The SCIENTIFIC MIDDLE EAST SYMPOSIUM 2017 was a scientific meeting held in Alcalá de Henares, Spain from May 11 – 14, 2017 in which the topic of the conference focused on IBD (Inflammatory Bowel Disease). Around 60 Gastroenterologists from countries all over the Middle East including Turkey, Iran, Lebanon, Egypt, Jordan and others attended the ME symposium. The official sponsors and organizers of this symposium were TILLOTTS PHARMA and BÜHLMANN. Rossen Darman had the pleasure of sponsoring up to 40 Iranian gastroenterologists at the ME symposium on behalf of Tillotts Pharma.