2024 NephMadness Tournament Challenge: Bracket Submissions Due March 31st!

NephMadness is back! Submit your 2024 NephMadness picks here by March 31st. Our pick for this year’s NephMadness Champion: Inpatient Use of Phosphate Binders in Acute Kidney Injury (Things We Do For No Reason (TM) Region) First time playing? Some NephMadness basics below: 1. What is NephMadness?  NephMadness is an educational game played out across social media, modeled after the US college basketball tournament March Madness. Instead of basketball teams, 16 topics in 8 categories in nephrology are pitted against each other. Winners are chosen by a Blue Ribbon Panel of experts. Participants submit their picks and brackets starting March 1st. After the bracket submission period ends on March 31st, the Effluent 8, Filtered 4 and ultimately the NephMadness champion will be revealed. The NephMadness champion will be crowned on Monday April 8th.  2. How do I decide who wins in my bracket? Read the “Scouting Report” posts on AJKD blog on each topic written by experts in the field that are an in-depth, referenced review of the topics. Then, decide which topic you think should move onto the next round. Still can’t decide? Flip a coin, talk with a friend or try to predict how the Blue Ribbon Panel might vote. This years challengers are:  Here are the 8 main nephrology topics (REGIONS!) with 2 subtopics (TEAMS) in the tournament.

• Animal House: Kelly Hyndman @DrKeeksPhD | Tiffany Truong @CRRTiff
• Preeclampsia: Michelle Hladunewich @hladunewich | Jessica Tangren | Gilda Portalatin @GildaPortalatin | Connor Grantham @cgranth510
• Toxicology: Marc Ghannoum | David Goldfarb @weddellite | Diane Calello @DrDianeC | Jorge Gaytan @JEGAYTAN90
• Hyponatremia Correction: Mirjam Christ-Crain @ChristCrain | Naman Gupta | Alisha Sharma @AlishaSharmaMD | Graham Gipson @grahamgipsonmd
• Things We Do For No Reason: Tony Breu @tony_breu | Lenny Feldman @DocLennyF | Farah Daccueil @FDaccueil | Imran Chaudhri @ImranChaudhri3
• Metabolic Acidosis: Nimrit Goraya | Marco Thierry @MarcoThierry1 | Taha Mohamed
• Dual Organ Transplant: Roslyn Mannon @mannonmom | Sam Kant @kantsmd | Manal Alotaibi @Maealotaibi
• Peritoneal Dialysis: Janice Lea | Jeff Perl @PD_Perls | Tim Hopper

3. What do I do after I submit my bracket? Get involved in the conversation on social media and follow the hashtag #NephMadness! Support your picks, share your thoughts, and learn something! Not happy with how the Blue Ribbon Panel voted? Try the hashtag #BlueRibbonFail. 4. What’s the buy-in? Are there prizes? No buy in: it’s FREE! And yes – prizes will be awarded to those with the highest individual and group score as well as the highest scoring medical student, resident, fellow and best NephMadness Party! 5. Can I submit multiple brackets? Yes! You can submit brackets per email address (just click on “Submit Picks” again after your first bracket).  You can also submit group brackets (e.g. with your fellowship program). And then another if you want…! Ready to play? Register and start filling out your bracket! You will have until March 31st, 2024 to finalize and submit your picks. Who is your champion? See you on the “court”!