#NephMadness 2017: Thank You
At each closing ceremony of the Olympics, the head of the IOC states, “This has been the best Olympics ever!” This post is our version of the closing ceremony and our way of saying, this has been the best NephMadness ever!
Growth:
We had more entries than last year:
We had more people tweeting:
The fraction of people entering from outside of the US is flat, but with the total number of entries growing, so is our international reach.
We are especially encouraged by the participation of groups this year:
⚡️ “#NephMadness Fellowship & Residency Programs” by @Nephro_Sparks https://t.co/zrbFrq2wLB
— Matt Sparks (@Nephro_Sparks) March 24, 2017
Thank You!
We are delighted that more and more people are engaging in NephMadness. A project like this cannot be done by one or two people. It takes a team and we have a great one. We literally could not do this without the blood, sweat, tears, nights, and weekends of the following people:
- AJKD Editors, especially Editor-in-Chief, Harold Feldman @HaroldFeldman
- 2017 Selection Committee
- L. Ebony Boulware @ebonyboulware
- Anna Burgner @anna_burgner
- Richard J. Glassock
- Jonathan Himmelfarb @xpotasn
- Benjamin D. Humphreys @HumphreysLab
- Kamyar Kalantar-Zadeh @kamyarkalantarz
- Matthew G. Sampson @kidneyomicsamps
- Neil Turner @neilturn
- 2017 Blue Ribbon Panel
- Nancy D. Adams @NancyDayAdams
- Jeffrey S. Berns @Jeff_Berns_POTD
- Michael J. Choi @Mike_J_Choi
- Scott J. Gilbert
- David S. Goldfarb @weddellite
- Stanley Goldfarb
- Melanie P. Hoenig @melhoenig
- Roger A. Rodby @NephRodby
- Daniel E. Weiner @dwein003
- Commentary Authors
- Rajiv Agarwal
- Vecihi Batuman
- Andrew Bomback @asbomback
- Deidra Crews @DrDeidraCrews
- Scott Brimble @S_brimble
- Adrian Covic @accovic
- Benjamin Freedman @BenoFreedman
- Raymond Harris @rharrisneph
- Jonathan Hogan
- Brandon Kistler @DrBMK_RD
- Eleanor Lederer @EleanorLederer
- Carmen Peralta @Peralta_KHRC
- Martin Pollak
- Robert Provenzano @DrBobPro
- Michelle Rheault @rheault_m
- Mitchell Rosner
- Katherine Tuttle
- NSMC Interns
- Annabel Biruette @anniebelch
- Gates Colbert @DoctorGates
- Bea Concepcion @KidneyBea_n
- Pablo Garcia @PabloGarciaMD
- Cathy Quinlan @KidneyCathy
- Omar Taco Sanchez @Errantnephron
- Nathaniel Reisinger @Nephrothaniel
- Vanessa Grubbs @thenephrologist
- Karthik Ramani @happykidney
- Amit Langote @LangoteAmit
- Xingxing S. Cheng @CunningBeans
- Adam Underwood for designing the NephMadness logo
- The National Kidney Foundation @nkf
- Elsevier
- @ISNKidneyCare Social Media Task Force for NephMadness analytics
- Twitter Nephrophiles for great discussion and support of NephMadness
We especially would like to thank EVERYONE who participated in the game, whether it is your first or fifth year of NephMadness. All the planning, interviews, and writing would be meaningless without players. Seeing all of the people enthusiastically tweet and cheer makes the whole endeavor particularly rewarding.
The AJKD NephMadness Team
- Joel Topf @kidney_boy
- Matt Sparks @Nephro_Sparks
- Tim Yau @Maximal_Change
- Anna Burgner @anna_burgner
- Swapnil Hiremath @hswapnil
- Kenar Jhaveri @kdjhaveri
- Warren Kupin @wkupin
- Edgar Lerma @edgarvlermamd
- Paul Phelan @paulphel
- Nikhil Shah @dr_nikhilshah
- Silvi Shah @silvishah
- Brian Stotter @StotterMD
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