President of the International Society for Medical Laser Applications (since 2012), German Vice President of the German-Chinese Research Foundation (since 2014) and Honorary President of the European Federation of Acupuncture and Moxibustion Societies (2023), Chairman of Consensus Guidelines for Laser Acupuncture of the World Association for photobiomoduLation Therapy (WALT), Member of the expert panels of the World Health Organization (WHO) for acupuncture and related fields, and honorary or guest professor at 12 top universities and institutions in China. Gerhard Litscher was Head of two Research Units and Founding Director and Chairman of the TCM Research Center (2007-2023) at the Medical University of Graz.