Steven Eugene Wilson (born 1951) is an American ophthalmologist and professor at Cleveland Clinic, where he is a surgeon and directs corneal research.

The early part of his career saw him completing residency at the Mayo Clinic and taking professor and research roles at various universities.

Wilson's laboratory studying corneal wound healing was funded by the National Eye Institute and the U.S. Department of Defense from 1993 to 2025.

[2] Wilson said of his accomplishments outside of ophthalmology, that writing fiction is a “great pleasure” and a treasured hobby.

[1] A more recent novel, The Benghazi Affair was the Benjamin Franklin Award Audio Book Gold Prize winner in fiction.