About
Mission
The Intra-Ocular Implant Club was founded in 1966 to
- promote research in the field of intraocular lens implantation;
- allow for the free and unhindered exchange of ideas concerning anterior segment intraocular implantation;
- provide an international forum to improve the understanding of intraocular lens implants and
- promote implantation surgery; and
- sponsor and advise national societies as they develop.
Contact
International Intra-Ocular Implant Club (IIIC)
c/o Michael C. Knorz (Executive Director)
FreeVis LASIK Zentrum
Theodor Kutzer Ufer 1-3
68167 Mannheim
Germany
Phone: +49 621 383 3410
Fax: +49 621 383 1984
Email: info@iiiclub.org
Board of Directors 2024 – 2026
Ron Yeoh, president
Eric Donnenfeld, immediate-past president
Vance Thompson, president-elect
Ruth Lapid-Gortzak, treasurer
Sri Ganesh, secretary
Executive Director 2024 – 2026
Michael C. Knorz
Past Presidents
Past presidents: Sir Harold Ridley; From left to right / front: Bob Drews, Sir Harold Ridley, Cornelius Binkhorst;
back: Kensaku Miyake, Karl Jacobi, Peter Choyce.
1966 – 1972 Harold Ridley
1972 – 1977 Cees Binkhorst
1977 – 1980 Peter Choyce (First secretary 66 -77)
1980 – 1984 Robert Drews
1984 – 1988 Karl Jacobi
1988 – 1992 Kensaku Miyake
1992 – 1996 Stephen Obstbaum
1996 – 1998 Bo Philipson
1998 – 2000 Douglas Koch
2000 – 2002 Emanuel Rosen
2002 – 2004 Richard Lindstrom
2004 – 2006 Leif Corydon
2006 – 2008 Hiroko Bissen-Miyajima
2008 – 2010 Howard Fine
2010 – 2012 Michael C. Knorz
2012 – 2014 Steve A. Arshinoff
2014 – 2016 Graham D. Barrett
2016 – 2018 Roberto Zaldivar
2018 – 2020 Stephen G. Slade
2020 – 2022 Thomas Kohnen
2022 – 2024 Eric Donnenfeld
Executive Directors
1972 – 1990 Alex Masarati
1997 – 2010 Jaci Lindstrom
2010 – 2011 Georg H. Bissen
Since 2012 Michael C. Knorz