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 8/25/2025

    Huo X, Sun D, Nguyen TN, Ma G, Pan Y, Tong X, Yuan G, Han H, Chen W, Wei M, Zhang J, Zhou Z, Yao X, Song W, Cai X, Nan G, Li D, Wang AY, Ling W, Cai C, Wen C, Wang E, Zhang L, Jiang C, Liao G, Chen X, Li T, Liu S, Li J, Sun Y, Xu N, Gao Z, Ju D, Song C, Zhou F, Shi Q, Luo J, Liu Y, Guo Z, Zheng H, Dai L, Zhao J, Geng X, Tang Y, Yin C, Yang H, Zhang X, Li S, Abdalkader M, Gao F, Ma N, Mo D, Ren Z, Liu L, Wang Y, Miao Z. Endovascular Therapy Versus Medical Management for Large Ischemic Infarct: 1-Year Outcomes of the ANGEL-ASPECT Trial. Stroke. 2025 Sep; 56(9):2398-2407. PMID: 40854041.

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  • Published 8/21/2025

    Anastasiou A, Brehm A, Kaesmacher J, Mujanovic A, de Dios Lascuevas M, Carmona Fuentes T, López-Frías A, Hidalgo Valverde B, Berlis A, Maurer CJ, Nguyen TN, Abdalkader M, Klein P, Thevoz G, Michel P, Bartolini B, Kaschner M, Weiss D, Alexandre AM, Pedicelli A, Machi P, Bernava G, Kuwahara S, Uchida K, Wenderoth J, Joshi A, Karwacki G, Bolognese M, Tessitore A, Vinci SL, Cervo A, Rollo C, Hui F, Mozumder AS, Romano DG, Frauenfelder G, Goyal N, Batra V, Inoa V, Cognard C, Hoferica M, Rautio R, Kaiser DPO, Gerber JC, Clarke J, Levitt MR, Wolf MN, Othman AE, Scarcia L, Kalsoum E, Melancia D, de Sousa DA, Ganimede MP, Semeraro V, Giordano F, Muto M, Katsanos A, Bonala U, Tuladhar AM, Jenniskens SFM, Hellstern V, Kleffner I, Remida P, Diamanti S, Renieri L, Ballabio E, Valvassori L, Rommers N, Katan M, Schulze-Zachau V, Psychogios MN. Platelet inhibition strategies in rescue stenting after failed thrombectomy: a large retrospective multicenter registry. Ther Adv Neurol Disord. 2025; 18:17562864251360913. PMID: 40860647.

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  • Published 8/18/2025

    Yedavalli V, Salim HA, Lakhani D, 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, El Naamani K, 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. Hypoperfusion intensity ratio is associated with follow-up infarct volume in medium vessel occlusions: A multicenter multinational study. Neurotherapeutics. 2025 Aug 18; e00713. PMID: 40829981.

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  • Published 8/13/2025

    Ali H, Abu Qdais A, Chatterjee A, Abdalkader M, Raz E, Nguyen TN, Al Kasab S. Updates in Cerebrovascular Imaging. Semin Neurol. 2025 Aug 13. PMID: 40803345.

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  • Published 8/11/2025

    Kaliaev A, Vejdani-Jahromi M, Gunawan A, Qureshi M, Setty BN, Farris C, Takahashi C, AbdalKader M, Mian A. Outcome Prediction in Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury Utilizing Social Determinants of Health and Machine Learning Methods. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2025 Aug 11. PMID: 40789613.

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Education

  • Lebanese University, MD

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