Dr. Steven received his Bachelor of Science at the University of Manitoba in 1992. After completing his MD at the University of Manitoba in 1996, Dr. Steven completed his residency in neurosurgery at the University of Western Ontario. During his residency, Dr. Steven obtained his Master's of Public Health with a concentration in biostatistics at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. Following residency, Dr. Steven completed a clinical fellowship in epilepsy surgery and the Montréal Neurological Hospital and Institute.

Since 2003, Dr. Steven has been an Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery at the University of Western Ontario. He devotes most of his clinical practice to the surgical treatment of epilepsy and has published several articles and book chapters on this subject. Dr. Steven is a member of the Canadian Neurosurgical Society, American Association of Neurological Surgeons, Congress of Neurological Surgeons, Canadian League Against Epilepsy, and the American Epilepsy Society. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Canada and the American College of Surgeons and is a Diplomate of the American Board of Neurological Surgery.