Dr Strauss did his undergraduate medical training at the University of the Free State and obtained his MBChB degree in 2003. He also obtained his Masters Degree in Sports Medicine from the University of the Free State in 2012 and worked as a Sports Physician for 10 years as the Team Doctor of the Cheetahs and the Bulls respectively, before obtaining his specialist degree, MMed Radiology and FCRad Diagnostic(SA) from the University of Pretoria in 2021. After a short stint in private practice in Pretoria he joined Garden Route Radiology in 2022.