Thank you to the #NephMadness 2025 Blue Ribbon Panel, tasked with selecting a champion from 16 worthy competitors (to the cheers and jeers of the crowd)! -Roger Rodby -Deidra Crews -Kirk Campbell -Samira Farouk, MD, MSCR -Tom Oates -Meredith Atkinson -@unalinnys -Clodagh Sweeney - David Rush

Thank you to the #NephMadness Selection Committee members who helped us develop the teams in each region: -Jordy Cohen, MD, MSCE -Mehmet Sever -Jordan Nestor -Jeffrey Sparks MD MMSc -Mariana Murea -Linda Awdishu -Swee Levea -Babak Orandi -Susan Samuel

Thank you to all the amazing #NephMadness 2025 writers! -Stephanie Torres M.D. -Ethan Downes -Rachel Khan (Flurie) -Matt Gross -Mansi Bapat -Yara Mouawad -Mallory Downie -Robert L. Myette -Rasha Raslan -Alissa Ice -Trevor Stevens Catch up here: bit.ly/NM25Regions

Thank you to the #NephMadness commentary writers: - Nora Franceschini - Gabriel Cara-Fuentes  - Mariana Murea - Kelly Birdwell - Swapnil Hiremath @hswapnil.medsky.social - Jeffrey Sparks MD MMSc  - Josh King - Melvin Bonilla-Felix - Arshia Ghaffari - Nasim Wiegley, MD, FASN - Zainab Obaidi bit.ly/NM25Comment

Thanks to all the talented #NephMadness #VisualAbstract creators led by Krithika Mohan: - Renz Pasilan  -Edgar V. Lerma 🇵🇭 -Sophia Ambruso -Cristina Popa 🦋 -Corina Teodosiu 🕊️ 🇺🇦 -Verner Venegas -Denisse Arellano -Dr P S Vali -Mythri Shankar 🇮🇳 -Carlo Trinidad -Husam Alzayer

Thank you to all the podcasts that shared highlights from #NephMadness 2025: -The Curbsiders -Life as a Nephrology Professional NKF Nephrology Professionals -#RheumMadness -Freely Filtered: A NephJC Podcast -The Poison Lab -The Nephron Segment: A Kidney Podcast -The Kidney Chronicles -GN in Ten bit.ly/NM25Podcrawl

Thank you to Cathy Quinlan #KidneyWk for making a very helpful video guide to #NephMadness 2025: youtube.com/watch?v=tZURy_…

Thank you to Graham Gipson for creating the beautiful #NephMadness 2025 logo that you've seen all over for the last 7 weeks! bit.ly/3Adsams

Thank you to Evan Zeitler for spearheading the AI-generated #NephMadness 2025 region images:

Thank you to National Kidney Foundation NKF Nephrology Professionals for providing CME and MOC for #NephMadness this year! cme.kidney.org/spa/courses/re… REMINDER: US-based physicians have until May 31, 2025 to claim credits. Don't procrastinate!

MANY THANKS to the #NephMadness 2025 Executive Team - their energy and enthusiasm keeps the content timely, relevant, and engaging! Matthew Sparks, MD Anna Burgner MD MEHP NoWars Elena Cervantes Jeff Kott Ana Catalina Dia Waguespack Krithika Mohan bit.ly/40HGJsE

#NephMadness 2025 may be over, but the content will remain at AJKDBlog.org (homepage will revert to its usual look on May 1). We wish you all the best as you take care of yourself, your patients, and each other! *Apologies if we forgot to thank someone...

Honoured to be the part of Visual abstract creators of Nephmadness 2025

CAR-T Cell Therapy wins #NephMadness 2025! Matthew Sparks, MD recaps this year's tournament and the thrilling matchup. bit.ly/KN1705-20 #ASNKidneyNews

Did we just wrap up #NephMadness 2025? Yes... Is it time to start planning #NephMadness 2026? YES! Share your ideas for next year's tournament! bit.ly/NM26Ideas Matthew Sparks, MD Anna Burgner MD MEHP NoWars Jeff Kott Ana Catalina Krithika Mohan Dia Waguespack @nephmadness

Did we just wrap up #NephMadness 2025? Yes... Is it time to start planning #NephMadness 2026? YES! Share your ideas for next year's tournament! bit.ly/NM26Ideas Matthew Sparks, MD Anna Burgner MD MEHP NoWars Jeff Kott Ana Catalina Krithika Mohan Dia Waguespack @nephmadness

Did we just wrap up #NephMadness 2025? Yes... Is it time to start planning #NephMadness 2026? YES! Share your ideas for next year's tournament! bit.ly/NM26Ideas Matthew Sparks, MD Anna Burgner MD MEHP NoWars Jeff Kott Ana Catalina Krithika Mohan Dia Waguespack

Did we just wrap up #NephMadness 2025? Yes... Is it time to start planning #NephMadness 2026? YES! Share your ideas for next year's tournament! bit.ly/NM26Ideas Matthew Sparks, MD Anna Burgner MD MEHP NoWars Jeff Kott Ana Catalina Krithika Mohan Dia Waguespack

Did we just wrap up #NephMadness 2025? Yes... Is it time to start planning #NephMadness 2026? YES! Share your ideas for next year's tournament! bit.ly/NM26Ideas Matthew Sparks, MD Anna Burgner MD MEHP NoWars Jeff Kott Ana Catalina Krithika Mohan Dia Waguespack @nephmadness

NephMadness is a yearly highlight for our community combining fun, education, and the latest in kidney care!! We’ve had a lot of exciting developments in the last year. Drop your suggestions below. AJKD #NephMadness