A frontline healthcare worker during the COVID-19 global health crisis, Emergency Medicine Doctor Gamal Mohamed was a high-achieving student athlete at Immaculata High School before beginning his career in medicine. He was a three-year starter in basketball, which earned him a varsity letter in the sport each year. His junior year, Mohamed was awarded first-team all-area and his senior year, he was named first-team all-state and Somerset County Player of the Year. Ending his Spartan basketball career with a total of 1,681 points, he was a member of back-to-back state champion boys basketball teams and the two-time tournament MVP. He earned a full scholarship to play Division 2 basketball at Le Moyne College in Syracuse, NY, a Catholic college where he studied pre-med before earning his Doctor of Medicine degree from SUNY Upstate Medical University. He now practices emergency medicine at Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston.