Adam Hamawy

Adam Hamawy is an American reconstructive surgeon in Princeton, New Jersey and former combat surgeon. He 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.