Memberships:
- Full Member Deutsche Gesellschaft der Plastischen, Rekonstruktiven und Ästhetischen Chirurgen (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:
- Vice President („President Elect“) Deutsche Gesellschaft der Plastischen, Rekonstruktiven und Ästhetischen Chirurgen (DGPRÄC) from 2019 – 2020
- Secretary of the Deutschen Gesellschaft der Plastischen, Rekonstruktiven und Ästhetischen Chirurgen (DGPRÄC) von 2017 – 2019
- Head of the Department Hand surgery in the extended board of the Deutschen Gesellschaft der Plastischen, Rekonstruktiven und Ästhetischen Chirurgen (DGPRÄC) September 2012 – 2018
- Board- and Advisory board member of the Deutschen Gesellschaft für Handchirurgie (DGH) until 2016
- 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 der Plastischen, Rekonstruktiven und Ästhetischen 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 der Plastischen, Rekonstruktiven und Ästhetischen 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
- 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.