Dr. Stephenson is certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology.

A graduate of Duke University in Durham, North Carolina and The Bowman Gray School of Medicine at Wake Forest University in Winston Salem, North Carolina, Dr. Stephenson completed his residency in ophthalmology at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit.

Dr. Stephenson is the Chief of Anterior Segment Surgery at William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak.  He is also actively involved in the surgical training of ophthalmology residents at William Beaumont Hospital.  A former clinical professor at Michigan State University, Dr. Stephenson has been involved in clinical research for the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland.

Dr. Stephenson specializes in cataract, glaucoma and laser surgery, including LASIK.  He has received many accolades and honors in the past few years including being named as the top cataract specialist in Southeastern Michigan by Detroit Monthly Magazine in 1995.  Dr. Stephenson is also listed as one of the best anterior segment-cataract and refractive (glaucoma) surgeons in the book, The Best Doctors in America: Midwest Region 1996-1997, and also in the 1998-1999 Edition.  He was named by the Detroit News in 1998 as one of the best Ophthalmologists in the entire state of Michigan.  In October 2000, Dr. Stephenson was named the best ophthalmologist in the entire Detroit area by Hour Magazine.

A Diplomate of the American Board of Ophthalmology.  Dr. Stephenson is also an Associate Member of the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons.  In addition, he is a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the Michigan Keratorefractive Society, the American Medical Association, the Michigan Ophthalmology Society, the Michigan State Medical Society, the Oakland County Medical Society and the Detroit Ophthalmology Club.

Dr. Stephenson is on staff at William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak and St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Pontiac.