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Tara Foltz

Tara Foltz OD

Optometrist, Optometry Resident Program Coordinator

VA Lexington health care

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Tara L. Foltz, OD is the Optometry Resident Program Coordinator.

Tara L. Foltz, OD is a native of Princeton, Kentucky.  She obtained her undergraduate degree in Biology at the University of Kentucky and then went on to attend the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Optometry.  Upon graduating in 2006, she did a residency in Geriatrics and Low Vision Rehabilitation at the Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Birmingham, Alabama.  After several years of private practice experience in Birmingham, Dr. Foltz was excited to move back to Lexington in 2010 and join the staff at the Lexington Veterans Affairs Health Care System. She served as co-coordinator of the student externship program from 2012 to 2013 and then took over duties as chief of optometry from August 2013 to present. She also now serves as the residency co-coordinator.