Dr. Croak was recently awarded a Master's of Biomedical Sciences in Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery from the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine's Graduate School. His thesis was titled, Questionnaire-based Characterization of Urinary Symptoms. He successfully defended his work and was presented with the degree in Spring of 2007. His project spanned 4 years of intense research and clinical work in order to accomplish this goal.