Dr. Gershon Alaluf has spent more than three decades in veterinary medicine—healing animals, leading teams, mentoring new veterinarians, and trying to make sense of the human side of the profession. Over the course of his career, Dr. Alaluf has built two clinics from the ground up and has witnessed firsthand when veterinarians burn out and lose their spark. He is a current doctoral candidate at Pepperdine University studying stress, emotional labor, and sustainability in veterinary medicine.