Dr. Hampson A. Sisler

Dr. Hampson A. Sisler M.D., FACS, FAGO, LTCL is recognized by Continental Who’s Who as a Professional of the Year. Dr. Sisler is a true renaissance man with roles as both an Oculoplastic Surgeon and Professional Organist based in New York City.

Dr. Sisler has over fifty years of experience in the field of Oculoplastic Surgery and specializes in Cosmetic and Plastic Surgery for Injuries to the Eye. Currently, he is "semi-retired" and subspecializes in Oculoplastics, Lacrimology, and Orbitology. Although he may be “semi-retired”, Dr. Sisler has another passion that keeps him busy- his role as a Professional Organist.

Dr. Sisler has been playing the organ for far longer than he has been an Ophthalmologist.  His talent became evident at the age of 5 and he was only 11 years old when he had his first job playing for Sunday services at his church. Incredibly, Dr. Sisler, like his grandmother before him, learned to play the organ entirely by ear, and learned to read music due to the encouragement of his mother. As his career as an organist developed, Dr. Sisler became the youngest ever fellow of the American Guild of Organists at age 17 and also achieved the Trinity College of London´s Licentiate Teacher of Organ and Related Subjects Diploma with honors.

In addition to playing music, Dr. Sisler is an accomplished composer. He composes classical music for choir, organ, instruments, concert band, and symphony orchestra. Dr. Sisler’s exceptional talent as an organist has led to his current position as the music director for Central Presbyterian Church in New York City, a landmark church built by the renown Rockefeller Family.

Although the organ may have been Dr. Sisler’s first passion, many of his patients and peers would attest to the fact that Dr. Sisler is as skilled an Ophthalmologist as he is an Organist. Attending New York University in the 1950’s, Dr. Sisler decided early in his coursework that wanted to specialize in Ophthalmology due to his interest in the eye and his desire to understand vision issues that he had experienced during his childhood.

Despite being “semi-retired” from the field of medicine, Dr. Sisler maintains a strong ties to the field of Ophthalmology and continues to serve as Vice President of the International Society for Orbital Disorders, based in Amsterdam.