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Top 500
#20
Score
73.7/100

Dr. Jill Foster, MD

Jill A. Foster, MD is an oculoplastic surgeon at Central Ohio Eye and Plastic Surgery, a multi-doctor group practice at 262 Neil Avenue, 4th Floor, Columbus, Ohio. The practice describes blepharoplasty, ptosis correction, eyelid reconstruction and brow lift among its oculoplastics and facial aesthetics services.

Practice
262 Neil Avenue, 4th Floor, Columbus, OH 43215
Phone
(614) 221-7464
Website
ohioeyesurgeons.com
Medicare eyelid ops
323, 2022-2024
Eyelid papers
12 in PubMed
Meetings taught
1 on file

Training and board certification

Source for all rows: ohioeyesurgeons.com/jill-a-foster-md

Stage Detail
College Augustana College, 1982, Summa Cum Laude
Medical school University of Illinois Medical School, graduated with honors
Internship/Residency University of Illinois Hospital, Department of Ophthalmology
Fellowship Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Pennsylvania and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
  • Fellow of the American Board of Ophthalmology, the American College of Surgeons, and the American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.
  • Career: started at Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio; moved to Ophthalmic Surgeons and Consultants in Columbus, OH in 2001.
  • Associate Clinical Professor, William H. Havener Eye Center, The Ohio State University; section chair of Oculoplastic Surgery, Nationwide Children's Hospital; Vice Chair of Ophthalmology, Doctor's Hospital.
  • Site states she received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the Baylis Award for accomplishments in Cosmetic Surgery, and a Resident Teaching Award at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation.

Eyelid surgery work

  • Oculoplastics. Practice page lists ptosis correction (droopy eyelids), blepharoplasty (dermatochalasis, excess eyelid skin), eyelid reconstruction after trauma or cancer, eyelid malposition (ectropion, entropion, retraction) and blocked tear duct surgery (DCR) (oculoplastics).
  • Blepharoplasty. Practice page describes upper and lower eyelid blepharoplasty, states the procedure takes one to two hours under local anesthesia with or without sedation, and that extra skin, fat and muscle are removed or repositioned with eyelid tendons sometimes tightened (blepharoplasty).
  • Facial Aesthetics. Describes an "eyelid lift" removing excess fat and skin from upper and/or lower lids, shortening the levator muscle to open the eyes more widely, and brow lift to raise tissue under the eyebrow (facial-aesthetics).

These service pages describe the practice's oculoplastics offering generally, across its 11 listed providers; they are not written specifically about Dr. Foster, though her bio names oculoplastic surgery and pediatric oculoplastics as her specialty. No before-and-after photo gallery page was found on the site.

Other procedures

The practice also offers cataract surgery, comprehensive eye care, cornea/corneal surgery, dry eye treatment, glaucoma care and LASIK, per the site's services menu (services). Facial Aesthetics also lists facelift and neck lift as practice-level offerings (facial-aesthetics).

Insurance and cost

No page was found stating prices or insurance/Medicare coverage specific to eyelid surgery. The financing page describes CareCredit for "procedures not commonly covered by insurance," naming LASIK and premium IOLs, not blepharoplasty (financing).

Practice

Field Value
Practice Central Ohio Eye and Plastic Surgery
Address 262 Neil Avenue, 4th Floor, Columbus, OH 43215
Phone (614) 221-7464
Website https://www.ohioeyesurgeons.com/
Other locations Bio states satellite locations in Westerville and Marysville, Ohio, and Nationwide Children's Hospital; no street addresses printed for these on the fetched pages
Other physicians 11 providers listed on /staff/, including N. Douglas Baker, MD, Kenneth V. Cahill, MD, Megan M. Chambers, MD, Alice T. Epitropoulos, MD, Cameron B. Nabavi, MD

Practice location and recovery

From ohioeyesurgeons.com, read 2026-09-30. Prices and recovery times are quoted as the practice publishes them.

Each marker carries the surgeon's rank on this list and sits at the centre of the practice's ZIP code. Markers that would cover each other spread into a ring and move back as you zoom in. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

The top 99 eyelid surgeons in Ohio; Dr. Jill Foster is #1

Recovery, in the practice's words

TopicStatementDays
Back to work"Healing time, which includes scheduled follow-up appointments, allows clients to resume routine activities in one to two weeks." Source14
Swelling"Final results take longer as swelling needs more time to subside; managed with acetaminophen, head elevation or cold compresses." Source

Medicare eyelid operations, 2022 to 2024

From CMS, Medicare Physician and Other Practitioners by Provider and Service, NPI 1275519969. Medicare pays only when the lids block vision, so these are the medical cases. Cosmetic eyelid surgery is paid by the patient and is not in this record. CMS leaves out any code billed fewer than 11 times in a year.

OperationOperations, 2022-2024
Upper blepharoplasty106
Ptosis repair113
Brow ptosis repair104
Total323

Why #20: the score, line by line

Points come from sources read the same way for every surgeon. The method is on the methodology page.

SignalPointsOfSource
Medicare eyelid volume28.535323 Medicare eyelid operations, 2022 to 2024 (CMS)
Eyelid research17.72030 eyelid papers in PubMed, 6 since 2021
Training1515Oculofacial plastic surgeon
Eyelid work shown1025eyelid page; no eyelid gallery found
Teaching2.551 eyelid meetings taught from 2023 on
Score73.7100Rank 20 of 500

Meetings taught

Eyelid, ptosis and periorbital sessions where the official program names Dr. Jill Foster as faculty.

2025
ASOPRS 56th Annual Fall Scientific Symposium
Orlando, United States · Breakout Session – How I Do It: Eyelid/Oncology; YASOPRS Roundtable: Tips and Tricks – Lower Eyelid Blepharoplasties; Breakout Session – How I Fix It: Eyelid/Oncology

Eyelid surgery papers

Papers in the PubMed eyelid record that list Dr. Jill Foster as an author, newest first. Search PubMed.

2026
ChatGPT as a Postoperative Tool Following Lower Lid Blepharoplasty
Hofer LK, Hofer LK, Nakasian NW, Schwind WN, Dimopoulos AD, Cahill KV, et al. · Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg · PMID 41474115
2025
Pharmacologic Agents Used in the Assessment or Correction of Blepharoptosis: A Report by the American Academy of Ophthalmology
Grob SR, Tao JP, Aakalu VK, Foster JA, Dagi Glass LR, McCulley TJ, et al. · Ophthalmology · PMID 40172501
2025
Reconstruction of Bilateral Upper Eyelid Colobomas Using a Vertical Temporal Advancement Flap
Mustafa AT, Cahill KV, Hofer LK, Foster JA · Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg · PMID 40153798
2023
An Overview of Surgical Approaches for Lower Eyelid Blepharoplasty
Nahai F, Niazi F, Nahai F, Niazi S, Foster JA, Doroodgar F, et al. · Aesthet Surg J · Systematic Review · PMID 37531619
2016
Use of Kaolin-impregnated Gauze for Improvement of Intraoperative Hemostasis and Postoperative Wound Healing in Blepharoplasty
Kondapalli SS, Czyz CN, Stacey AW, Cahill KV, Foster JA · J Clin Aesthet Dermatol · PMID 27386052
2015
Superior Sulcus Volumetric Rejuvenation Utilizing Dermis Fat Grafting
Czyz CN, Foster JA, Wulc AE · Aesthet Surg J · PMID 26019236
2015
Evolving Minimally Invasive Techniques for Tear Trough Enhancement
Hill RH, Czyz CN, Kandapalli S, Zhang-Nunes SX, Cahill KV, Wulc AE, et al. · Ophthalmic Plast Reconstr Surg · Randomized Controlled Trial · PMID 25299740
2014
Age-matched, case-controlled comparison of clinical indicators for development of entropion and ectropion
Michels KS, Czyz CN, Cahill KV, Foster JA, Burns JA, Everman KR · J Ophthalmol · PMID 24734167