“Accommodation Club was founded in Zurich on August 19th 1989, in order “to foster research on cataract surgery designed to preserve and restore accommodation”. Club Founders were Jean-Marie Parel, Okihiro Nishi, Eduard Haefliger, Fritz Treffers and Edward WD Norton.
“On the 19th of August 89, we were all at an international meeting in Zurich. Haefliger and Nishi were arguing a bit in the spirit of friendly competition – I told them we were very few and should work together, and Nishi suggested the idea of a club.”
“The Club is not registered anywhere and has no charter or constitutions or by-laws … we’re a bunch of friends with a common goal.” Jean-Marie Parel, Club President
Club Members
The Accommodation Club welcomes all researchers working in the area of accommodation, including clinicians, surgeons, scientists, engineers and industry.
Core members (called ‘Chevaliers’) help to organise meetings and maintain Club communications.
Key Club Officers
| President | Jean-Marie Parel | USA | ||
| Vice President | Eduard Haefliger | Switzerland | ||
| Rafael Barraquer | Spain | |||
| Past Vice President | Frits Treffers | Holland | ||
| Emeritus Presidents | Joaquin Barraquer | Spain | ||
| Edward WD Norton† | USA | |||
| Secretary General | Arthur Ho | Australia | ||
| Past Secretary General | Philippe Sourdille | France | ||
| Deputy Secretary General | Mariela Aguilar | USA | ||
| Associate Secretary General | Fabrice Manns | USA | ||
| Honoris Causa | Chevalier de Tadini† | Italy | ||
| Julius Kessler† | Austria | |||
| Lavit P Agarwal† | India | |||
| Edward WD Norton† | USA | |||
| Pascal Rol† | Switzerland | |||
| Jose I Barraquer† | Colombia | |||
| Paul Kaufman | USA | |||
| Jackson Coleman | USA | |||
| Brien Holden | Australia | |||
| Chevaliers | Jean-Marie Parel, 1979 | USA | ||
| Frits Treffers, 1980 | Holland | |||
| Joaquin Barraquer, 1981 | Spain | |||
| Eduard Haefliger, 1984 | Switzerland | |||
| Tsutomu Hara, 1985 | Japan | |||
| Okihiro Nishi, 1987 | Japan | |||
| Philippe Sourdille, 1992 | France | |||
| Rafael Barraquer, 1993 | Spain | |||
| Franck L Villain, 1993 | France | |||
| Yoshiko Takesue, 1993 | Japan | |||
| Hans-Joachim Hettlich, 1993 | Germany | |||
| Robert Stegman, 1993 | South Africa | |||
| Sonia Yoo, 2004 | USA | |||
| Arthur Ho, 2004 | Australia | |||
| Fabrice Manns, 2006 | USA | |||
| Adrian Glasser, 2006 | USA | |||
| Ronald R Krueger, 2006 | USA | |||
| Arlene Gwon, 2008 | USA | |||
| Mary Ann Croft, 2008 | USA | |||
| Thom Terwee, 2008 | Holland | |||
| Robert Augusteyn, 2010 | Australia | |||
| William Culbertson, 2010 | USA | |||
| Rob GL van der Heijde, 2010 | Holland | |||
| Noberto Lopez-Gil, 2010 | Spain | |||
| Raymond Myers, 2010 | USA |