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, 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 250 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 10/13/2025

    Alexandre AM, Consoli A, Scarcia L, Di Stasio E, Brunetti V, Sun W, Xu Y, Huang X, Chung C, Sgreccia A, Abdalkader M, Limbucci N, Pedicelli A, Capasso F, Arba F, Migliaccio L, Piano M, Ganimede MP, Lozupone E, Gaudino C, Ricchetti F, Russo R, Burel J, D'Argento F, Abruzzese S, Allard J, Chausson N, Partesano R, Cavasin N, Mandruzzato N, Gabrieli JD, Trombatore P, Caragliano AA, Mazzacane F, Salsano G, Sanna A, Panni P, Zini A, Clarençon F, Raz E, Nguyen T, Broccolini A. Impact of Stenting with Angioplasty and MTICI 2c-3 Recanalization On Outcome in Acute MCA Occlusion with Underlying Stenosis. Clin Neuroradiol. 2025 Oct 13. PMID: 41081787.

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  • Published 10/9/2025

    Rai AT, Al Halak A, Abdalkader M, Kaliaev A, Nguyen TN, Kallmes DF, Brinjikji W, Huynh T, Lakhani D, Perry A, Joly O, Bellot P, Briggs JH, Woodhead ZVJ, Harston G, Carone D. Artificial Intelligence-Driven Detection of Large Vessel Occlusions on NCCT: A Multi-Institutional Study. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2025 Oct 09. PMID: 41067911.

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  • Published 9/15/2025

    Lakhani DA, Salim HA, Yedavalli V, Musmar B, Milhem F, Adeeb N, Faizy TD, Daraghma M, El Naamani K, Henninger N, Sundararajan SH, Kuhn A, Khalife J, Ghozy S, Scarcia L, Yeo L, Tan BY, Regenhardt R, Heit J, Cancelliere NM, Rouchaud A, Fiehler J, Sheth SA, Puri AS, Dyzmann C, Colasurdo M, Renieri L, Filipe JP, Harker P, Radu RA, Abdalkader M, Klein P, Marrota T, Spears J, Ota T, Mowla A, Jabbour P, Biswas A, Clarencon F, Siegler JE, Nguyen TN, Varela R, Baker A, Essibayi MA, Altschul D, Gonzalez N, Möhlenbruch M, Costalat V, Gory B, Stracke C, Hecker C, Marnat G, Shaikh H, Griessenaur C, Liebeskind DS, Pedicelli A, Alexandre A, Tancredi I, Kalsoum E, Lubicz B, Patel AB, Pereira VM, Wintermark M, Guenego A, Dmytriw A. Factors associated with Early Neurological Deterioration in Minor Distal Medium Vessel Acute Ischemic Stroke: A Multinational Multicenter Study. Int J Stroke. 2025 Sep 15; 17474930251381946. PMID: 40954523.

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  • Published 9/12/2025

    Ali H, Abu Qdais A, Chatterjee A, Abdalkader M, Raz E, Nguyen TN, Al Kasab S. Updates in Cerebrovascular Imaging. Semin Neurol. 2025 Sep 12. PMID: 40803345.

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  • Published 9/8/2025

    Du K, Liu S, Nguyen TN, Pan S, Baron JC, Xu Y, Abdalkader M, Luo L, Wang S, Chen J, Dou Y, Liu S, Ji X, Wei M. Intra-arterial human serum albumin therapy following mechanical thrombectomy for acute ischemic stroke: the AMASS pilot trial. J Neurointerv Surg. 2025 Sep 08. PMID: 40921621.

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Education

  • Lebanese University, MD

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