Meet the Doctors
John P. McNamara, M.D., FACS
EDUCATION: Louisiana State University Doctor of Medicine, 1974
INTERNSHIP: Louisiana State University Medical Center 1975-1976
RESIDENCY: Louisiana State University Medical Center Surgical Services Charity Hospital 1975-1978
FELLOWSHIP: Vascular Surgery University of Southern California1979-1980
CERTIFICATION: American Board of Surgery 1980 Recertified 1989, 1997
SPECIALTIES: Vascular Surgery General Surgery
Dr. McNamara attended Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans and trained in General Surgery on the LSU Surgical Service Charity Hospital, which was at that time the largest and oldest Teaching Hospital in the United States. In 1979 he traveled to California for Postdoctoral Training in Peripheral Vascular Surgery at USC, and in 1980 began surgical practice in the South Bay treating vascular problems both medical and surgical including the use of angiography, angioplasty, and stenting techniques. Additionally, he is expert in the treatment of venous disease especially varicose veins and chronic venous insufficiency. He was chosen to be an endovascular fellow at the Cleveland Clinic and was there from January to April of 2005, learning new state of the art angioplasty & stenting techniques. Dr. McNamara has served as Chief of Surgery at both Little Company of Mary Hospital and Torrance Memorial Medical Center.