PHYSICIAN CEO 2019_Participant Directory

Gary J. L. Foster, MD graduated from Brigham Young University, Cum Laude, and then received his M.D.

degree from the University of Utah with AOA Honors. He completed his residency in Ophthalmology at the

Moran Eye Center, and scored in the top one percent nationally of board certifying ophthalmologists. He then

received post-residency training in eye laser and refractive surgery before joining the Eye Center of Northern

Colorado, in Ft Collins in 1995. Dr. Foster’s practice focuses on laser cataract correction and refractive surgery

to restore vision and decrease the need for distance and reading glasses. This is accomplished through laser

cataract removal with near focusing lens implants (ReSTOR, Technis multifocal, and Crystalens), laser eye

surgery (LASIK and PRK), and phakic IOL’s.

Dr. Foster has been a principal investigator in numerous research projects to enhance eye treatment and

technology and is a certified physician trainer for the Visx laser vision correction system. He is involved in

teaching advanced surgical techniques at the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) and The American

Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ASCRS) national meetings, and speaks regularly on related topics to

train other doctors around the world. He is currently the on the cataract committee and co-chairs the Clinical

classroom committee for the ASCRS. The clinical classroom committee helps train third world eye surgeons in

modern surgical techniques to improve eye care worldwide.

Dr. Foster is a happily married, father of three teenagers. He spends most of his free time with his family and

church and loves gardening, fishing, biking, photography, water sports, and hunting.