#NephMadness 2018: Thank You
Another year of NephMadness comes to a close! Did you miss our announcements of the champion and the winners? Watch this fantastic summary video by @KidneyCathy to review this year’s tourney:
We continue to see a consistent growth in NephMadness entries over the last 5 years:
The growth in NephMadness entries was mirrored by increased social media activity:
A major goal of NephMadness is to increase international participation. This year, non-US participants comprised 44% of total participation, with notable increases in Europe, India, and Mexico:
Thank You!
NephMadness is and has always been a big collaborative group project with an amazing network of supporters behind it. We want to take the time and space here to thank the people listed below for making all the fun and learning possible (apologies in advance if we unintentionally missed anyone):
- AJKD Editors
- Editor-in-Chief, Harold Feldman
- Deputy Editor, Jeffrey Berns @Jeff_Berns_POTD
- Deputy Editor, Laura Dember @LauraDember
- Education Editor, Stanley Goldfarb
- Policy Forum Editor, Daniel Weiner @dwein003
- Blue Ribbon Panel
- Michael Choi @Mike_J_Choi
- Deidra Crews @DrDeidraCrews
- Sarah Faubel @doc_faubel
- Melanie Hoenig @melhoenig
- Tazeen Jafar
- Eleanor Lederer @EleanorLederer
- Fiona Loud @FionaCLoud
- Mark Reid @medicalaxioms
- Roger Rodby @NephRodby
- Selection Committee
- Animal House: Mark Zeidel
- Contrast: Paul M. Palevsky @PaulPalevsky
- Hyponatremia: Richard H. Sterns
- Pediatric Nephrology: Michelle N. Rheault @rheault_m
- Peritoneal Dialysis: Thomas A. Golper
- Transplantation: Dorry Segev @Dorry_Segev
- Trial Outcomes: Jamie P. Dwyer @jamie_dwyer
- Women’s Health: Michelle A. Hladunewich
- Region Writers
- Animal House: Tim Yau
- Contrast: Swapnil Hiremath, Anitha Vijayan, Natasha Dave, Rajeev Raghaven, Matt Sparks
- Hyponatremia: Swapnil Hiremath, Joel Topf
- Pediatric Nephrology: Michelle Rheault, Anna Burgner
- Peritoneal Dialysis: Amit Langote, Anna Burgner
- Transplantation: Paul Phelan, Matt Sparks
- Trial Outcomes: Perry Wilson, Anna Burgner
- Women’s Health: Anna Burgner, Diana Mina, Devika Nair
- Animal House: Tim Yau
- Commentary Contributors
- Mitchell H. Rosner
- George L. Bakris
- Maryam Khosravi @_dr_mk
- Brent Wagner @Wagner_Nephro
- Amanda Leonberg-Yoo
- J. Bryan Carmody @jbcarmody
- Saurabj Jha @RogueRad.
- Brendan McCormick
- Michael Rudnick
- J. Bryan Carmody @jbcarmody
- Paul A. Welling @PAWellingMD
- Juan Carlos Q. Velez @VelezNephHepato
- Steven Weisbord @stevenweisbord
- Patrick Mark @drpaddymark
- David Goldfarb @weddellite
- Navdeep Tangri @NavTangri
- Scott Brimble @S_brimble
- Holly Kramer @kramer_holly
- Rajnish Mehrotra @rajmehrotra1122
- Mark Okusa @MarkOkusa
- Daniel Schwartz @drdschwartzmd
- Patricia Campbell
- Joseph T. Flynn @drjosflynn
- Krista L. Lentine @KristaLentine
- Michelle Josephson @Michell53598125.
- Vikas Dharnidharka @Vikas_R_D.
- John Friedewald @jfriedo
- Sunil Badve @Badves
- Adrian Covic @accovic
- Martin Wilkie @wilkiemart
- Helbert Rondon @NephroMD
- Fredric O. Finkelstein
- Deborah B. Adey
- Leonardo V. Riella @LVRiella
- Kerri Cavanaugh @KCavanaugh_MD
- Nicola Schieda
- AJKD Social Media Advisory Group
- Beatrice Concepcion @KidneyBea_n
- Kenar Jhaveri @kdjhaveri
- Edgar Lerma @edgarvlermamd
- NSMC Interns
- Aakash Shingada @aakashshingada
- Angel Ortiz @AngelCesarOrtiz
- Ankur Shah @NephroShah
- Beje Thomas @bthomas215
- Brian Stotter @StotterMD
- Diana Mina @DiMiRenalMD
- Divya Pajpai @divyaa24
- James Novak @JamesNovakNeph
- Justin Berk @justinberk
- Kate Robson @nephrologista
- Laura Slattery @Slatts_1
- Sri Lekha Tummalapalli @LTummalapalli
- Manasi Bapat @manasib33
- Mayuri Trivedi @MayuriTrivedi80
- Michelle Lim @whatsthegfr
- Michelle Starr @mcstarr1
- Mohamed Essam @M_Elraggal
- Mya Mhtwenge @mhtwenge
- Natasha Dave @NatashaNDave
- Nimra Sarfaraz @DrNimraS
- Samira Farouk @ssfarouk
- Sanjeev Nair @Nair_Sanj
- Sarah Gleeson @sarah_gleeson_
- Sayna Norouzi @SaynaNorouzi
- Sinead Stoneman @Stones__
- NSMC Faculty
- AJKD Editorial Staff: Nijsje Dorman, Alina Foo, Noah Skaroff, Elizabeth Frank, and Barb Saper
- Peter Dong @peter_dong11, 2018 logo designer (check out more of his work here)
- Cathy Quinlan @KidneyCathy, videomaker extraordinaire
- Warren Kupin @wkupin, rollover text wordsmith
- National Kidney Foundation @nkf @nkfclinicals
- Elsevier
- Twitter Nephrophiles for great discussion and support of NephMadness
Finally, THANK YOU to all of our game players!
Without you, we could not have made 2018 the best year of NephMadness yet. Come back next year as we continue to push boundaries and make NephMadness even greater!
The NephMadness Exec Team:
- Joel Topf @kidney_boy
- Matt Sparks @Nephro_Sparks
- Tim Yau @Maximal_Change
- Anna Burgner @anna_burgner
Final Standings | NephMadness 2018 | #NephMadness | @NephMadness
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