Ciara O’Malley, MS, ATC joined MIT as an Athletic Trainer in May 2026.
O’Malley came to MIT after spending the two years at Boston University, where she completed a Certified Athletic Training Neurology Fellowship at BU, while also providing athletic training coverage for club men's and women's rugby and club women's soccer, with prior coverage of varsity open weight women's rowing. As part of her fellowship at BU, she led department-wide comprehensive concussion management, provided care for patients with diverse neurologic conditions, and worked in regular collaboration with diverse groups of providers through BU's Student-Health Center and additional rotations with Boston Medical Center radiology, neurology, traumatic brain injury, and physiatry units. Additionally, she contributed high-level scholarship through scientific writing, formal research and case presentations, delivery of learning labs, and execution of quality improvement initiatives and has presented at the EATA symposium, Patriot League Sports Medicine Conference, and inter-departmentally at BU.
O’Malley graduated Magna Cum Laude from Endicott College in 2022 with a Bachelor of Science in Exercise Science/Pre-Athletic Training before going on to earn a Master of Science in Athletic Training from her alma mater in 2024. Her graduate training at Endicott included a 225-Hour Clinical Experience where she developed injury prevention and long-term shoulder rehabilitation plans for Division III baseball patients as well as a 6-week Nontraditional Immersive Clinical Experience at RehabWorks at Kennedy Space Center in Merritt Island, Fla. where she provided supervised autonomous care for diverse occupational populations including military, engineering, police, and fire personnel, delivering joint replacement rehabilitation, ergonomic evaluations, and injury assessment and documentation. She has also volunteered as an athletic training student and certified athletic trainer at the Boston Marathon.
