Mohamad Abdalkader, MD
Associate Professor, Radiology
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.
Dr. Abdalkader received his medical degree from Lebanese University – Faculty of Medical Sciences in Beirut, Lebanon in 2011. He completed a residency in Radiology at the Lebanese University in Beirut and at the Universite Catholique de Louvain in Belgium from 2011 to 2016 with dedicated training in interventional and neurointerventioal radiology. He was awarded diplomas in Radiology Specialty and Interventional Radiology from Europe. He also completed an ACGME-accredited diagnostic neuroradiology and interventional neuroradiology fellowships at BMC before joining as an attending physician in 2018.
Dr. Abdalkader serves as a key member of the BMC department of Radiology, section of diagnostic and interventional neuroradiology. His experience and multidisciplinary cross training in radiology, interventional radiology, interventional neuroradiology in Lebanon, Europe and USA provide him with unparalleled expertise in patient care in the field of interventional neuroradiology. At BMC, he is responsible for evaluating patients and their imaging and performing neuroendovascular procedures with the highest degree of technical angiographic skills including acute stroke intervention, intracranial aneurysm coiling, intracranial stenting, carotid stenting, endovascular treatment of arteriovenous malformations and arteriovenous fistula, vertebroplasty/kyphoplasty, and endovascular treatment of pulsatile tinnitus.
Dr. Abdalkader has over 180 publications and has served as an investigator in several research projects including acute stroke management, cerebral aneurysms, and intracranial vascular malformations, pulsatile tinnitus, traumatic vascular injuries.
Dr. Abdalkader was invited speaker at many national and international radiology, interventional radiology, and interventional neuroradiology meetings. He has been a reviewer and associate editor of several journals.
Dr. Abdalkader is an independent imaging adjudicator for stroke and artificial intelligence studies.
Education
- Lebanese University, MD
Publications
- Published on 7/9/2024
Siegler JE, Koneru M, Qureshi MM, Doheim M, Nogueira RG, Martinez-Majander N, Nagel S, Penckofer M, Demeestere J, Puetz V, Ribo M, Abdalkader M, Marto JP, Al-Bayati AR, Yamagami H, Haussen DC, Olive-Gadea M, Winzer S, Mohammaden MH, Lemmens R, Tanaka K, Virtanen P, Dusart A, Bellante F, Kaiser DPO, Caparros F, Henon H, Ramos JN, Ortega-Gutierrez S, Sheth SA, Nannoni S, Vandewalle L, Kaesmacher J, Salazar-Marioni S, Tomppo L, Ventura R, Zaidi SF, Jumaa M, Castonguay AC, Galecio-Castillo M, Puri AS, Mujanovic A, Klein P, Shu L, Farzin B, Moomey H, Masoud HE, Jesser J, Möhlenbruch MA, Ringleb PA, Strbian D, Zaidat OO, Yaghi S, Strambo D, Michel P, Roy D, Yoshimura S, Uchida K, Raymond J, Nguyen TN. CLEAR Thrombectomy Score: An Index to Estimate the Probability of Good Functional Outcome With or Without Endovascular Treatment in the Late Window for Anterior Circulation Occlusion. J Am Heart Assoc. 2024 Jul 16; 13(14):e034948. PMID: 38979812.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 7/5/2024
Kühn AL, Puri AS, Salim HA, Musmar B, Ghozy S, Siegler J, Shaikh H, Khalife J, Abdalkader M, Klein P, Nguyen TN, Heit JJ, Regenhardt RW, Diestro JDB, Cancelliere NM, Sweid A, Naamani KE, Hasan Z, Gopinathan A, Amllay A, Meyer L, Dusart A, Bellante F, Forestier G, Rouchaud A, Saleme S, Mounayer C, Fiehler J, Dyzmann C, Kan PT, Singh J, Colasurdo M, Marnat G, Berge J, Barreau X, Sibon I, Nedelcu S, Henninger N, Marotta TR, Stapleton CJ, Rabinov JD, Ota T, Dofuku S, Yeo LL, Tan BYQ, Martinez-Gutierrez JC, Salazar-Marioni S, Sheth S, Renieri L, Capirossi C, Mowla A, Tjoumakaris SI, Jabbour P, Khandelwal P, Biswas A, Clarençon F, Elhorany M, Premat K, Valente I, Pedicelli A, Filipe JP, Varela R, Quintero-Consuegra M, Gonzalez NR, Möhlenbruch MA, Jesser J, Costalat V, Ter Schiphorst A, Yedavalli V, Harker P, Chervak L, Aziz Y, Gory B, Stracke CP, Hecker C, Killer-Oberpfalzer M, Griessenauer CJ, Thomas A, Hsieh CY, Liebeskind DS, Radu RA, Alexandre AM, Fahed R, Tancredi I, Faizy TD, Weyland C, Lubicz B, Patel AB, Pereira VM, Guenego A, Dmytriw AA. Multicenter evaluation of mechanical thrombectomy for distal medium vessel occlusions with National Institute of Health Stroke Scale Scores?=?6 and?=?6. J Neurol. 2024 Jul 05. PMID: 38967650.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 7/2/2024
Huo X, Nguyen TN, Sun D, Raynald, Pan Y, Ma G, Tong X, Wang M, Ma N, Gao F, Mo D, Abdalkader M, Masoud HE, Nogueira RG, Miao Z. Association of Mismatch Profiles and Clinical Outcome from Endovascular Therapy in Large Infarct: A Post-Hoc Analysis of the ANGEL-ASPECT Trial. Ann Neurol. 2024 Jul 02. PMID: 38953673.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 7/1/2024
Abdalkader M, Nguyen TN. Susceptibility vessel sign and endovascular stroke therapy. Lancet Neurol. 2024 Jul; 23(7):653-654. PMID: 38876731.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 6/24/2024
Luo C, Tao C, Li R, Nguyen TN, Jing X, Yuan S, Wang A, Abdalkader M, Gao F, Chen L, Hao P, Cai M, Liu X, Hu W. Thrombectomy improves functional independence in severe basilar artery occlusion with favorable collateral circulation. Eur J Neurol. 2024 Jun 24; e16380. PMID: 38924331.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 6/24/2024
Galecio-Castillo M, Guerrero WR, Hassan AE, Farooqui M, Jumaa MA, Divani AA, Abraham MG, Petersen NH, Fifi JT, Malik AM, Siegler JE, Nguyen TN, Sheth SA, Yoo AJ, Linares G, Janjua N, Quispe-Orozco D, Olivé-Gadea M, Tekle WG, Zaidi SF, Sabbagh SY, Barkley T, Prasad A, De Leacy RA, Abdalkader M, Salazar-Marioni S, Soomro J, Gordon W, Turabova C, Rodriguez-Calienes A, Dibas M, Mokin M, Yavagal DR, Ribo M, Jovin TG, Ortega-Gutierrez S. Cervical Dissection in Patients With Tandem Lesions Is Associated With Distal Embolism and Lower Recanalization Success. Stroke. 2024 Jul; 55(7):1808-1817. PMID: 38913799.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 6/24/2024
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. 2024 Jun 24. PMID: 38914460.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 6/21/2024
Mierzwa AT, Al Kasab S, Nelson A, Gutierrez SO, Vivanco-Suarez J, Farooqui M, Jadhav AP, Desai S, Toth G, Alrohimi A, Nguyen TN, Klein P, Abdalkader M, Salahuddin H, Pandey A, Koduri S, Wilseck Z, Vora N, Aladamat N, Gharaibeh K, Afreen E, Zaidi S, Jumaa M. Thrombectomy Outcomes in Acute Basilar Artery Occlusions Due to Intracranial Atherosclerotic Disease. Neurosurgery. 2024 Jun 21. PMID: 38904392.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 6/7/2024
Abdalkader M, Nguyen TN, Sahoo A, Qureshi MM, Ong CJ, Klein P, Miller MI, Mian AZ, Kaesmacher J, Mujanovic A, Hu W, Chen HS, Setty BN. Contrast Staining in Noninfarcted Tissue after Endovascular Treatment of Acute Ischemic Stroke. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2024 Jun 07; 45(6):701-707. PMID: 38697792.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 6/5/2024
Berberich A, Herweh C, Qureshi MM, Strambo D, Michel P, Räty S, Abdalkader M, Virtanen P, Olive Gadea M, Ribo M, Psychogios MN, Nguyen A, Kuramatsu JB, Haupenthal D, Köhrmann M, Deuschl C, Kühne Escolà J, Demeestere J, Lemmens R, Yaghi S, Shu L, Kaiser DPO, Puetz V, Kaesmacher J, Mujanovic A, Marterstock DC, Engelhorn T, Klein P, Haussen DC, Mohammaden MH, Cunha B, Fragata I, Romoli M, Hu W, Zhang C, Matsoukas S, Fifi JT, Sheth SA, Salazar-Marioni S, Marto J, Ramos JN, Miszczuk M, Riegler C, Poli S, Poli K, Jadhav AP, Desai SM, Maus V, Kaeder M, Siddiqui AH, Monteiro A, Peltola E, Masoud H, Suryadareva N, Mokin M, Thanki S, Alpay K, Rautio R, Siegler JE, Asdaghi N, Saini V, Linfante I, Dabus G, Nolte CH, Siebert E, Möhlenbruch MA, Fischer U, Nogueira RG, Hanning U, Meyer L, Ringleb PA, Strbian D, Nguyen TN, Nagel S. Endovascular therapy of isolated posterior cerebral artery occlusion stroke with and without general anesthesia. J Neurointerv Surg. 2024 Jun 05. PMID: 38839282.
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