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.[2] Of particular note is his seminal work, Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics, used as a text in many orthodontic courses. He developed a form of cephalometric analysis referred to as the McNamara method of analysis.[3]
^ abOria A, Schellino E, Massaglia M, Fornengo B (June 1991). "[A comparative evaluation of Steiner's and McNamara's methods for determining the position of the bone bases]". Minerva Stomatologica (in Italian). 40 (6): 381–5. PMID1944052.