Dr. Tartaglia received her MD at McGill University and completed her residency at the University of Western Ontario in Canada. Dr. Tartaglia came to medicine via a detour in film production and programming. She subsequently entered the research arena and used different imaging techniques to try to better characterize some of the pathology seen in multiple sclerosis.

Dr. Tartaglia is currently a clinical fellow in behavioral neurology at the Memory and Aging Center where she participates in patient evaluation and care. Her research interests lie in trying to bridge pathology and imaging in order to better delineate the substrates that underlie the different neurodegenerative diseases and cause cognitive, behavioral and motoric dysfunction.