Dr. Garrelts joined VCA Blue Ridge Animal Hospital as an Associate Veterinarian in the beginning of June 2017. She received her veterinary education from the University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine in Athens, Georgia in May 2016. Her undergraduate degree was completed at Berry College in Rome, Georgia, where she studied Animal Science and worked with dairy cattle. She decided to attend these schools to become a veterinarian after realizing this job would be the perfect combo of her interest in a career in the medical field and love for working with animals.

Between finishing school and moving to Blue Ridge, she worked as an emergency veterinarian in Georgia providing care for dogs and cats. She received the UGA CVM award for Proficiency in Emergency and Critical Care. While she still very much loves emergency cases, Dr. Garrelts also has an interest in soft tissue surgery and working with geriatric animals.

Dr. Garrelts has relocated to the Greenville area and looks forward to the close doctor-client relationship that a general practice offers, as well as working with the team at VCA Blue Ridge Animal Hospital. She has two dogs: an awkward but sweet collie named Nabb and a pushy but friendly chocolate lab named Lucy. Her hobbies include walking (and hopefully more running!) with her dogs after work, attending spinning classes, trying new restaurants around the area, and trying to figure out what more of her hobbies are left after surviving veterinary school.