Meet 11th Congressional District Republican candidate Dr. Nizam Razack

BIOGRAPHY INFO

Age: 62

City/Town of Residence: Orlando, Florida

Family: Married to my wife for more than 30 years. We are the proud parents of five children.

Education: Doctor of Medicine (M.D.), State University of New York at Buffalo; Neurosurgical Residency, University of Miami; Fellowships at Mayo Clinic, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, and Rancho Los Amigos Medical Center; Juris Doctor (J.D.).

Qualifications: Board-certified neurosurgeon, attorney, educator, and healthcare entrepreneur with more than 30 years of medical experience and over 15,000 surgeries performed. Former Chairman of Neurosurgery at Orlando Health, healthcare law professor, business owner, and longtime Central Florida community leader.

What makes you the best candidate for Florida's 11th Congressional District?

Experience matters. My career has been built on solving difficult problems where people's lives depended on good judgment, accountability, and results. I have spent more than three decades caring for patients, creating jobs, mentoring future physicians, teaching healthcare law, and building successful medical practices.

Unlike career politicians, I have lived the challenges facing working families, seniors, veterans, physicians, and small businesses. I understand healthcare because I have practiced it, understand the law because I have studied it, and understand leadership because I have exercised it every day. I will bring practical solutions, not political talking points to Washington.

What are the key differences between you and your opponents?

Every candidate brings different experiences. My background is unique because I have spent my career solving real problems rather than making political speeches.

Healthcare is the generational issue facing America, yet very few members of Congress have actually practiced medicine. I have. I also understand healthcare law, business, and the regulatory burdens that drive up costs.

I believe voters deserve someone who can bridge divides, work with others, and focus on practical conservative solutions that improve people's lives.

Evaluate outgoing U.S. Rep. Daniel Webster's performance over his tenure in Congress. What did he do well? What would you do differently?

Congressman Webster has served our district honorably for many years. He has earned a reputation for integrity, accessibility, and consistently supporting conservative constitutional principles. His dedication to his constituents deserves appreciation.

If elected, I would build upon that foundation by placing greater emphasis on healthcare affordability, reducing insurance costs, increasing transparency in government, strengthening constituent communication, and taking a more active leadership role on healthcare reform. My professional experience gives me an opportunity to lead nationally on one of America's greatest challenges.

Give the current U.S. House a letter grade A-F and share how your presence would change that grade.

I would give the current House a C+.

Important progress has been made on border security, energy policy, and restoring fiscal responsibility. However, Congress remains too divided, spends too much time on partisan conflict, and has not adequately addressed healthcare affordability, the national debt, or restoring public trust.

I would bring professional expertise, a problem-solving mindset, and a willingness to work with colleagues to produce measurable results rather than political theater.

Discuss three tangible ways constituents will experience your presence as their representative in the U.S. House.

First, they will have an accessible office that responds promptly and professionally to veterans, seniors, businesses, and families needing federal assistance.

Second, I will hold regular town halls throughout every county in the district so constituents hear directly from their representative and I hear directly from them.

Third, I will lead meaningful healthcare reform that lowers costs, increases transparency, protects Medicare, strengthens veterans' healthcare, and returns medical decisions to patients and physicians rather than Washington bureaucrats.

District 11 is a diverse district with many needs. What are the district's three most pressing issues?

The three biggest issues are affordability, healthcare, and protecting our quality of life.

Families continue to struggle with rising housing, insurance, grocery, and energy costs.

Healthcare has become increasingly expensive and difficult to navigate despite incredible advances in medicine.

Finally, our growing district requires investments in transportation, public safety, veterans' services, and infrastructure while preserving the character of our communities and protecting taxpayers.

Discuss the impending Social Security shortfall and your solutions.

Social Security represents a promise that must be honored.

Current retirees and those nearing retirement should never see their promised benefits reduced. 

Congress must strengthen the program through responsible long-term reforms, including eliminating waste, promoting economic growth that increases payroll tax revenues, encouraging workforce participation, improving stewardship of the trust funds, and carefully examining bipartisan solutions that preserve benefits without placing unfair burdens on future generations.

We owe today's seniors security while ensuring tomorrow's workers inherit a sustainable system.

Discuss the current state of health care in the United States and your solutions.

Healthcare remains one of America's greatest challenges because patients pay too much while navigating unnecessary bureaucracy.

My focus is simple: lower costs while improving quality.

I support transparent pricing, increased competition, expanded Health Savings Accounts, direct primary care, stronger rural healthcare, protection for patients with preexisting conditions, expanded access to generic medications, reduced administrative burdens, and reforms that strengthen the doctor-patient relationship.

As someone who has spent more than three decades treating patients, I understand where the system succeeds and where it fails. We need practical reforms not more bureaucracy.

Do you support term limits for Congress? Why or why not?

Absolutely 100%.

Public service should never become a lifetime career. Term limits encourage new ideas, reduce the concentration of political power, increase accountability, and strengthen public confidence in government.

At the same time, voters should continue benefiting from experienced public servants who contribute through mentoring, committee work, and leadership outside elected office.

Discuss how you plan to work with your fellow representatives, the U.S. Senate and President Trump.

My philosophy is straightforward: principles first, people always.

I strongly support President Trump's America First agenda to secure our border, strengthen the economy, restore American energy independence, rebuild our military, and reduce unnecessary regulations.

I will work with Republicans, Democrats, and Independents whenever it advances the interests of Florida's 11th District. Agreement should never require abandoning conservative principles, but disagreement should never prevent respectful dialogue.

The American people expect Congress to solve problems, not simply score political points. That is the approach I will bring to Washington every day.