A Look Back at Top #NephMadness Regions
Less than two weeks until the bracket reveal for NephMadness 2026 on Sunday, March 1!
Until then, you can satisfy your NephMadness cravings by looking back on the most viewed regions from previous years’ competitions:
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NephMadness 2025 – Resistant Hypertension Region
Writer: Stephanie Torres Rodriguez
Expert: Jordana Cohen
Execs: Matt Sparks & Elena Cervantes
Image generated by Evan Zeitler using DALLE-E 3, accessed via ChatGPT at http://chat.openai.com, February 2025. After using the tool to generate the image, Zeitler and the NephMadness Executive Team reviewed and take full responsibility for the final graphic image.
NephMadness 2024 – Hyponatremia Correction Region
Writers: Naman Gupta, Alisha Sharma, and Graham Gipson
Expert: Mirjam Christ-Crain
Execs: Anna Vinnikova & Tim 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.
NephMadness 2023 – IgA Nephropathy Region
Writer: Dana Larsen
Expert: Dana Rizk
Execs: Matt Sparks & Tim Yau
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NephMadness 2022 – Cardiorenal Region
Writer: Caitlyn Vlasschaert
Experts: Nisha Bansal & Sadiya Khan
Execs: Samira Farouk & Anna Burgner
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NephMadness 2021 – Anemia Region
Writer: Arun Rajasekaran
Expert: Nupur Gupta
Execs: Pascale Khairallah & Matt Sparks
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NephMadness 2020 – Hyperkalemia Region
Writer: Ryann Sohaney
Expert: Deborah Clegg
Exec: Joel Topf
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NephMadness 2019 – Volume Assessment Region
Writer: Devika Nair
Expert: Tariq Shafi
Exec: Anna Burgner
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NephMadness 2018 – Hyponatremia Region
Writer: Swapnil Hiremath
Expert: Richard Sterns
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NephMadness 2017 – Glomerulonephritis Region
Writer: Tim Yau
Expert: Richard Glassock
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NephMadness 2016 – Hypertension Region
Writer: Swapnil Hiremath
Expert: Raymond Townsend
NephMadness 2015 – Critical Care Nephrology Region
Writers: Joel Topf, Edgar Lerma, and Lakhmir Chawla
Expert: Lakhmir S. Chawla
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NephMadness 2014 – Hypertension Bracket
Writers: Edgar Lerma & George Bakris
Expert: George Bakris
NephMadness 2013 – Collecting Tubule Region – Principal Cell Group
Happy reading!
Get to know the Gamemakers of NephMadness 2026: Matthew Sparks, Anna Burgner, Anna Vinnikova, Jeffrey Kott, Ana Catalina Alvarez-Elías, Dia Waguespack, Samira Farouk, and Krithika Mohan
Get to know the 2026 Blue Ribbon Panel: Timothy Yau, Prabir Roy-Chaudhury, Kirk Campbell, Meredith Atikinson, Lori-Ann Fisher, William Whittier, Yara Mouawad, Christel Wekon-Kemeni, and Giftay Kingston
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