Professor Dr. Meredithe Mcnamara

Biography

Dr. McNamara is an Assistant Professor in Pediatrics at Yale School of Medicine, specializing in Adolescent Medicine. She cares for youth aged 11-25 and supervises pediatric residents at Fair Haven Community Health Center as well as at Yale-affiliated subspecialty sites. Dr. McNamara is focused on implementing care practices for youth facing complex trauma and high-risk social situations. She has a strong commitment to medical education, leading initiatives that enhance trainee proficiency in strengths-based communication and positive youth development. She has a background in research aimed at establishing trauma-informed systems within pediatric trauma centers, and she is involved in culturally appropriate curriculum development for adolescent medicine in various global and local settings, including current projects in Uganda in partnership with Busitema University and Makerere University. Dr. McNamara earned her Doctor of Medicine and Master’s in Clinical Research from Emory University in 2013, completed her pediatrics residency at the University of Chicago in 2016, and completed a fellowship in Adolescent Medicine at the University of Illinois at Chicago in 2021.

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