Steven E. Wilson

Though born in Oklahoma City, Wilson grew up in Whittier, California. He completed his undergraduate degree in biology from California State University, Fullerton in 1974 and a master's degree in molecular biology and biochemistry from University of California, Irvine in 1977. He received his doctor of medicine degree from University of California, San Diego in 1984. The early part of his career saw him completing residency at the Mayo Clinic and taking professor and research roles at various universities.[2] He served as a professor and Chair of the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of Washington in Seattle from 1998 to 2003,[5] and was named Grace E. Hill Endowed Chair in Vision Research.[6]

Since 2003, he has been professor of ophthalmology and staff cornea and refractive surgeon at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, and he has served as the cornea and refractive fellowship director there since 2006.[2]

Wilson said of his accomplishments outside of ophthalmology, that writing fiction is a “great pleasure” and a treasured hobby.[7] His first novel, Winter in Kandahar, was a 2004 finalist for the Benjamin Franklin Award for Best New Voice in Fiction.[1] A second novel, Ascent from Darkness, was a finalist in the Action/Adventure category (2008) in the Indie Book Awards.[8] Wilson's third novel, The Ghosts of Anatolia, received multiple awards in 2010 and 2011.[1] A more recent novel, The Benghazi Affair was the Benjamin Franklin Award Audio Book Gold Prize winner in fiction.[9]

• Steven E. Wilson at Cleveland Clinic website
• Steven E. Wilson publications indexed by Google Scholar