Stephen McNamara, OD

Publications

• Hebert JR, Wagner BD, Filley CM, Crowder KL, Rubinstein D, McNamara SM, Johnston-Brooks CH, Karki R, McCann AV, Subramanian PS. Ocular Motor Control and Cognitive Function in Military Veterans With Chronic Mild Traumatic Brain Injury. J Neuroophthalmol. 2026 Jan 21. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 41563234
• Bearce B, McNamara S, Kinder S, Manoharan N, Lisker A, Arguinchona L, Marks B, Roseto I, Barrientos L, Milner D, Gnanaraj R, Gill Z, Tukel M, Abe-Ridgway K, Mandava N, Singh P, Nebbia G, Kalpathy-Cramer J. Comparing Interactive Machine Learning and Unassisted Segmentation of Geographic Atrophy From Fundus Autofluorescence. Transl Vis Sci Technol. 2026 Jan 5;15(1):12. PubMed PMID: 41533854
• Chong P, Young BK, McNamara S, Ng SM, Liu SH, Li T, Campbell JP, Kalpathy-Cramer J, Singh P. Artificial intelligence-based algorithms for the diagnosis of retinopathy of prematurity. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2025 Oct 7;10(10):CD016047. PubMed PMID: 41055082
• Nebbia G, Kumar S, McNamara SM, Bridge C, Campbell JP, Chiang MF, Mandava N, Singh P, Kalpathy-Cramer J. Re-identification of patients from imaging features extracted by foundation models. NPJ Digit Med. 2025 Jul 22;8(1):469. PubMed PMID: 40696111
• Kinder S, McNamara S, Clark C, Bearce B, Thakuria U, Veturi YA, Deitz G, de Carlo Forest TE, Mandava N, Kahook MY, Singh P, Kalpathy-Cramer J. Optic Cup and Disc Segmentation of Fundus Images Using Artificial Intelligence Externally Validated With Optical Coherence Tomography Measurements. Transl Vis Sci Technol. 2025 Jun 2;14(6):30. PubMed PMID: 40552928
• Veturi YA, McNamara S, Kinder S, Clark CW, Thakuria U, Bearce B, Manoharan N, Mandava N, Kahook MY, Singh P, Kalpathy-Cramer J. EyeLiner: A Deep Learning Pipeline for Longitudinal Image Registration Using Fundus Landmarks. Ophthalmol Sci. 2025 Mar-Apr;5(2):100664. PubMed PMID: 39877463
• Beckwith AD, McNamara SM, Veturi YA, Manoharan N, de Carlo Forest TE, Kinder S, Bearce B, Gnanaraj R, Lynch A, Singh P, Nebbia G, Mandava N, Kalpathy-Cramer J. Patient-level forecasting of geographic atrophy with a biologically grounded Gompertz model. medRxiv. Published online October 5, 2025:2025.10.02.25337187.
• Clark C, Kinder S, Veturi Y, Thakuria U, McNamara S, Beckwith A, Singh P, Manoharan N, Kalpathy-Cramer J. Adopting Uncertainty-Aware Training to Improve Geographic Atrophy Segmentation. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 2025; 66(8):581-.
• Veturi Y, Beckwith A, Gnanaraj R, Lisker-Cervantes A, Gill Z, Kinder S, Bearce B, Nebbia G, McNamara S, Manoharan N, others. Longitudinal Tracking of Geographic Atrophy Progression using AI-enabled Segmentation and Registration. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 2025; 66(8):5850-.
• Kumar S, McNamara S, Nebbia G, de Carlo Forest T, Manoharan N, Mandava N, Kalpathy-Cramer J, Singh P. Predicting Geographic Atrophy Growth with Deep Learning using Fundus Autofluorescence. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 2025; 66(8):4162-.
• Kinder S, McNamara S, Bearce B, Clark C, de Carlo Forest T, Manoharan N, Kahook M, Mandava N, Singh P, Kalpathy-Cramer J. Multiclass Segment Anything Model (Mc-SAM) for Fundus and OCT Segmentations. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 2025; 66(8):4161-.
• Steil R, Nebbia G, Chen H, McNamara S, Singh P, Manoharan N, Kalpathy-Cramer J. Automated retina CPT code prediction from surgical notes with Large Language Models. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 2025; 66(8):3888--3888.
• Nebbia G, Kumar S, McNamara S, Campbell J, Chiang M, Mandava N, Singh P, Kalpathy-Cramer J. Can foundation models aid patient re-identification from ophthalmic images?. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 2025; 66(8):4195-.
• Bearce B, McNamara S, Kinder S, Nebbia G, Lisker-Cervantes A, Arguinchona L, Marks B, Roseto I, Barrientos L, Milner D, others. Comparative Effectiveness of AI-Assisted vs Manual Annotations of Geographic Atrophy Using OPTIMEyes. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 2025; 66(8):600--600.
• Mistry S, Nebbia G, McNamara S, Mandava N, Kalpathy-Cramer J, Singh P. Age as a confounding factor in training Deep Learning models for neurodegenerative diseases from retinal images. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 2025; 66(8):5470-.
• McNamara S, Kumar S, Nebbia G, Tulip H, Mandava N, Singh P, Kalpathy-Cramer J. AEye Chatbot: A Multimodal Chatbot for Ophthalmology. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 2025; 66(8):3919-.
• Beckwith A, Veturi Y, Gnanaraj R, Kinder S, Bearce B, Nebbia G, McNamara S, Manoharan N, de Carlo Forest T, Lynch A. A Bayesian Gompertz Model to Address Non-Linearity in Geographic Atrophy Growth. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 2025; 66(8):3990-.
• Veturi YA, McNamara S, Kinder S, Clark CW, Thakuria U, Bearce B, Manoharan N, Mandava N, Kahook MY, Singh P, Kalpathy-Cramer J. EyeLiner: A Deep Learning Pipeline for Longitudinal Image Registration Using Fundus Landmarks. Ophthalmol Sci. 2025 Mar-Apr;5(2):100664. PubMed PMID: 39877463
• McNamara S, Bearce B, Kinder S, Veturi YA, Clark C, Gnanaraj R, Manoharan N, De Carlo TE, Singh P, Mandava N, Kahook M. OPTIMEyes: An Annotation and Inference Feedback Tool for Multimodal Ophthalmic Imaging. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 2024 Jun 17;65(7):2377-.
• Veturi YA, McNamara S, Kinder S, Clark C, Bearce B, Mandava N, Kahook M, Singh P, Kalpathy-Cramer J. EyeLiner: Longitudinal retinal fundus image alignment through clinically guided keypoint detection. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 2024 Jun 17;65(7):2376-.
• Bearce B, McNamara S, Kinder S, Veturi A, Clark C, Dietz G, Wangyu S, Mandava N, Kahook M, Singh P, Kalpathy-Cramer J. Disease Progression in Ophthalmic Images via Flicker Overlay. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 2024 Jun 17;65(7):1649-.
• Lu RY, McNamara S, Singh P, Kahook M, Mandava N, Kalpathy-Cramer J. Fusing Vision and Language: A Multimodal Deep Learning Framework to Predict Fundus Image Diagnosis & Eye Laterality from Generated Free Text. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 2024 Jun 17;65(7):5923-.
• Kinder S, McNamara S, Clark C, Veturi YA, Dietz G, De Carlo TE, Kahook M, Singh P, Kalpathy-Cramer J. AI-based Optic Disc and Cup Segmentation Can Provide Consistent Cup-Disc Ratio (CDR) Measurements and Precise Progression Tracking. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science. 2024 Jun 17;65(7):6189-.
• McNamara SM, Veturi YA, Kinder S, Clark CW, Thakuria U, Bearce B, Kahook MY, Mandava N, Manoharan N, Singh P, Kalpathy-Cramer J. EyeLiner: Longitudinal retinal fundus image registration through clinically guided keypoint detection. Presented at: CLINICCAI – MICCAI 2024 Clinical Presentation Day; 2024 October 8; Marrakech, Morrocco.
• Hebert JR, Wagner B, Rubinstein D, Lopez-Paniagua D, McCann A, Crowder K, Karki R, McNamara S, Filey CM, Johnston-Brooks C, Subramanian PS. Ocular Motor Function and Related Brain Metrics in Military Veterans with Extended History of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: Work-in-Progress Report (MHSRS-24-11127). Invited Faculty. Poster presented at: 2024 Military Health System Research Symposium: Advances in Diagnosis of TBI: Biomarkers and Beyond Poster Session 2, Kissimmee, FL. August 27, 2024.
• Hebert JR, Wagner B, Rubinstein D, Lopez-Paniagua D, McCann A, Crowder K, Karki R, McNamara S, Filey CM, Johnston-Brooks C, Subramanian PS. Ocular Motor Function and Related Outcomes in Military Veterans With and Without Extended History of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury: Work-in-Progress Report. Invited Faculty. Presented at: The Department of Defense Vision Research Program and Vision Center of Excellence, 2024 2nd Vision Injury Research Forum (VIRF), Virtual/Remote Presentation. December 13, 2024.
• Li T, McCann PM, Wilting S, McNamara S, Gregory DG, Hauswirth SG, Ifantides C, Benning L, Sequeira TA, Qureshi R, Liu SH, Clark MA, Saldanha IJ, Abraham AG. Prolonged facemask wearing among hospital workers and dry eye - a mixed-methods study. BMC Ophthalmol. 2023 Oct 19;23(1):420. PubMed PMID: 37858059
• 1. Li T, McCann PM, Wilting S, McNamara S, Gregory DG, Hauswirth SG, Ifantides C, Benning L, Sequiera T, Qureshi R, Liu SH, Clark MA, Saldahna IJ, Abraham AG. Prolonged facemask wearing among hospital workers and dry eye – a mixed-methods study. BMC Ophthalmology. 2023/10/19 2023;23(1):420. doi:10.1186/s12886-023-03153-3, PubMed PMID: 37858059