NephMadness 2019 draws to a close with Team US HTN Guideline entering the NephMadness Court of Champions:

Here is a marvelous summary video prepared by @KidneyCathy:

We finally exceeded the 1,000-entry threshold with a grand total of 1,393 bracket submissions that were entered in Year 7 of NephMadness.

We inched up ever so slightly with the international participation, and realize there’s room for improvement here:

We were delighted to see the growth in Twitter participation, and greatly enjoyed all the banter and trashtalking this year!

Our favorite part of NephMadness 2019 was seeing all the NephMadnessParties – you Nephrons sure know how to party!

After announcing the 2019 Champion and Winners, we would like to take a moment to say THANK YOU to everyone who helped make this year’s NephMadness a reality (apologies in advance if we inadvertently missed anyone):

Copyright: Alexander Limbach

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
• Holly Kramer @kramer_holly
• Eleanor Lederer @EleanorLederer
• Fiona Loud @FionaCLoud
• Mark Okusa @MarkOkusa
• Roger Rodby @NephRodby

Selection Committee

• Carla Nester
• Chirag Parikh @KidneydrChirag
• Maryam Khosravi @_Dr_MK
• Charlie Wray @WrayCharles
• Juan Carlos Velez @VelezNephHepato
• Susan Steigerwalt @SteigSusan
• David Juurlink @DavidJuurlink
• Andre Kaplan
• Tariq Shafi @DrTariqShafi

Region Writers

• Anuja Java @anuja_java
• Matthew Graham-Brown @DrMattGB
• Pascale Khairallah @Khairallah_P
• Bill Whittier @TWhittier_RUSH
• Swapnil Hiremath @hswapnil
• Samantha Gelfand @SammyG
• Paul Phelan @paulphel
• Devika Nair @devimol

Commentary Contributors

• George Bakris @gbakris
• Andrew Bomback @asbomback
• Brendan Bowman
• Anthony Chang @ChangUCanSpare
• Alex Chang @alexchangmd
• Tushar Chopra @NephTushar
• Bea Concepcion @KidneyBea_n
• Adrian Covic @accovic
• Renee Dversdal @DRsonosRD
• Mythili Ghanta
• Kenneth Hamilton
• Jonathan Hogan
• Jay Koyner @jaykoyner
• James Luther @DrJMLuther
• Martha Marner
• Tessa Novick @tessa_novick
• Avital O’Glasser @aoglasser
• Biff Palmer
• Doreen Rabi @doreen_rabi
• Suchita Shah Sata @SuchitaSata
• Elliot Tapper @ebtapper
• Anand Vaidya @AnandVaidya17
• Dia Waguespack @d_r_waguespack

AJKD Social Media Advisory Group

• Kenar Jhaveri @kdjhaveri
• Edgar Lerma @edgarvlermamd

NSMC Interns

• Osho Renua Aiyegbusi @AbaRenua
• Aldo Jimenez Vega @aldorodrigo
• Vighnesh Walavalkar @vighnesh_w
• Lena Vaynberg Eder @LenaVaynberg
• Tiffany Caza @Tiff_Caza
• Charles Hall @CharlesHallMD
• Katie Wang @katiemwang
• Mario Funes-Hernandez @MarioFunesMD
• Ankit Sakhuja @ansakhuja ‏
• Yasar Caliskan @yasar_caliskan
• Sam Krishnamoorthy @beans_sam
• Eric Au @ericau
• Justin Davis @jbda19
• Bhavnish Bucktowarsing @Buck1486
• Larissa Kruger Gomes @nephron_andon
• Vijay Kiran @drvijaykiran
• Vicki Sandys @VickiSandys1
• Daniyal Jafree @daniyal_jafree
• Ted FitzGerald @Ted_FitzG
• Krithika Mohan @krithicism
• Hugo Fernandes Diniz @HDiniz_
• Vineet Behera @BeheraVineet
• Itunu Owoyemi @itunuowoyemi
• L. Parker Gregg @LParkerGregg1
• Abhilash Koratala @KoraAbhi
• Vandana Dua Niyyar @vandyniyyar
• Vanessa Lerma @VanessaLerma17
• Samaya Anumudu @TarSamMD
• Marvin Gonzalez Quiroz @MarvinGonzlez16
• Arunkumar Subbiah @Arunkr_Dr
• Madhuri Ramakrishnan @madmagicdoc
• Harish Seethapathy @BetterCallSeeth
• Jia Hwei Ng @jiahweing
• Anshul Bhalla @BhallaAnshul 
• Alejandro Meraz @NephroGuy
• Derian Lai @GlomeruLai 
• Krystahl Rivera @Krystahllopathy
• Sarah Melville @sarahkmels
• Verner Angel Vera @werner02
• Lovy Gaur @drlovygaur

These folks didn’t fit into a neat category but NephMadness 2019 would not have been possible without them:

• NSMC Interns
• NephTwitter for great discussion and support of NephMadness
• Cathy Quinlan @KidneyCathy for her short and sweet videos
• Warren Kupin @wkupin for writing hilarious and helpful rollover text
• VCU @VCU_Nephrology for inspiring NephParties around the world
• The Curbsiders @thecurbsiders for the brilliant NephMadness podcasts and kidney pun contests
• Peter Dong @peter_dong11 for designing the 2019 logo (check out more of his work here)
• AJKD Staff: Nijsje Dorman, Alina Foo, Noah Skaroff, Elizabeth Frank, Barb Saper, and Flora Ho
• National Kidney Foundation @nkf @nkfclinicals
• Elsevier

And finally, a special THANK YOU to all of our game players!

We truly hope you enjoyed all the fun and learning this year – make sure to join us for NephMadness 2020 🙂

The NephMadness Exec Team:

• Joel Topf @kidney_boy
• Matt Sparks @Nephro_Sparks
• Tim Yau @Maximal_Change
• Anna Burgner @anna_burgner

Friendly Reminder: The bracket fun may be over but NephMadness content will still be around on the AJKDBlog. US-based physicians can claim CME and MOC until June 15th, 2019 – Instructions are provided below and at the end of every region post.

How to Claim CME and MOC
US-based physicians can earn 1.0 CME credit and 1.0 MOC point for reading each region.

1. Register/log in to the NKF’s Professional Education Resource Center (PERC).
2. Review the activity and accreditation information.
3. Click “Continue” and review Course Instructions.
4. Complete Post-Test. Please note: By selecting “Yes” to the participation questions for each region, the corresponding Post-Test questions will appear. Click “Save Draft” to save your responses and finish later. When you are ready to submit your answers, click “Preview” to review all responses, then click “Submit.”
5. Click “Next” to complete the Evaluation form, then click“Submit.”
6. Claim 1.0 CME credit and 1.0 MOC point per region (up to 8.0 total for 8 regions of NephMadness).
7. Print your certificate.
8. Review the Post-Test answers and rationale.

The CME and MOC activity will expire on June 15th, 2019.

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