Mr Craik gained his Bachelors degree in medicine from the University of Bristol in 2006. After completing his specialist orthopaedic training in South West London he embarked on an Australian Orthopaedic Association accredited fellowship at Flinders Medical Centre in South Australia. During this time he further developed his subspeciality skills and experience in hip and knee joint replacement surgery, sports knee surgery and trauma. He is trained in computer navigated and robotic knee surgical techniques. He performs hip replacements via the muscle sparing direct anterior approach as well as the posterior approach. 

Mr Craik is a substantive consultant at Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust and is the research lead for the orthopaedic department. He has several publications in peer reviewed journals, has presented his work internationally, and has been awarded numerous prizes for his research pursuits.