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US-based physicians have until June 1, 2026 to claim CME for #NephMadness: bit.ly/NM26CME

Don't procrastinate!

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If you submitted a #NephMadness bracket, check your score here: bit.ly/2GZNoEl

Congrats to Santimoreno457 with a perfect bracket!

Stay tuned for the winners announcement next week...

#NephMadness 2026: IgA Nephropathy Region Submit your picks! | @NephMadness | @nephmadness.bsky.social | NephMadness 2026 Selection Committee Member: Laura Mariani @LauraMarianiMD Dr. Mariani is an Associate Professor and clinical research…

Catch up on the champion team from #NephMadness IgA Nephropathy Region

Expert: Laura Mariani
Writer: Alessandra Tomasi
Execs: @nephrosparks.bsky.social & Dia Waguespack

bit.ly/NM26IgAN

Here is the final 2026 bracket with B-cell Modulators crowned as champion!

To Commiserate or Celebrate: #NephMadness

bit.ly/NM26Champ

How did the #NephMadness crowd vote?

37% for 🏆Team B-cell Modulators🏆 followed by 11% for Team Natural Language Processing

bit.ly/NM26BCell

🏆B-cell Modulators🏆 wins 7-2 vs C3G Treatment

BRP:
“Worthy final round. 2025-26 will forever be known as the year IgA nephropathy became cool again. A year ago people had never heard of APRIL and now it’s the hottest topic. B-cell therapies for the win!”

#NephMadness

bit.ly/NM26Bcell

#NephMadness 2026 Champion: B-Cell Modulators

Check out the full breakdown on #AJKDBlog: bit.ly/NM26Champ

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Stay tuned for the NephMadness 2026 Champion announcement on April 10!

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#NephMadness 2026: A future so bright you gotta wear shades – B-cell modulating therapies in IgAN Song Ong @SongOngUAB Song Ong is a professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He is a transplant nephrologist and remains humbled by the fearful and wonderful complexity of the human imm…

Learn more about B-cell Modulators in this #NephMadness commentary by Song Ong and Dana Rizk on the #AJKDBlog:

A Future So Bright You Gotta Wear Shades: B-cell Modulating Therapies in IgAN

bit.ly/NM26OngRizk

#NephMadness 2026: C3G Treatment–The Ultimate Glow-Up Story Sayna Norouzi @SaynaNorouzi – @saynanorouzi.bsky.social Sayna Norouzi is an associate professor of Medicine and clinical nephrologist at Loma Linda University Medical Center and completed her…

Learn more about C3G Treatment in this #NephMadness commentary by @saynanorouzi.bsky.social and Saloni Gupta on the #AJKDBlog:

C3G Treatment–The Ultimate Glow-Up Story

bit.ly/NM26NorouziG...

Check the leader board to see who is being reabsorbed and who is just metabolic waste: bit.ly/2GZNoEl

To Commiserate or Celebrate: #NephMadness

Congrats to Santimoreno457 in 1st place followed by a 10-way tie for 2nd place ⬇️

Did the Blue Ribbon Panel keep you alive or break your heart and your bracket after just the first round?

Current #NephMadness 2026 Bracket:
bit.ly/NM26Finalists

Right Kidney:

🏆Team C3G Treatment 🏆 wins 5-4 against Team POCUS in AKI

BRP Comment:
“Probably the hardest matchup so far – I just think that the generalizability and use of POCUS deserves a seat in the championship game.”

Left Kidney:

🏆Team B-cell Modulators 🏆 wins 8-1 against Team BK Virus

BRP Comment:
““The IgA nephropathy hype train has too much momentum. And B-cell targets are the most promising of the bunch, so it moves onto the championship game.”

bit.ly/NM26Bcell

#NephMadness 2026: The Left and Right Kidneys The NephMadness 2026 championship game has arrived, and with it two fierce competitors! Which team will come out victorious? And what does that mean for your bracket? Check out the Current Standing…

#NephMadness 2026: The Left and Right Kidneys

Check out the 3rd round results on the #AJKDBlog:
bit.ly/NM26Finalists

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@catochita.bsky.social @ssfarouk.bsky.social

Cats want a recount! 🐈🐈🐈
What about mail-in ballots and hanging chads?
This is a cat-astrophe. I’m cat-atonic with rage.
#NephMadness #BlueRibbonFail
Cats rule and dogs drool! #NephSky

Already only 1 perfect bracket in #NephMadness
Tied with 20 others for 2nd 🥈
Now it gets interesting
#NephSky

And what-if scenarios are live

Interesting - @brianrifkin.bsky.social you may have a chance to make it!

#NephMadness www.tourneytopia.com/AJKD/NephMad...

Did the Blue Ribbon Panel keep you alive or break your heart and your bracket?

Check how your #NephMadness bracket is doing: bit.ly/2GZNoEl

Congrats to Santimoreno457 on top of the leaderboard followed by a 19-way tie for 2nd place:

Left and Right Kidney results will be revealed on April 8!

Until then, check out the current #NephMadness 2026 Bracket and read the Blue Ribbon Panel comments defending their picks: bit.ly/NM26Filtered4

POCUS Region vs Genetics Region:

🏆POCUS in AKI🏆 wins 6-3 against PKD Masqueraders

BRP: "POCUS in AKI is critical for decision making on a daily basis, and wins because of its generalizability and overall utility."

bit.ly/NM26POCUSAKI #NephMadness

C3G vs Cerebronephrology:

🏆C3G Treatment🏆 wins 6-3 against Cerebronephrology in ESKD

BRP: “This should be an easy win for C3G treatments – if a #blueribbonfail comes from Cerebronephrology winning, I want it on record that this was not my vote.”

bit.ly/NM26C3GTreat... #NephMadness

Animal House vs Trolls of Transplantation Region:

🏆BKV🏆 wins 7-2 against Dogs

BRP: “The fact that immunosuppressants can cause kidney rejection due to BKV, which gives them their chance to surface, is worth further research & study.”

bit.ly/NM26BK #NephMadness

IgA Nephropathy Region vs AI Region:

🏆B-Cell Modulators🏆 wins 6-3 against Natural Language Processing

BRP: “Maybe I’m just riding the IgA Nephropathy hype train, but B-cell targets are hopefully gonna change everything."

bit.ly/NM26Bcell #NephMadness

#NephMadness 2026: The Filtered Four Our field of teams has been halved once again! Has the Blue Ribbon Panel busted your bracket (and heart) yet? Check out the Current Standings and share your reactions with #NephMadness! We proudly …

#NephMadness 2026: The Filtered Four

Check out the 2nd round results on the #AJKDBlog:
bit.ly/NM26Filtered4

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Im actually not too #NephMadness NephMad about this. I was torn on both region I lost.

The most classic #nephsky #nephmadness month of all is here…. & coincidentally, the most popular pick for @nephmadness.bsky.social champion is in fact, B-cell targets… over 400 brackets!, 🤓😃😅🙏
cc: @lauraratcliffe7.bsky.social

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Effluent 8 are in 🔥 #NephMadness

New B-Cell 🎯
Natural Language 💻
@Dog4NephMadness
🦠BKV
C3G
🧠Nephrology in ESKD
#pocus in AKI
PKD Masqueraders

The Blue Ribbon Panel is on the move 👀 @nephmadness.bsky.social #nephsky #medsky

#NephMadness 2026: The Effluent Eight It’s time for our first step on the road to naming a Champion, announcing the winners of each of this year’s regions! Is your The mighty Blue Ribbon Panel has conferred, and the picks a…

The #Effluent8 of #NephMadness are live!

ajkdblog.org/2026/04/02/n...

Dogs 🐶win? That seems like a #BlueRibbonFail 😏

The rest seem solid choices IMO!

#NephMadness 2026: The Effluent Eight It’s time for our first step on the road to naming a Champion, announcing the winners of each of this year’s regions! Is your The mighty Blue Ribbon Panel has conferred, and the picks a…

Here is the current #NephMadness 2026 Bracket!

Read all comments from the Blue Ribbon Panel on the #AJKDBlog:

bit.ly/NM26Eff8