Thursday, February 26, 2015

#NephMadness 2015: It’s almost here

It’s almost March, time to fill out your bracket. No not college hoops, it’s time for the annual Nephrology SoMed educational phenomenon that is NephMadness. The brainchild of Matt Sparks and Joel Topf has grown legs in its 3 years of existence and now represents a highlight of the Nephrology #FOAM calendar.

NephMadness is a homage to the NCAA Basketball Tournament, March Madness, but instead of matching up college basketball teams, NephMadness throws some of the most important concepts in nephrology together to battle it out. This years theme is Nephrologys interaction and cross-over with other specialties. See the current editorial in AJKD by the NephMadness team for the complete low-down. The overall regions/specialties, each with 8 Nephrology topics, for 2015 are:

1.         Obstetric Nephrology
2.         Infectious Disease and Nephrology
3.         The Heart and Kidney Connection
4.         Nephrology and Nutrition
5.         Genetic Nephrology
6.         Critical Care Nephrology
7.         Nephrology and Vascular Surgery
8.         Onconephrology

The game will progress throughout March with winners and losers announced along the way via ongoing blog posts. My own (extremely biased) view is that the winner will come from the strong Genetic Nephrology region! Let us know what you think when the brackets are published on March 1 on the AKJD blog. Also follow along on Twitter using the hashtag #NephMadness.


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