Graduate Orthodontic Clinic Faculty
Dr. James A. McNamara
Dr. James McNamara, Jr., a graduate of the University of California Berkeley, received his dental and orthodontic education at the University of California, San Francisco, and a Doctorate in Anatomy from the University of Michigan, finishing in 1972. He serves as the Thomas M. and Doris Graber Endowed Professor of Dentistry in the Department of Orthodontics and Pediatric Dentistry, Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology in the University of Michigan Medical School and Research Scientist at the Center for Human Growth and Development. He is a member and past President of the Midwest component of the Edward H. Angle Society of Orthodontists. Dr. McNamara teaches the technique course, the interdisciplinary course, advanced diagnosis and treatment planning, cephalometrics, clinical seminars, and in the graduate orthodontic clinic on Thursday afternoons. He also organizes continuing education courses in orthodontics and runs the Moyers Symposium. His practice philosophy includes preadjusted edgewise, early treatment, some aspects of Bioprogressive therapy, and rapid maxillary expansion. Dr. McNamara has maintained a practice limited to orthodontics in Ann Arbor since 1971, practicing with Drs. Patrick Nolan, Donald Burkhardt, and his daughter, Laurie McNamara. Jim and his wife, Charlene, live in Ann Arbor.