NephMadness2017

#NephMadness 2017: Thank You

April 12, 2017 // 0 Comments

At each closing ceremony of the Olympics, the head of the IOC states, “This has been the best Olympics ever!” This post is our version of the closing ceremony and our way of saying, this has been the best NephMadness ever! Growth: We [read more...]

#NephMadness 2017: The Winners

April 11, 2017 // 1 Comment

Now that we know Genes in ESKD Disparity was able to string together the 5 victories needed to win the coveted title in NephMadness 2017… …who are the winners? See the final standings here! Grand Prizes TOP OVERALL SCORE: Matthew R. [read more...]

#NephMadness 2017 Champion: Genes in ESKD Disparity

April 5, 2017 // 0 Comments

Back on March 7th, we opened the brackets for NephMadness 2017. Since then, we have blitzed the AJKD Blog with 32 NephMadness posts. For four weeks we flooded the web with novel, fully referenced, non-commercial, free, medical education. Today on [read more...]

#NephMadness 2017: The Case for Genes in ESKD Disparity

April 3, 2017 // 0 Comments

The Finalists for NephMadness 2017 have been announced! Here, Dr. Peralta makes her case for Genes in ESKD Disparity: Carmen A. Peralta Dr. Peralta, MD, is Co-Founder and Executive Director of the Kidney Health Research Collaborative (KHRC). She is [read more...]

#NephMadness 2017: Left and Right Kidneys

April 3, 2017 // 0 Comments

Just a couple more days until we announce the NephMadness 2017 champion! Catch up on all the results posts here: Saturated Sixteen | Effluent Eight | Filtered Four The first games of the Filtered Four are complete. Here are the results: The Left [read more...]

#NephMadness 2017: The Case for CRISPR-Cas9

April 3, 2017 // 0 Comments

The Finalists for NephMadness 2017 have been announced! Here, Dr. Freedman makes his case for CRISPR-Cas9: Benjamin Freedman Dr. Freedman, PhD, is Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Washington in Seattle, WA. His laboratory [read more...]

#NephMadness 2017: The Filtered Four

March 31, 2017 // 0 Comments

We are closing in on the NephMadness 2017 champion! If you’ve missed the other results, here are the links to the Saturated16 and Effluent8 posts. The Filtered Four are listed below – tweet your reaction and score with hashtag: [read more...]

#NephMadness 2017: The Effluent Eight

March 29, 2017 // 0 Comments

The first round results had a number of upsets. The second round represents the regional champions. Did the Blue Ribbon Panel break your heart and your bracket? Tweet your reaction and score with hashtag: #Effluent8 Glomerulonephritis Region [read more...]

#NephMadness 2017: The Changing Nature of Diabetic Kidney Disease

March 28, 2017 // 0 Comments

NephMadness 2017 | @NephMadness | #NephMadness or #DNRegion Raymond C. Harris Dr. Harris, MD, is Director of the Division of Nephrology at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Director of the Vanderbilt Center for Kidney Disease. The [read more...]

#NephMadness 2017: Crews Contemplates the Limits of Choice

March 27, 2017 // 1 Comment

Deidra C. Crews Dr. Crews, MD, is Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Nephrology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Associate Vice Chair for Diversity and Inclusion in the Department of Medicine. Her core area of [read more...]