Mohamad Abdalkader, MD
Associate Professor, Radiology
Biography
Dr. Mohamad Abdalkader is a board-certified Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiologist at Boston Medical Center and an Associate Professor of Radiology at the Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine.
He earned his medical degree from the Lebanese University – Faculty of Medical Sciences in Beirut, Lebanon, in 2011. He completed his radiology residency at the Lebanese University and the Université Catholique de Louvain in Belgium from 2011 to 2016, with focused training in interventional and neurointerventional radiology. He then completed ACGME-accredited fellowships in Diagnostic Neuroradiology and Interventional Neuroradiology at Boston Medical Center before joining BMC as an attending physician in 2018.
At BMC, he evaluates patients and their imaging and performs a wide range of neuroendovascular procedures with advanced technical expertise, including acute stroke intervention, intracranial aneurysm treatment, intracranial and carotid artery stenting, treatment of arteriovenous malformations and fistulas, vertebroplasty/kyphoplasty, and endovascular treatment of vascular causes of pulsatile tinnitus.
Dr. Abdalkader has authored over 240 peer-reviewed publications and has served as an investigator on numerous research projects involving acute stroke management, cerebral aneurysms, intracranial vascular malformations, pulsatile tinnitus, and traumatic vascular injuries.
He is a frequently invited speaker at national and international conferences in radiology, interventional radiology, and interventional neuroradiology. He also serves as a reviewer and associate editor for several scientific journals and works as an independent imaging adjudicator for stroke and artificial intelligence research studies.
Education
- Lebanese University, MD
Publications
- Published on 5/3/2025
Cirillo L, Abdalkader M, Klein P, Yedavalli VS, Siegler JE, Kang M, Shu L, Al Mufti F, Yaghi S, Ranta A, Nguyen TN. Thrombectomy Selection in the Large Core Era: Implications for Regional Transfers. Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep. 2025 May 03; 25(1):33. PMID: 40317401.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 5/2/2025
Mohammaden MH, Doheim MF, Dolia J, Abdelhamid H, Matsoukas S, Schuldt BR, Fifi JT, Kuybu O, Al-Bayati AR, Olive Gadea M, Rodrigo-Gisbert M, Requena M, Monteiro A, Siddiqui A, Ferreira F, Gamea A, Yu S, Siegler JE, Galecio-Castillo M, Cruz-Criollo L, Ortega-Gutierrez S, Cortez GM, Hanel RA, Hassan AE, Nguyen TN, Abdalkader M, Klein P, Salem MM, Burkhardt JK, Jankowitz B, Colasurdo M, Kan P, Hafeez M, Tanweer O, Peng S, Grossberg JA, Alaraj A, Nogueira RG, Haussen DC. Balloon guide catheter impact on angiographic and clinical outcomes in distal medium vessel occlusion stroke thrombectomy. J Neurointerv Surg. 2025 May 02. PMID: 40274405.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 4/29/2025
Veerapaneni D, Arunachalam Sakthiyendran N, Du Y, Mallinger LA, Reinert A, Yeon Kim S, Nguyen C, Daneshmand A, Abdalkader M, Mohammed S, Dupuis J, Sheth KN, Gilmore EJ, Greer D, Ong CJ. Early Pupil Abnormality Frequency Predicts Poor Outcomes and Enhances International Mission for Prognosis and Analysis of Clinical Trials in Traumatic Brain Injury (IMPACT) Model Prognostication in Traumatic Brain Injury. Crit Care Explor. 2025 May 01; 7(5):e1257. PMID: 40299976.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 4/24/2025
Ye S, Zhang S, Li T, Wang S, Wang X, Deng Y, Yu L, Li Q, Feng X, Jiang B, Dai Z, Guo Q, Han Q, Jin W, Weng S, Jiang S, Qiu Z, Abdalkader M, Nguyen TN. Middle meningeal artery embolization in the treatment of chronic subdural hematoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Cerebrovasc Dis. 2025 Apr 24; 1-23. PMID: 40273893.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 4/17/2025
Liu C, Abdalkader M, Sang H, Sarraj A, Campbell BCV, Miao Z, Huo X, Yoo AJ, Zaidat OO, Thomalla G, Bendszus M, Yoshimura S, Uchida K, Li Q, Yuan Z, Siegler JE, Yaghi S, Sun D, Pujara D, Kaesmacher J, Zheng C, Ruan Z, Xu C, Yuan G, Yin C, Yi TY, Li M, Xie D, Yang Q, Qiu Z, Nguyen TN. Endovascular Thrombectomy for Large Ischemic Core Stroke: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials. Neurology. 2025 May 13; 104(9):e213443. PMID: 40245349.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 4/7/2025
Prabhu M, Tripathy S, Abdalkader M, Cervantes-Arslanian AM, Feske S. The Impact of Brain MRI on the Management of Infective Endocarditis (IE) at a Large Urban Safety-Net Hospital (P11-10.004). Neurology. 2025 Apr 08; 104(7_Supplement_1):4985. PMID: 40193881.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 4/5/2025
Song JJ, Stafford RA, Pohlmann JE, Kim ISY, Cheekati M, Dennison S, Brush B, Chatzidakis S, Huang Q, Smirnakis SM, Gilmore EJ, Mohammed S, Abdalkader M, Benjamin EJ, Dupuis J, Greer DM, Ong CJ. Later midline shift is associated with better post-hospitalization discharge status after large middle cerebral artery stroke. Sci Rep. 2025 Apr 05; 15(1):11738. PMID: 40188256.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 4/4/2025
Luo C, Nguyen TN, Li R, Tao C, Jing X, Xu P, Wang L, Wang A, Gao F, Cai M, Zhang K, Chen M, Jiang X, Shen N, Abdalkader M, Michel P, Saver JL, Nogueira RG, Liu X, Hu W. Association Between Collateral Status, Blood Pressure During Thrombectomy, and Clinical Outcomes in Patients With Basilar Artery Occlusion. Neurology. 2025 May 13; 104(9):e213504. PMID: 40184589.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 3/28/2025
D'Anna L, Prandin G, Valente M, Zhang L, Malhotra P, Sacco S, Foschi M, Ornello R, Levee V, Chulack K, Sheikh F, Fayez F, Toraldo F, Maisano D, Delregno C, Komauli F, Gartner A, Alkaradsheh H, Zahid H, Klein P, Abdalkader M, Pirera E, Manganotti P, Lobotesis K, Nguyen TN, Gigli GL, Banerjee S, Merlino G. C-Reactive Protein elevation and subsequent atrial fibrillation detection after ischemic stroke treated with mechanical thrombectomy: an inverse probability weighting analysis. Int J Stroke. 2025 Mar 28; 17474930251332489. PMID: 40155805.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 3/20/2025
Marto JP, Qureshi M, Nagel S, Nogueira RG, Henon H, Tomppo L, Ringleb PA, Haussen DC, Abdalkader M, Puetz V, Zaidat OO, Demeestere J, Ramos JN, Ribo M, Olive-Gadea M, Mohammaden MH, Ortega-Gutierrez S, Sheth S, Yamagami H, Dusart A, Raymond J, Caparros F, Kaiser D, Tanaka K, Virtanen P, Puri AS, Siegler JE, Zaidi SF, Jumaa MA, Lin E, Requena M, Michel P, Winzer SM, Klein P, Nannoni S, Bellante F, Salazar-Marioni S, Galecio-Castillo M, Wouters A, Ventura R, Mujanovic A, Shu L, Castonguay AC, Jesser J, Masoud HE, Kaesmacher J, Hu W, Roy D, Yaghi S, Asdaghi N, Strambo D, Lemmens R, Strbian D, Cordonnier C, Möhlenbruch M, Nguyen TN. Endovascular Therapy for Patients With Low NIHSS Scores and Large Vessel Occlusion in the 6- to 24-Hour Window: Analysis of the CLEAR Study. Neurology. 2025 Apr; 104(7):e213442. PMID: 40112237.
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