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 300 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 3/27/2026

    Olive-Gadea M, Mujanovic A, Kaesmacher J, Geyik S, Senadim S, Cervo A, Salcuni A, Piano M, Moreu M, Lopez-Frías A, Hassan AE, Miller S, Diana F, Zapata-Arriaza E, de Albóniga-Chindurza A, Bergui M, Molinaro S, Sousa JA, Gomes F, Sargento-Freitas J, Alexandre A, Pedicelli A, Hofmeister J, Machi P, Giannakakis MP, Scarcia L, Kalsoum E, Amorim JM, Meira T, Ortega-Gutierrez S, Cruz-Criollo L, Renieri L, Capasso F, Romano D, Bárcena-Ruiz E, Seoane D, Abdalkader M, Klein P, Nguyen TN, Perry-da-Câmara C, Fragata I, Yavagal D, Rodriguez-Calienes A, Charles JH, Rodríguez J, Vega P, Ozdemir AO, Uysal Z, Smajda S, Al Salaman S, Khalife J, Jovin TG, Biraschi F, Ricchetti F, Castro P, Pinheiro L, Siddiqui A, Jaikumar V, Navia P, Ntoulias N, Psychogios M, Velo M, Zamarro J, de Paco G, Ashouri Y, Almajali M, Arenillas JF, Sierra-Gómez A, Romoli M, Marto JPS, Yaghi S, Gralla J, Fischer U, Ribo M, Tomasello A, Requena M. Hemorrhagic Transformation After Intracranial Stenting for Acute Stroke: Clinical Insights from the RESISTANT Registry. Int J Stroke. 2026 Mar 27; 17474930261440598. PMID: 41889347.

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  • Published 3/13/2026

    Koneru M, Khalife J, Colasurdo M, Priest R, McIntyre MK, Settecase F, English J, Kim W, Baxter BW, Kim J, Abdalkader M, Klein P, Nguyen TN, Alexander MD, Goren O, Hendrix P, Bielinski T, Pema PJ, Morsi RZ, Kass-Hout T, Patel P, Thomas AJ, Jovin TG, Shaikh HA, Tonetti DA. Multicenter experience of the Monopoint reperfusion system in acute large vessel occlusion stroke thrombectomy. J Neurointerv Surg. 2026 Mar 13; 18(4):1106-1112. PMID: 40633937.

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  • Published 3/12/2026

    Clausen TM, Amans MR, Snyder EM, Chung C, Chow E, Ali H, Sattur M, Yedavalli V, Abdalkader M, Setty BN, Raz E, Nguyen TN, Fargen KM, Hui FK. Prevalence of Internal Jugular Venous Stenosis and Cervical Collaterals in Patients Undergoing workup for Ischemic Stroke Large Vessel Occlusion. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2026 Mar 12. PMID: 41819799.

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  • Published 3/10/2026

    Salim HA, Yedavalli V, Lakhani D, Milhem F, Musmar B, Adeeb N, Simonato D, Li YL, Hajjeh O, Essibayi MA, Henninger N, Sundararajan SH, Kühn AL, Khalife J, Ghozy S, Scarcia L, Yeo LL, Tan BY, Regenhardt RW, Heit JJ, Rouchaud A, Fiehler J, Sheth S, Puri AS, Dyzmann C, Colasurdo M, Renieri L, Filipe JP, Harker P, Radu RA, Abdalkader M, Klein P, Ota T, Mowla A, Naamani KE, Jabbour P, Biswas A, Clarençon F, Siegler JE, Nguyen TN, Varela R, Baker A, Altschul D, Gonzalez NR, Möhlenbruch MA, Costalat V, Gory B, Stracke CP, Hecker C, Marnat G, Shaikh H, Griessenauer CJ, Liebeskind DS, Pedicelli A, Alexandre AM, Faizy TD, Tancredi I, Kalsoum E, Lubicz B, Patel AB, Fuschi M, Wintermark M, Guenego A, Dmytriw AA. Sex-Related Differences in Outcomes of Endovascular Treatment of Distal Medium Vessel Occlusion Strokes. Clin Neuroradiol. 2026 Mar 10. PMID: 41805909.

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  • Published 3/4/2026

    Du Y, Altaf AZ, Ibrahim NJ, Chatzidakis S, Mallinger LA, Reinert AL, Stafford RA, Kumar A, Avula A, Abdalkader M, Cheng H, Greer DM, Dhar R, Ong CJ. Quantified Brain Atrophy and Risk of Severe Mass Effect in Acute Ischemic Stroke. medRxiv. 2026 Mar 04. PMID: 41822698.

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Education

  • Lebanese University, MD

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