Mohamad Abdalkader, MD

Associate Professor, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

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.

Publications

  • Published 6/1/2025

    Mohammaden MH, Martins PN, Aboul-Nour H, Al-Bayati AR, Hassan AE, Tekle W, Fifi JT, Majidi S, Kuybu O, Gross BA, Lang M, Cortez GM, Hanel RA, Aghaebrahim A, Sauvageau E, Tarek MA, Farooqui M, Ortega-Gutierrez S, Zevallos CB, Galecio-Castillo M, Sheth SA, Nahhas M, Salazar-Marioni S, Nguyen TN, Abdalkader M, Klein P, Hafeez M, Kan P, Tanweer O, Khaldi A, Li H, Jumaa M, Zaidi SF, Oliver M, Salem MM, Burkhardt JK, Pukenas B, Vigilante N, Penckofer M, Siegler JE, Peng S, Alaraj A, Grossberg JA, Nogueira R, Haussen DC. Balloon-mounted versus self-expandable stent in failed neurothrombectomy: a post hoc analysis of the SAINT study. J Neurointerv Surg. 2025 Jun 01; 17(e2):e295-e302. PMID: 39884852.

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  • Published 6/1/2025

    Huang X, Sun D, Nguyen TN, Pan Y, Wang M, Abdalkader M, Zaidat OO, Ma N, Gao F, Mo D, Miao Z, Huo X, Zhou Z. Impact of first pass effect in endovascular treatment of large core stroke: a post-hoc analysis of the ANGEL-ASPECT trial. J Neurointerv Surg. 2025 Jun 01; 17(e2):e252-e260. PMID: 38914460.

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  • Published 5/22/2025

    Winzer S, Kaiser DPO, Qureshi MM, Castonguay AC, Strbian D, Nogueira RG, Nagel S, Raymond J, Abdalkader M, Demeestere J, Marto JP, Yamagami H, Tanaka K, Sheth SA, Dusart A, Michel P, Olive Gadea M, Ribo M, Zaidat OO, Haussen DC, Henon H, Mohammaden MH, Möhlenbruch MA, Siegler JE, Puri AS, Kaesmacher J, Klein P, Tomppo L, Caparros F, Ramos JN, Jumaa M, Zaidi S, Martinez-Majander N, Nannoni S, Vandewalle L, Bellante F, Galecio-Castillo M, Salazar-Marioni S, Virtanen P, Wouters A, Ventura R, Jesser J, Mujanovic A, Shu L, Qureshi A, Qiu Z, Masoud HE, Requena M, Sillanpää M, Hu W, Lin E, Cordonnier C, Roy D, Yaghi S, Strambo D, Fischer U, Ortega-Gutierrez S, Lemmens R, Ringleb PA, Nguyen TN, Puetz V. Endovascular Therapy for Late-Window M2-Segment Middle Cerebral Artery Occlusion: Analysis of the CLEAR Study. Stroke. 2025 May 22. PMID: 40405459.

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  • Published 5/21/2025

    Nguyen TN, Dabus G, McGuinness B, Caldwell J, Priest R, Rai A, Zaidat OO, Gross BA, Hanel RA, Lee SSH, Hussain MS, Shaikh H, Abdalkader M, Budzik RF, Kilburg C, Woodward BK, Colasurdo M, Liu J, Yoo AJ, Khandelwal P, Boo S, Vu P, Lin E, AlMajali M, Singh J, Al-Bayati AR, Lang MJ, Abraham MG, Hassan AE, Pema P, Martin CO, Grandhi R, Tonetti DA, Hixson HR, Aghaebrahim A, Sauvageau E, Ortega-Gutierrez S, Yavagal DR, Cheng-Ching E, Khalife J, Linfante I, Vulkanov V, Soomro JH, Fifi JT, Maidan L, Copelan AZ, Schirmer CM, Bain M, Toth G, Jayaraman MV, Novakovic-White R, Satti SR, Villelli N, Jabbour PM, Page M, Mcallister DJ, Araujo Contreras R, Samaniego EA, Liebeskind DS, Hetts SW, Nogueira RG, English J, Puri AS. SUMMIT MAX: A randomized trial of the super large bore HiPoint Reperfusion System versus Vecta System for aspiration thrombectomy. Stroke. 2025 May 21. PMID: 40395106.

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  • Published 5/21/2025

    Siegler JE, Koneru M, Shaikh H, Salim HA, Musmar B, Adeeb N, Yedavalli V, Daraghma M, Naamani KE, Henninger N, Sundararajan SH, Kühn AL, Ghozy S, Scarcia L, Tan BY, Heit JJ, Regenhardt RW, Morsi RZ, Kass-Hout T, Vigilante N, Cancelliere NM, Bernstock JD, Rouchaud A, Fiehler J, Sheth SA, Essibayi MA, Puri AS, Dyzmann C, Colasurdo M, Barreau X, Renieri L, Filipe JP, Harker P, Radu RA, Marotta TR, Spears J, Ota T, Mowla A, Jabbour P, Biswas A, Clarençon F, Klein P, Abdalkader M, Nguyen TN, Varela R, Baker A, Altschul D, Gonzalez NR, Möhlenbruch MA, Costalat V, Gory B, Stracke CP, Hecker C, Griessenauer CJ, Liebeskind DS, Pedicelli A, Alexandre AM, Tancredi I, Faizy TD, Kalsoum E, Lubicz B, Patel AB, Pereira VM, Khalife J, Rana A, Guenego A, Dmytriw AA. A multicenter, propensity score-matched analysis of functional outcomes and recanalization success with or without Trevo for Medium and distal vessel occlusion. Interv Neuroradiol. 2025 May 21; 15910199251341603. PMID: 40398470.

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