A champion for brain injury patients

MIT Alumni News: Profile

Alissa Totman ’13

October 20, 2026

Courtesy of Alissa Totman

Alissa Totman ’13 was a sophomore when she joined MIT BrainTrust, a student-run organization that connects Institute undergraduates and people with brain injuries for support and socializing. “That group was a great way to learn about the human experience of what people go through when they experience a brain injury,” she says. And it laid the foundation for her life’s work.

Today, Totman is a physician…