Our Veterinarians

Christy was born and raised in rural North and South Carolina, then moved to Charlotte when she was 16 years old. After graduating from Appalachian State University with her Psychology degree in 1998, she began working at a vet’s office that same year. In 1999, she returned to school at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte to begin her veterinary education. By 2006, she’d graduated from North Carolina State University with her veterinary degree.

After completing small-animal and zoo internships, Dr. Montgerard returned to the Charlotte area in 2007 to marry her high-school sweetheart, Hank. She settled in at Fullwood Animal Hospital in 2012, when the previous owner was looking for someone to purchase the clinic. After working here for nine months, Christy purchased the hospital in December of 2012.

At the clinic, Dr. Montgerard especially likes connecting with clients and establishing lasting relationships. She never takes for granted the trust that pet parents place in her! Medically, Christy enjoys surgery, dermatology, and internal medicine.

Dr. Montgerard and her husband have four children: 14-year-old Ariel, 13-year-old Spencer, four-year-old Nate, and one-year-old Naomi. A number of pets round out the family. There are four cats: Cho Cho, Oliver, Jack, and Rose, two dogs named Hank and Dolly, and Willie the corn snake.

Although Christy doesn’t have much time for hobbies, she tries to be active in the church and spend time with friends whenever she can. Her family also enjoys hiking, and spend most weekends in the mountains searching for promising new hiking areas.

After her veterinary schooling, Dr. Tellez launched her veterinary career at a mixed-animal practice in rural Wisconsin, gaining crucial hands-on experience with companion animals and larger farm animals. Next, she traveled to Ecuador in South America to serve with the Peace Corps of America. Dr. Tellez taught small-animal surgery at a veterinary school in the Andes Mountains, a life-changing opportunity that gave her an entirely new set of life skills and experience!

Dr. Tellez returned to the United States and worked in a number of spay-and-neuter clinics and small-animal practices, then transitioned into the pharmaceutical industry for a time—she worked in the fields of clinical trials and information management for research and development in both veterinary and human healthcare. Over the past several years, Dr. Tellez has focused on a new interest of hers within veterinary medicine: incorporating herbal medicine, acupuncture, and food therapy as an integrative approach to traditional veterinary care. She joined the Fullwood Animal Hospital team to begin incorporating this approach here at the clinic, and couldn’t be happier with the results she’s seen!

At home, Dr. Tellez and her husband share their lives with their two sons, their daughter, and two dogs: Luca, a rescued Yellow Labrador mix, and a spunky German Shepherd mix rescue named Sofi. In her free time, Dr. Tellez enjoys going on hikes with her family, crocheting with her daughter, and reading—she especially loves to read to her kids and is currently home-schooling all three!