James A. McNamara Jr. (born in San Francisco)[1] is an American-trained, board certified, orthodontist.
He attended dental school at the University of California, San Francisco and continued on to a postgraduate residency in orthodontics at the same institution.
[2] McNamara is a member and past president of the Midwest component of the Edward H. Angle Society of Orthodontists.
[4] He served as the chairman of the Council on Scientific Affairs of the American Association of Orthodontics from 1993 to 1996, and is currently the editor-in-chief of Craniofacial Growth Monograph Series, a 41-volume work published through the University of Michigan.
[2] McNamara is the author of over 190 scientific articles, has written, edited or otherwise contributed to 53 textbooks and has presented lectures in 43 countries.