About Us

“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

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