Our Doctors
J. Arch McNamara, MD FACS
Dr. McNamara, originally from Newfoundland, Canada, received both his undergraduate degree and Medical Doctor degree from Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. He completed an internship at the Ottawa Civic Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada and a residency in ophthalmology at the University of Ottawa Hospitals. He then completed a fellowship in Vitreoretinal Diseases at Wills Eye Hospital in Philadelphia. He joined the medical staff of Mid Atlantic Retina, formerly Retinovitreous Associates, in 1985.
Dr. McNamara is certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology, is a Fellow in the American College of Surgeons, and a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. He is an active member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the American Society of Retina Specialists, the Retina Society, the Canadian Ophthalmological Society, the Pennsylvania Academy of Ophthalmology, the New Jersey Academy of Ophthalmology, and the Greater Philadelphia Ophthalmologic Society (serving as President from 1996 to 1997). Dr. McNamara received the Achievement Award of the American Academy of Ophthalmology in 1993 and the Senior Achievement Award of the AAO in 2006. He has been a board examiner for the American Board of Ophthalmology. He has served as a member of the editorial board for the Journal of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus and has been a scientific reviewer for various ophthalmologic publications. He has conducted clinical investigations and contributed to numerous publications on vitreoretinal diseases. He has been involved in collaborative clinical trials on diabetic retinopathy, age-related macular degeneration, and retinopathy of prematurity. Dr. McNamara has been a visiting professor/lecturer for several universities in the United States, Canada and abroad, as well as a guest speaker for the American Academy of Ophthalmology and Wills Eye Institute. Dr. McNamara is a past chairman of the Ethics Committee, Wills Eye Institute and serves on Wills Eye Institute's Credentials Committee.
Dr. McNamara has been chosen by his peers as one of the “Best Doctors in America” and has been recognized as one of “America's Top Ophthalmologists” by the Consumers' Research Council of America.
Dr. McNamara's clinical interests in vitreoretinal diseases and surgery include retinal detachment, diabetic retinopathy, age-related macular degeneration, macular hole, macular pucker, retinal vascular disease, ocular trauma, and complications of cataract surgery.
