Now that we have revealed the NephMadness 2024 Champion, Team Gila Monster from the Animal House Region, we are excited to announce the winners below! from Pixabay Grand Prizes Each Grand Prize individual winner will receive a one-year online subscription to Advances in Kidney Disease and Health and Nature Reviews Nephrology. TOP OVERALL SCORE: Concord Renal Team “We enjoyed Nephmadness as a fun way to run our department education meetings for the first half of March, particularly debating and sharing experience in recently changing areas of renal medicine! We submitted a ..read more

Gabriel Cooper Gabriel Cooper received a kidney-pancreas transplant in 2021 at Cedars Sinai. He is a clinical psychotherapist in Los Angeles who works with kidney and transplant patients and specializes in anxiety, self-esteem, and relationships. He is an endurance runner and honors his deceased donor with every race. The remaining competitors, our Left and Right Kidneys: Team Gila Monster vs Team Simultaneous Pancreas-Kidney Transplantation Sidney and Franc. My transplanted kidney and pancreas. The journey through and out the other side of transplant has illuminate ..read more

Stephen Sammons Steve Sammons is a nephrology fellow at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah. His academic interests include glomerulonephritis, evidence-based medicine, and medical education.   Jamie Dwyer @jamie_dwyer Jamie P. Dwyer, MD is Associate Dean for Clinical Research, Professor of Medicine, and Director of the Utah Data Coordinating Center at the University of Utah Health in Salt Lake City, Utah.  He is a clinical trialist dedicated to the design, conduct, analysis, and reporting of large multi-center clinical trials.   Sarah Gilligan Sarah Gilliga ..read more

The Championship Matchup is next (YES, we are going to make you wait all weekend for it)! Are you still alive, or has the Blue Ribbon Panel left your bracket busted? Check out the Current Standings and tweet your reactions with #Nephmadness! We proudly present: And before we begin, special thanks to Corina Teodosiu @CTeodosiu for the scoreboard graphics! Left Kidney: Team Gila Monster’s Cinderella story continues with an easy victory over Team PD First. The question remains, can anyone stop this teams poisonous defense? Gila Monster wins 6-3 Comments from the BRP: “Gila monster is hard to be ..read more

The Championship Matchup is nearing! How is your Bracket doing? How has the Blue Ribbon Panel done? Check out the Current Standings and tweet your reactions with #NephMadness! We proudly present: Current Standings | Match Results | #NephMadness  And before we begin, special thanks to Corina Teodosiu @CTeodosiu for the scoreboard graphics! Preeclampsia vs Animal House Team Preeclampsia Diagnosis was predicted to win this matchup with its strong offense but it was no match up for Team Gila Monster’s poisonous defense! Gila Monster wins 7-2 Comments from the BRP: “Hard to ch ..read more

Editor’s Note: We asked authors of Original Investigations to provide short plain-language summaries that would briefly summarize what inspired their study, the basic approach taken, what was learned, and why it matters. We hope our readers will find this valuable in helping them keep up with the latest research in the field of nephrology. Highlights from the April 2024 issue: Secular Trend in GFR Decline in Non-Dialysis CKD Based on Observational Data From Standard of Care Arms of Trials by Carlo Garofalo et al [OPEN ACCESS] From the authors: This study evaluated the secular trend in t ..read more

Submit your picks! | NephMadness 2024 | #NephMadness Jade Teakell @jmteakell Dr. Jade Teakell is an Associate Professor of Medicine and the Associate Program Director for the Nephrology Fellowship at McGovern Medical School in Houston, TX.  Her clinical and research interests are chronic kidney disease, home dialysis therapies, and reduction of health care disparities. She serves as the medical director for the Harris Health System Peritoneal Dialysis Program. Competitors for the Peritoneal Dialysis Region Team 1: PD First vs Team 2: Beyond Kt/V Image generated by Evan Zeitler using I ..read more

Submit your picks! | NephMadness 2024 | #NephMadness Jaime Uribarri @lowage Jaime Uribarri, MD is currently Professor of Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Director of the Renal Clinic and the Home Dialysis Program at the Mount Sinai Hospital. In parallel with his clinical activities, Dr Uribarri has been very active in clinical investigation for more than 40 years. His main areas of research have been on acid-base and fluid and electrolytes disorders as well as nutrition in chronic kidney disease and diabetic patients. Competitors for JHM’s Things We Do For No Reas ..read more

Submit your picks! | NephMadness 2024 | #NephMadness Andrea Oliverio @AndreaOliverio Dr. Andrea Oliverio is an adult nephrologist and Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Michigan. Her clinical and research efforts center around pregnancy in kidney disease, with a particular focus on improving patient-centered preconception and contraception counseling for those with CKD. Competitors for the Preeclampsia Region Team 1: Diagnosis and Treatment of Preeclampsia vs Team 2: Risk Factors, Prevention, and Long-Term Sequelae in Preeclampsia Image generated by Evan Zeitler using Ima ..read more

Submit your picks! | NephMadness 2024 | #NephMadness Richard H. Sterns Dr. Sterns is a Professor Emeritus of Medicine at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry. He is the author of several papers and book chapters on disorders of water balance and is the section editor for fluids and electrolytes for UpToDate. Competitors for the Hyponatremia Correction Region Team 1: Rapid Correction vs Team 2: Slow Correction Image generated by Evan Zeitler using Image Creator from Microsoft Designer, accessed via https://www.bing.com/images/create, January, 2024. After using the to ..read more