Since joining Sidra Medicine Dr. Ayodele Obideyi participated actively in the planning and subsequent activation of clinical services in the institution. He contributed to the writing of the guidelines and policies in use at the moment in his division. Dr. Ayodele’s division recently received the Society for Obstetric Anaesthesia and Perinatology (SOAP) Centre of Excellence award, thus becoming the first institution in the Middle East and outside the USA to be presented with such an award.