March 2018

#NephMadness 2018: Virally Infected Kidneys – Much More Than HIV and HCV!

March 25, 2018 // 0 Comments

Vikas Dharnidharka, MD Dr. Dharnidharka is the Chief of the Pediatric Nephrology division and a Professor of Pediatrics at Washington University in St Louis. His research [...]

#NephMadness 2018: 40% eGFR Decrease and Other New Kids on the Block

March 25, 2018 // 0 Comments

Sunil Badve, MD Dr. Badve is at St George Hospital in Sydney, Australia and Conjoint Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of New South Wales. Follow [...]

#NephMadness 2018: The Hyponatremia Bracket Demystified

March 24, 2018 // 0 Comments

Paul A. Welling, MD Dr. Welling is Professor of Physiology and Director of the Maryland Center for Kidney Discovery at the University of Maryland Medical School. He is an [...]

#NephMadness 2018: Transplant Bracketology with Josephson

March 24, 2018 // 0 Comments

Michelle Josephson, MD Dr. Josephson is Professor of Medicine and Surgery at University of Chicago where she serves as Medical Director of the Transplant Program and Program [...]

#NephMadness 2018: Brimble Breaks Down the PD Region

March 23, 2018 // 0 Comments

Scott Brimble, MD Dr. Brimble is Associate Professor of Medicine and Divisional Director of Nephrology in the Department of Medicine at McMaster University and a staff [...]

#NephMadness 2018: The Big 4 Defend Their Champions

March 23, 2018 // 0 Comments

Need help with your NephMadness 2018 bracket? Our Social Media Editor, Tim Yau, talked to four big players in the nephrology world to get their take on which team should win [...]

#NephMadness 2018: Schwartz Selection for Peritoneal Dialysis

March 23, 2018 // 0 Comments

Daniel Schwartz, MD Dr. Schwartz is a Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of British Columbia. He is Medical Director of the Fraser Health Peritoneal [...]

#NephMadness 2018: Gadolinium – Are We Overregulating or Overprescribing?

March 22, 2018 // 1 Comment

Saurabh Jha, MD Dr. Jha is Associate Professor of Radiology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. He is an argumentative radiologist and an opinionated blogger. [...]

#NephMadness 2018: Gadolinium Toxicity – Gaps in Knowledge

March 22, 2018 // 1 Comment

Brent Wagner, MD Dr. Wagner is the inaugural Director of the Kidney Institute of New Mexico, the Renal Section Chief of the New Mexico Veterans Administration Health Care [...]

UNOS/OPTN Response Regarding Committee Structure Changes

March 21, 2018 // 0 Comments

Editors’ Note: We take a break from our regularly scheduled NephMadness programming to share this response from UNOS, in reply to an earlier post by Dr. Sylvia [...]

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March 2018

#NephMadness 2018: Virally Infected Kidneys – Much More Than HIV and HCV!

#NephMadness 2018: 40% eGFR Decrease and Other New Kids on the Block

#NephMadness 2018: The Hyponatremia Bracket Demystified

#NephMadness 2018: Transplant Bracketology with Josephson

#NephMadness 2018: Brimble Breaks Down the PD Region

#NephMadness 2018: The Big 4 Defend Their Champions

#NephMadness 2018: Schwartz Selection for Peritoneal Dialysis

#NephMadness 2018: Gadolinium – Are We Overregulating or Overprescribing?

#NephMadness 2018: Gadolinium Toxicity – Gaps in Knowledge

UNOS/OPTN Response Regarding Committee Structure Changes