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 5/12/2025

    Räty S, Strambo D, Gomez-Exposito A, Marto JPS, Ramos JN, Krebs S, Virtanen P, Ritvonen J, Abdalkader M, Klein P, Sairanen T, Sykora M, Lindsberg PJ, Poli S, Michel P, Nguyen TN, Strbian D. Intravenous Thrombolysis Versus Endovascular Thrombectomy in Acute Basilar Artery Occlusion - A Multicenter Cohort Study. Int J Stroke. 2025 May 12; 17474930251344451. PMID: 40356017.

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  • Published 5/9/2025

    Sun D, Guo X, Ling L, Jiao L, Nguyen TN, Abdalkader M, Pan Y, Wang M, Luo G, Jia B, Tong X, Ma N, Gao F, Mo D, Raynald, Huo X, Miao Z. Sex-Related Differences in Endovascular Treatment Outcomes for Acute Large Infarcts: The ANGEL-ASPECT Subanalysis. Stroke. 2025 May 09. PMID: 40340582.

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  • Published 5/7/2025

    Comby PO, Darsaut TE, Benomar A, Lecaros N, Alhazmi H, Weill A, Iancu D, Jabre R, Boisseau W, Benjamin M, Fahed R, Abdalkader M, Chow MMC, Stechishin O, Nguyen TN, Thouant P, Lemogne B, Bernard A, Chavent A, Lebeaupin F, Baptiste L, Lenfant M, Zhu F, Baharvahdat H, Gambino A, Shankar JJS, O'Kelly CJ, Kaderali Z, Darcourt J, Brunette-Clément T, Olijnik L, Roy D, Raymond J. Angiographic results of aneurysms treated with Woven EndoBridge (WEB) devices or coils: an inter- and intra-observer reliability study. Neuroradiology. 2025 May 07. PMID: 40332601.

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  • Published 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.

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  • Published 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.

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Education

  • Lebanese University, MD

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