurgie (DGH) für die Deutschsprachige Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Handchirurgie (DAH)
- Board member and advisor for plastic surgery in the Deutschen Gesellschaft für Plastische und Wiederherstellungschirurgie (DGPW) until 2008
- Board member and delegate of the Deutschen Gesellschaft für Plastische, Rekonstruktive und Ästhetische Chirurgen (DGPRÄC) in the working group scientific, medical professional society (AWMF) until 2010
- Member in the “Godina-Fellow” Search-Committee (2009) of the American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery (ASRM)
- Member of the “Buncke-Lecturer” Search-Committee (2009) of the American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery (ASRM)
- Member in the “Nominating Committee” of the World Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery (WSRM) since 2019
- Board Member Professional Association of German Surgeons (BDC) for the speciality Plastic Surgery since 2019
Congress Organisation and events lead by Prof. Dr. Dr. Sauerbier:
- Program Co-Chair annual meeting of the American Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery (ASRM) from 12.-15. January 2013 in Naples, FL, USA
- Program Co-Chair annual meeting of the American Association for Hand Surgery (AAHS) in cooperation with the Deutschen Gesellschaft für Handchirurgie (DGH) from 13.-16. January 2016 in Scottsdale, AZ, USA
- Congress President 57. Congress of the Deutschen Gesellschaft für Handchirurgie (DGH) in cooperation with the American Association for Handsurgery (AAHS), from 22.-24. September 2016 in Frankfurt am Main
- Congress President International Bone Research Association (IBRA) in Frankfurt am Main from 28.-29. January 2022
- Co-Congress President 52. annual meeting of the Deutschen Gesellschaft für Plastische, Rekonstruktive und Ästhetische Chirurgen (DGPRÄC) in Frankfurt am Main from 29. September -1. October 2022
- Co-Congress President 43. Symposium of the Deutschsprachigen Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Mikrochirurgie der peripheren Nerven und Gefäße (DAM) in Frankfurt am Main from 10.-12. November 2022
- Congress President International Bone Research Association (IBRA) in Frankfurt am Main from 27.-28. January 2023
- President 62. Symposium of the Deutschsprachigen Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Handchirurgie (DAH) in Bad Homburg v. d. Höhe from 4.-6. May 2023
Other committees
- Member and examiner of the expert and arbitration board committee of the State Medical Association of Hesse (LÄK Hessen)
- Regular examiner at the State Medical Association of Hesse (LÄK Hessen) for obtaining a specialist in plastic, reconstructive and aesthetic surgery as well as for the additional designation of hand surgery.