Elliott Garber is a veterinarian, Army officer, public health practitioner, author, and host of the Uncommon Veterinarian podcast. Garber graduated from Tufts University in 2009 with degrees in veterinary medicine (DVM), public health (MPH), and comparative biomedical sciences (MS). He has studied zoonotic diseases in India and Mozambique, worked with wildlife in South Africa and Australia, contributed to livestock and agricultural development projects in Haiti and Bolivia, learned about marine mammals in San Diego, and practiced on zoo animals in Washington, D.C.