Citation: Ali Niyaf has worked with our organization and various Maldives state and private entities to developed the scope of Neurosurgery in the Maldives. He has built the first state of the art Neurosurgery setup in the Maldives in ADK Hospital. Niyaf founded and initiated the Neurosurgery conference series “Brain & Spine” in 2017, which is attended by neurosurgeons from the United States, Germany, Philippines and Nepal and has contributed to research in the Maldives in the field of Neurosurgery.