Robert Sader

Robert Sader, MD, DMD, PhD (Univ.-Prof.Dr.Dr.Dr.)

Prof. Dr. mult. Robert Sader has received his training in OMF-Surgery at Technical University Munich. After working at University Hospital Basel, in 2004 he was appointed as professor, director and chair of Oral, Cranio-Maxillofacial and Facial Plastic Surgery at Goethe-University Frankfurt. His department offers the whole spectrum from dentoalveolar surgery, dental implantology, traumatology, orthognatic and TMJ surgery, oncology, plastic-reconstructive and cleft lip and palate and craniofacial surgery. In Frankfurt he is as well medical director and CEO of the University Dental Institute “Carolinum”. About 350 published peer-reviewed articles show a profound scientific work, his H-index is 42. His clinical research focus is development and application of innovative 3D-technologies in oral and maxillofacial surgery and dental implantology. Another scientific focus is interdisciplinary treatment of cleft lip and palate patients and treatment concepts in regenerative medicine and dentistry, especially using new biomaterials.

He is honorary professor at the University of Leon/Nicaragua, University of Duschanbe/Tadschikistan and Ragas Dental College and Hospital Chennai/India as well as Visiting professor at Tokyo Medical University in Japan.

He has the following honorary positions: President of the German Academy of Aesthetic Dentistry and the Frankfurt Dental Association founded in 1863, Executive Board Member of the International Foundation of Cleft Lip and Palate, Head of Research Committee of the International Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery; General Secretary of the International Federation of Esthetic Dentistry and Councillor Western Europe of the Association of Dental Education of Europe.

For his numerous merits to children with cleft lip and palate, his internationally networked based commitment to German science and education, and his numerous honorary commitments, including the field of doing charity surgery, he was awarded in 2023 by the German Federal President with the German Federal Cross of Merit 1st Class.