One more day until we reveal the NephMadness 2025 bracket on Saturday, March 1…

Until then, catch up on the Top Ten Region Posts from the last 5 years of NephMadnesses!

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        10. Preeclampsia (2024)

Writers: Gilda Portalatin & Connor Grantham

Expert: Jessica Tangren & Michelle Hladunewich

Exec: Anna Burgner & Samira Farouk

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9.  SGLT2i  (2020)

Writer: Harish Seethapathy

Expert: Meg Jardine

Exec: Joel Topf

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8. Hemodialysis (2022)

Writer: Bourne Auguste

Expert: Daniel Weiner

Exec: Joel Topf & Pascale Khairallah

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7. Hyponatremia Correction (2024)

Writer: Naman Gupta, Alisha Sharma, & Graham Gipson

Expert: Mirjam Christ-Crain

Exec: Anna Vinnikova & Timothy Yau

Image generated by Evan Zeitler using Image Creator from Microsoft Designer, accessed via https://www.bing.com/images/create, January, 2024. After using the tool to generate the image, Zeitler and the NephMadness Executive Team reviewed and take full responsibility for the final graphic image.

6. Hyperkalemia  (2020)

Writer: Ryann Sohaney

Expert: Deborah Clegg

Exec: Joel Topf

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5. Thrombotic Microangiopathy (2023)

Writer: Viralkumar Amrutiya & Nouman Akbar

Expert: Anuja Java

Execs: Anna Vinnikova & Timothy Yau

4. Artificial Kidney (2021)

Writer: Krishna Agarwal

Expert: Bill Fissell

Exec: Timothy Yau

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3. Anemia (2021)

Writer: Arun Rajasekaran

Expert: Nupur Gupta

Exec: Pascale Khairallah & Matthew Sparks

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2. IgA Nephropathy (2023)

Writer: Dana Larsen

Expert: Dana Rizk

Exec: Matthew Sparks & Timothy Yau

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1. Cardiorenal (2022)

Writer: Caitlyn Vlasschaert

Experts: Nisha Bansal and Sadiya Khan

Execs: Samira Farouk and Anna Burgner

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Happy reading!

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*Note: The Top Ten posts do not include helpful guides such as Welcome to #NephMadness 2024

Get to know the Gamemakers of NephMadness 2025: Matthew Sparks, Anna Burgner, Anna Vinnikova, Elena Cervantes, Jeffrey Kott, Ana Catalina Alvarez-Elías, Dia Waguespack, and Krithika Mohan

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