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 7/4/2025

    Essibayi MA, Salim HA, Fazzari MJ, Khatri D, Baker A, Musmar B, Adeeb N, Henninger N, Sundararajan SH, Kühn AL, Khalife J, Ghozy S, Scarcia L, Yeo LLL, Tan BYQ, Regenhardt RW, Heit JJ, Cancelliere NM, Rouchaud A, Fiehler J, Sheth SA, Puri AS, Dyzmann C, Colasurdo M, Renieri L, Pedro Filipe J, Harker P, Aziz Y, Alexandru Radu R, Abdalkader M, Klein P, Marotta TR, Spears J, Ota T, Mowla A, El Naamani K, Jabbour P, Biswas A, Clarençon F, Siegler JE, Nguyen TN, Varela R, Gonzalez NR, Möhlenbruch MA, Costalat V, Gory B, Yedavalli V, 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, Mendes Pereira V, Guenego A, Dmytriw AA, Altschul DJ. Petechial hemorrhage in mechanical thrombectomy for distal and medium-vessel occlusions: technical considerations and outcomes. J Neurosurg. 2025 Jul 04; 1-13. PMID: 40614268.

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  • Published 7/2/2025

    Scarcia L, Clarençon F, Dmytriw AA, Shotar E, Jabbour P, Psychogios M, Sporns P, Puri AS, Hassan AE, Algin O, Möhlenbruch MA, Russo R, Bergui M, Goren O, Bankole NDA, Boulouis G, Morimoto T, Pop R, Ho JW, Ferrario Á, Pujol Lereis V, Cooper J, Salsano G, Li YL, Consoli A, Sgreccia A, Raz E, Chung C, Burel J, Papagiannaki C, Baqir Hassan KM, Tao H, Rautio R, Sinislao M, Ruggiero M, Lafe E, Da Ros V, Bellini L, Gabrieli JD, Causin F, Levitt M, Caragliano AA, Vinci SL, Bellanger G, Cognard C, Marnat G, Saleille L, Nimbucci N, Capasso F, Piano M, Rollo C, Guedon A, Romi A, Di Caterino F, Biondi A, Farhat F, Vyval M, Guenego A, Nguyen T, Abdalkader M, Gunkan A, Agripnidis T, Fuschi M, Pereira VM, Alexandre AM, Pedicelli A. Silk Vista Baby for the treatment of distal anterior cerebral artery aneurysms. Neuroradiology. 2025 Jul 02. PMID: 40601068.

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  • Published 6/26/2025

    Al Kasab S, Mierzwa AT, Tahhan IS, Yaghi S, Jumaa M, Inoa V, Capasso F, Nahhas M, Starke RM, Fragata I, Bender MT, Moldovan K, Maier I, Grossberg JA, Jabbour P, Psychogios M, Samaniego EA, Burkhardt JK, Altschul D, Mascitelli J, Ezzeldin M, Grandhi R, de Havenon A, Nguyen TN, Hassan AE. Comparative Safety and Efficacy of Balloon Mounted Stents and Self Expanding Stents in Rescue Stenting for Large Vessel Occlusion: Secondary analysis of the RESCUE-ICAS Registry. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2025 Jun 26. PMID: 40550702.

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  • Published 6/26/2025

    Kerwin CM, HonShideler C, Abdalkader M, Setty BN. An imaging potpourri of uncommon traumatic scalp injuries. Emerg Radiol. 2025 Jun 26. PMID: 40569341.

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  • Published 6/24/2025

    Abdalkader M, Nguyen TN, Raz E, Al Kasab S, Amans MR, Shapiro M, Yedavalli V, Patsalides A, Fargen KM, Hui FK. Cerebral venography and manometry: indications and techniques for success. J Neurointerv Surg. 2025 Jun 24. PMID: 40555475.

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Education

  • Lebanese University, MD

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