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Adam Hamawy

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Adam Hamawy
Personal details
Born1969/1970 (age 56–57)
Political partyDemocratic
EducationRutgers University, New Brunswick (BS)
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (MD)
Rutgers University, Camden (MBA)
Websitehamawyfornj.com
Military service
Branch/serviceUnited States Army
RankLieutenant Colonel
Battles/warsIraq War

Adam Hamawy (born 1969/1970)[1] is an American plastic surgeon and former combat surgeon. He specializes in both cosmetic and reconstructive procedures at his practice in Princeton, New Jersey.[2]

Hamawy gained national attention as part of a volunteer team of American doctors in Gaza that was unable to leave due to Israel seizing and closing the Rafah border crossing during the Gaza war. U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth, who credits Hamawy with saving her life when they were both serving in the Iraq war, personally intervened to help them leave. Hamawy was one of three doctors who chose to stay behind until the non-Americans on the team could depart.

Hamawy entered the Democratic primary for New Jersey's 12th congressional district to succeed Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman after she announced her retirement.

Early life

Hamawy grew up in Old Bridge Township, New Jersey. His parents are Egyptian migrants.[1] He attended Rutgers University, New Brunswick for his undergraduate studies and New Jersey Medical School at University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (now at Rutgers University, Newark). He completed his medical residency in general surgery at Weill Cornell Medicine and his medical fellowship in plastic surgery at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.[3] He later obtained an MBA from Rutgers University, Camden.

Medical career

Combat physician

Hamawy enlisted in the New Jersey National Guard and served 8 years as a reconstructive surgeon, a general surgeon, and a flight surgeon in the Medical Corps during the Iraq War, including a 9-month deployment in Baghdad at the 31st Combat Support Hospital with the U.S. Army.[4][1][5] He operated on hundreds of service members and civilians, including future-U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth, who credited him with helping save her life after her Blackhawk helicopter was shot down in 2004.[1] Duckworth later recalled "When I was wounded, within 20 minutes, I was in front of him – and he is the doctor who not only saved my life, but was able to prevent me from becoming a triple amputee by employing a vascular procedure that he'd just learned in medical school."[6] The Combat Support Hospital treated an average of 15 traumas a day, but during the busiest days, such as during the Second Battle of Fallujah, they treated up to 40.[5]

When Hamawy separated from the Army he had risen to the rank of lieutenant colonel.[7][3] He has received a Meritorious Service Medal and 3 Army Commendation Medals.[8]

Private medical practice

Since returning from military service, Hamawy has been a plastic surgeon in Princeton, New Jersey.

He has been an expert opinion in articles about plastic surgery in fashion and celebrity gossip magazines such as Life and Style and the Hollywood Reporter,[9][10] the latter of which he criticized a plastic surgery mobile game that appeared targeted at children due to its effect on their self-esteem and body insecurity.[11]

Physician in disaster zones

September 11 attacks

Hamawy treated the wounded and first responders immediately following the September 11 attacks while completing his residency at New York Presbyterian.[7][12][13]

Gaza

In May 2024, Hamawy joined a volunteer international mission organized by the Palestinian-American Medical Association and the World Health Organization. The original plan was to spend two weeks working as part of a 20-person medical team of physicians at the Gaza European Hospital in Khan Younis. While there he performed 120 surgeries, with more than half of them on children.[1]

During the medical mission, two of his colleagues at the hospital were killed in strikes on their homes, and he spoke to doctors who had been released from Israeli detention and described being tortured.[14]

Israel seized and closed the Rafah border crossing shortly after his arrival, which trapped the team of physicians inside Gaza. The team was unable to leave at the end of their mission, and stayed an additional seven days.[14][15] Senator Duckworth personally intervened to help 17 of the doctors leave by speaking to Israeli Ambassador to the United States Michael Herzog and delivering a letter that Hamawy had written to President Joe Biden.[16][17] Hamawy refused to leave until the other members of the team from Jordan, Egypt, and Australia were also able to leave, saying "When you go in as a team, you leave as a team. That’s the right thing to do, and that's what was bred into us [in the Army]."[1][18][19]

Hamawy was quoted in the New York Times after he returned, "Children who lost limbs and could not run or play specifically said they wished they had died, and some wanted to kill themselves."[20] In an interview to NPR he said "Many of these patients die when they arrive to the hospital. The mortality rate is 80%. In our most recent war in Iraq and Afghanistan, the mortality rate was 10%."[21] He said this was mainly due to lack of medication, personnel, and adequate resources.[1]

U.S. Representative Bonnie Watson Coleman, who represents Princeton in Congress, said then that she was "deeply relieved" when he finally returned from Gaza. The congresswoman later invited him as her guest at President Donald Trump’s 2025 State of the Union.[1]

In June 2024, Hamawy testified to a congressional briefing to describe his experience treating patients in Gaza.[21]

Other disasters

Over the past 30 years, Hamawy has also volunteered following the siege of Sarajevo, 2010 Haitian earthquake, and the Syrian civil war.[22][23]

2026 U.S. House of Representatives campaign

Hamawy entered the Democratic primary for New Jersey's 12th congressional district to succeed Congressman Bonnie Watson Coleman after she announced her retirement. He has been endorsed by U.S. Senators Tammy Duckworth and Bernie Sanders, U.S. Representatives Ro Khanna (CA-17), Ilhan Omar (MN-05), and former Rep. Jamaal Bowman (NY-16).[24][25][26][27] He is also endorsed by former state assemblymember Sadaf Jaffer (2022–2024).[17][28] Hamaway has also been endorsed by numerous progressive organizations, including the Justice Democrats,[29] Our Revolution,[30] PAL PAC,[31] and Track AIPAC.[32]

In the first quarter of 2026, Hamawy announced that he had raised nearly $550,000, which the New Jersey Globe said would mean he "may be NJ-12's best-funded Democrat".[33]

Personal life

Hamawy is married, and as of 2025 he lives with his wife and their four children in the Monmouth Junction section of South Brunswick, New Jersey.[4][34]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 McDougall, AJ (16 January 2026). "A N.J. doctor saved a U.S. senator in Iraq. Now he's running for Congress". nj.com. Retrieved 30 March 2026.
  2. ↑ Multiple sources label Hamawy as a plastic surgeon, in which he specializes in both reconstructive and cosmetic procedures:
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Adam Hamawy, MD, FACS". Samra Plastic Surgery. Retrieved 31 March 2026.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Thorp, Frank; Richards, Zoë; Williams, Abigail (15 May 2024). "The doctor who saved Sen. Tammy Duckworth in Iraq is trapped in Gaza. Now she's trying to save him". NBC News. Retrieved 30 March 2026.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Duckworth, Tammy (30 March 2021). "The Day Tammy Duckworth's Black Hawk Went Down". Chicago Mag. Retrieved 30 March 2026.
  6. ↑ Harrington, Adam; O'Keefe, Ed; Cramer, Matthew (15 May 2024). "Doctor who saved Sen. Duckworth's life is now trapped in Gaza". CBS News. Retrieved 30 March 2026.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 McDougall, A.J. (3 May 2026). "Sen. Bernie Sanders makes endorsement in crowded NJ-12 race". nj.com. Retrieved 7 May 2026.
  8. ↑ "Dr. Adam H. Hamawy". U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved 17 May 2026.
  9. ↑ Faragalli, Samantha (2 December 2017). "Meghan Markle Is Still a Natural Beauty Even Though She May Have Had a Very Subtle Nose Job". Life and Style. Retrieved 31 March 2026.
  10. ↑ Quintana, Anna (27 February 2018). "Heather Locklear's Less-Than-Flattering Mugshot Sparks Plastic Surgery Rumors". Life and Style. Retrieved 31 March 2026.
  11. ↑ Weinberg, Lindsay (27 April 2018). ""Dangerous" Beverly Hills Clinic App May Encourage Kids to Get Plastic Surgery". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 30 March 2026.
  12. ↑ O'brien, Owen (16 October 2024). "Dr. Adam Hamawy speaks on his experiences performing surgeries in the heart of the Gaza Strip". The Whit. Retrieved 7 May 2026.
  13. ↑ Wilkens, Brett (4 May 2026). "'Prepared to Fight': Sanders Endorses NJ Medicare for All Advocate Dr. Adam Hamawy for Congress". Common Dreams. Retrieved 7 May 2026.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 Deeb, Sarah (17 July 2024). "As Gaza's doctors struggle to save lives, many lose their own in Israeli airstrikes". Associated Press. Retrieved 30 March 2026.
  15. ↑ Williams, Abigail; Mitchell, Andrea (18 May 2026). "17 of 20 U.S. doctors stuck in Gaza depart with the help of American officials, source says". NBC News. Retrieved 30 March 2026.
  16. ↑ Gideon, Joseph (19 May 2024). "Duckworth brings Gaza medical team's pleas directly to White House". Politico. Retrieved 30 March 2026.
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 Marquez, Alexandra (16 January 2026). "Sen. Tammy Duckworth endorses House candidate who saved her life in Iraq". NBC News. Retrieved 30 March 2026.
  18. ↑ Bellware, Kim (18 May 2024). "U.S. doctor who refused to leave Gaza says he 'cannot abandon my team'". Washington Post. Retrieved 30 March 2026.
  19. ↑ Del Rey, Michelle; Garcia, Eric (15 May 2024). "Senator Tammy Duckworth is trying to get doctor who saved her life in Iraq out of Gaza". The Independent. Retrieved 30 March 2026.
  20. ↑ Sidhwa, Feroze (9 October 2024). "65 Doctors, Nurses and Paramedics: What We Saw in Gaza". New York Times. Retrieved 30 March 2026.
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 Lim, Megan; Justine, Kenin; Shapiro, Ari (26 June 2024). "Surgeon who saved Sen. Duckworth says he couldn't save her with those wounds in Gaza". NPR All Things Considered. Retrieved 30 March 2026.
  22. ↑ "US health workers sound alarm on Gaza medical crisis after returning from war zone". Arab Weekly. 27 June 2024. Retrieved 30 March 2026.
  23. ↑ Adely, Hannan (3 October 2024). "This NJ doctor helped save Sen. Tammy Duckworth. He's been to Gaza to help at hospitals". northjersey.com. Retrieved 30 March 2026.
  24. ↑ Fox, Joey (May 2, 2026). "In packed NJ-12 race, Bernie Sanders will support Adam Hamawy". New Jersey Globe. Retrieved May 2, 2026.
  25. ↑ Pizzaro, Max (April 21, 2026). "Dixon Drops out, Backs Hamawy". InsiderNJ. Retrieved April 21, 2026.
  26. ↑ Fox, Joey (May 4, 2026). "Hamawy endorsed by Khanna in NJ-12". New Jersey Globe. Retrieved May 4, 2026.
  27. ↑ "REP. ILHAN OMAR ENDORSES HAMAWY FOR NJ-12". InsiderNJ. April 24, 2026. Retrieved April 24, 2026.
  28. ↑ Fox, Joey (February 19, 2026). "Jaffer endorses Hamawy in NJ-12". New Jersey Globe. Retrieved February 20, 2026.
  29. ↑ Fox, Joey (March 30, 2026). "Justice Democrats add Hamawy to 2026 slate". New Jersey Globe. Retrieved March 30, 2026.
  30. ↑ "We proudly endorse Dr. Adam Hamawy for Congress in NJ-12, a combat trauma surgeon, veteran & lifelong humanitarian". April 8, 2026. Retrieved April 8, 2026.
  31. ↑ Fox, Joey (March 26, 2026). "Pro-Palestinian PAC, intended to counter AIPAC, endorses Hamawy in NJ-12". New Jersey Globe. Retrieved March 26, 2026.
  32. ↑ Fox (March 24, 2026). "Hamawy endorsed by CAIR Action for NJ-12". New Jersey Globe. Retrieved March 24, 2026.
  33. ↑ Fox, Joey (1 April 2026). "Hamawy may be NJ-12's best-funded Democrat after nearly $550k 1st quarter". New Jersey Globe. Retrieved 11 April 2026.
  34. ↑ Watson Coleman, Bonnie. "Live Discussion with Dr. Hamawy in the West Bank". Bonnie Watson Coleman. Retrieved 30 March 2026.

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