Steven R. Sarkisian, Jr., MD

Steven R. Sarkisian, Jr., MD, is the founder and CEO of Oklahoma Eye Surgeons, PLLC.
Dr. Sarkisian is a surgical innovator and was the first in Oklahoma to implant the PanOptix and PanOptix Pro trifocal lenses and perform the iStent, iStent Inject, iStent Infinite, iDose TR, Excimer Laser Trabeculotomy (ELT), Hydrus, XEN Gel Stent, Trab-Ex, SION, and canaloplasty. He was the first in the U.S. to use the OMNI device and the first in the world to use the TRAB360 and VISCO360 surgical systems, the predicate devices to the OMNI. He was the first in Oklahoma and one of the first in the USA to own and perform DSLT. Dr. Sarkisian is the former director of the glaucoma service and fellowship at Dean McGee Eye Institute and former Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Oklahoma in Oklahoma City.
He has been involved in over 50 past and current clinical trials. Due to his involvement in the development of new glaucoma technology, he has been active in presenting and publishing his work both in America and internationally. He co-authored the book “Minimally Invasive Glaucoma Surgery, a Practical Guide” in 2016, with a second edition to be published late 2026.
Dr. Sarkisian is listed in the Best Doctors in America, Castle Connolly’s “Top Doctors”, Oklahoma Super Doctors, and “America’s Top Ophthalmologists” by the Consumers’ Research Council of America.
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Dr. Sarkisian received his undergraduate degree from Wheaton College in Illinois, followed by graduate work at Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia. He received his MD degree from Jefferson Medical College and completed an ophthalmology residency at the State University of New York Health Science Center (SUNY Downstate) in Brooklyn, New York, followed by a fellowship in glaucoma at the Hamilton Eye Institute at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in Memphis.
Dr. Sarkisian currently serves on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, Glaucoma Today, Glaucoma Physician, and Ophthalmology Management.
He and his wife Anne have four children and reside in Edmond, Oklahoma.