#NephMadness 2023: Thank You
The NephMadness Court of Champions welcomes their 11th member:
Organ Pool
2023 saw 1,111 entries!
We finally reached 50% international entries in 2023!
NephMadness 2023 went live on March 1st but the planning started well before that. We would especially like to thank and highlight the people listed below (and apologies in advance to anyone we may have inadvertently missed):

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- Naief AbuDaff
- Michelle A. Josephson @MichelleJTx
- Katarzyna Kakareko @kponikwicka
- Peter Kerr
- Abdul Qader @md_abdulqader83
- Sylvia E. Rosas @sylviaerosas
- Shilpi Shah @sshah713
- Jodi Smith @jodismith0820
- Curtis Warfield @chwcbak
- Matthew Abramson @M_Abramson
- Nisha Bansal @NishaKidneyDoc
- Rasheeda Hall @Rasheeda_HallMD
- Anuja Java @anuja_java
- Vineeta Kumar @VineetaKumar8
- Mitchell R. Lunn @MitchellLunn
- Matt Luther @DrJMLuther
- Dana Rizk @DanaRizk1
- Nouman Akbar @AkbarNouman
- Sehrish Ali @sehrish_alii
- Viralkumar Amrutiya @viral_nephro
- Jen Bergeron @DrJennyBee
- Margaret DeOliveira @MargaretD128
- Alissar El Chediak @alissar_chediak
- Jeffrey Kott @jrkott27
- Dana Larsen @dana_m_larsen
- Morgan Schoer
- Micah Schub @AcidBassMD
- Scott Stockholm
- Jefferson Triozzi @nepherson
- Jordana Cohen @jordy_bc
- Beatrice Concepcion @KidneyBea_n
- Jeffrey Ha @_jeffreyha
- Ben Humphreys @HumphreysLab
- Murdoch Leeies @MLeeies
- Kelly Li
- Rupal Mehta @RupalMehtaMD
- Tanjala Purnell @tpurnell1908
- Morgan Reid @_morganreid
- Jane Schell @JaneSchell11
- John Sperati @JohnSperati
- Shikha Wadhwani @SWadhwaniMD
- Carlo Trinidad @hellokidneyMD – Visual Abstract Lead
- Michelle Lim @whatsthegfr
- Corina Teodosiu @CTeodosiu
- Dominique Tomacruz-Amante @DTomacruzMD
- Priti Meena @priti899
- Momen Abbasi @Momen_Abbasi
- Dilushi Wijayarathe @Dilushiwijay
- Cristina Popa @NephroSeeker
- Sophia Ambruso @sophia_kidney
- Husam Alzayer @Husamjz
- Mythri Shankar @nephromythri
- PS Vali @DrPSVali
- Joel Topf @kidney_boy for making all the podcasts happen!
- Core IM @COREIMpodcast
- The Cardio Nerds @CardioNerds
- Freely Filtered @FreelyFiltered
- ISN Global Kidney Care @ISNkidneycare
- The Curbsiders @thecurbsiders
- Fellow on Call @TheFellowOnCall
- The Cribsiders @TheCribsiders
- The Nephron Segment @nephronsegment
AJKD Editors
- Editor-in-Chief, Harold Feldman
- Deputy Editor, Tara I. Chang @taraichang
- Deputy Editor, Julie Scialla
- Engagement Editor, Holly Kramer @kramer_holly
These folks didn’t fit into a neat category but NephMadness 2023 would not have been possible without them:
- NephTwitter as always for vibrant discussion and debate
- Graham Gipson @grahamgipsonmd for designing the 2023 NephMadness logo
- Cathy Quinlan @KidneyCathy for creating this year’s edition of her helpful explainer video
- Omar Taco @Errantnephron for creating the results scoreboards
- Kathryn Troy and Kim Dunisch at the National Kidney Foundation @nkf @NKF_NephPros for coordinating CME and MOC
- Sarah Pratta at Elsevier for promoting NephMadness and arranging free Advances in Kidney Disease and Health subscription for the Grand Prize Winners
- Susan Allison @suz_allison for arranging free Nature Reviews Nephrology subscription for the Grand Prize Winners
- AJKD Editorial Office: Alina Foo, Noah Skaroff, Andrew Fleming, Barb Saper, and Sarah Lake
And finally, a special THANK YOU to all of our game players!
Friendly Reminder: The bracket fun may be over but NephMadness content will still be around on the AJKDBlog. US-based physicians can earn 1.0 CME credit and 1.0 MOC per region through NKF PERC (detailed instructions here). The CME and MOC activity will expire on June 1, 2023.
– The NephMadness 2023 Executive Team:
- Matthew Sparks @Nephro_Sparks
- Tim Yau @Maximal_Change
- Anna Burgner @anna_burgner
- Samira Farouk @ssfarouk
- Pascale Khairallah @Khairallah_P
- Anna Vinnikova @KidneyWars
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