We are so proud of our fellows for placing #2 in this years #RheumMadness tournament!! We lost to our great friends (Duke Rheum) which makes it hurt a little less. We also finished #1 in Rheumatology Fellowship Brackets and #2 of brackets overall so we can’t wait to celebrate that as well! 🎉 (1/3)

The final results of #RheumMadness 2025 are out! Read more about the panel's choices on our website, plus our list of thank you-s to all our collaborators who make this possible! sites.duke.edu/rheummadness/ Thank you all for another great year!

Round 3 of #RheumMadness is complete! Read how the Blue Ribbon Panel voted here: sites.duke.edu/rheummadness/ How's your bracket?

We’re so excited to have made Final Four in #RheumMadness! 🏀☄️ We’re also tied for first in our bracket submission! What can we say, we can read the rheum! Fingers crossed that it’s only up from here! 🤞

RheumMadness@rheummadness.bsky.social · 2y ago

Results from round 2 of #RheumMadness 2025 are out! Read more about how our Blue Ribbon Panel voted here: sites.duke.edu/rheummadness/

Results from round 2 of #RheumMadness 2025 are out! Read more about how our Blue Ribbon Panel voted here: sites.duke.edu/rheummadness/

My first post! Good news/bad news- #RheumMadness 2025 is here! Aaaaaand my bracket is busted on day 1! Blue Ribbon Panel did not *ahem* appreciate the promise of CAR-T cures like I do. Cheers to great scouting report writers, RM leadership, and the 3 outstanding BRP voters who saw it my way 🤣

RheumMadness@rheummadness.bsky.social · 2y ago

#RheumMadness Round 1 Results are in! We had 3 blowouts and one MASSIVE upset. Read a full report of the Blue Ribbon Panel's votes and justifications here: sites.duke.edu/rheummadness/ Round 2 results coming April 3

United to bring the Chicago 🏀 legacy to RheumMadness - great to be part of this team!

RheumMadness@rheummadness.bsky.social · 2y ago

Scouting report written collaboratively by fellows from U Chicago, Northwestern, and Loyola. @larneson.bsky.social @mbriones.bsky.social Chicago fellowships bringing the 🔥! Full scouting report here: sites.duke.edu/rheummadness... 2/

Round 1 Results are in!! And I’m currently rank no.1🥳 Off to a good start✨ #RheumMadness #Rheumsky

RheumMadness@rheummadness.bsky.social · 2y ago

#RheumMadness Round 1 Results are in! We had 3 blowouts and one MASSIVE upset. Read a full report of the Blue Ribbon Panel's votes and justifications here: sites.duke.edu/rheummadness/ Round 2 results coming April 3

#RheumMadness Round 1 Results are in! We had 3 blowouts and one MASSIVE upset. Read a full report of the Blue Ribbon Panel's votes and justifications here: sites.duke.edu/rheummadness/ Round 2 results coming April 3

Submitted my picks! CD-19 CAR T-Cells feel like the automatic bid, but do they have what it takes to come home with a W? 🏀🌟🎱

RheumMadness@rheummadness.bsky.social · 2y ago

⏳THREE HOURS LEFT⌛️ Submit your #RheumMadness bracket before 11:59pm ET!!! Submit here: www.tourneytopia.com/RheumMadness...

⏳THREE HOURS LEFT⌛️ Submit your #RheumMadness bracket before 11:59pm ET!!! Submit here: www.tourneytopia.com/RheumMadness...

Last team in the #RheumMadness countdown: CD19 CAR-T Cell Therapy in Autoimmune Rheumatic Disease. 👇Scouting report by Vandy Rheum👇 sites.duke.edu/rheummadness...

CD-19 CAR T-Cells - RheumMadness

Team: B-Cell Busters Base article: Müller F, Taubmann J, Bucci L, Wilhelm A, Bergmann C, Völkl S, Aigner M, Rothe T, Minopoulou I, Tur C, Knitza J, Kharboutli S, Kretschmann S, Vasova I, Spoerl S, Rei...

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LAST DAY TO SUBMIT #RHEUMMADNESS BRACKETS Two more teams to cover in our countdown. Meet obitnutuzumab in lupus nephritis, a poem: Team based on phase II but phase III just published too. What will the panel do about this new monoclonal (type 2)? sites.duke.edu/rheummadness...

Obinutuzumab in Lupus Nephritis - RheumMadness

Team: Obinutuzumab’s Got Game  Base article: Furie RA, Aroca G, Cascino MD, Garg JP, Rovin BH, Alvarez A, Fragoso-Loyo H, Zuta-Santillan E, Schindler T, Brunetta P, Looney CM, Hassan I, Malvar A. B-ce...

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The fellows putting together their @rheummadness.bsky.social 2025 bracket! There are so many great scouting reports this year and we can’t wait to see where we land with the #BlueRibbonPanel! 🏀 #chooserheum #rheumatology #RheumMadness

Never played #RheumMadness ? Think you don't have enough time to submit your bracket? Think again. Submit with two simple steps: 1. Watch the 2-minute explainer video below 2. Head over to the tournament website and submit a bracket (IT'S FREE) 26.5 hours left! tourneytopia.com/RheumMadness...

The #RheumMadness countdown has made it all the way to the B-Cell Breakaway Region, starting with the fascinating STRAP trial. Scouting report by friends from the EMEUNET! Find the full report here: sites.duke.edu/rheummadness...

STRAP Trial - RheumMadness

Team: RheumaNavigators Base article:  Rivellese F, Nerviani A, Giorli G, Warren L, Jaworska E, Bombardieri M, Lewis MJ, Humby F, Pratt AG, Filer A, Gendi N, Cauli A, Choy E, McInnes I, Durez P, Edward...

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Only 1.5 days left to submit your #RheumMadness bracket! Next up on our countdown: SGCAPS + MSKUS prediction tool for #giantcellarteritis, by fellows from MCW. Read it here: sites.duke.edu/rheummadness...

SGCAPS - RheumMadness

Team: Ultrasound Avengers / Halo Heroes Base article: Sebastian A, van der Geest KSM, Tomelleri A, Macchioni P, Klinowski G, Salvarani C, Prieto-Peña D, Conticini E, Khurshid M, Dagna L, Brouwer E, Da...

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Catch up on these podcasts from the #NephMadness 2025 PodCrawl: - @thecurbsiders.bsky.social - @nkf-professionals.bsky.social - @rheummadness.bsky.social - @freelyfiltered.bsky.social - GN in Ten - The Poison Lab - The Nephron Segment - The Kidney Chronicles

#NephMadness 2025: The PodCrawl

Submit your picks! |  @NephMadness |@nephmadness.bsky.social | NephMadness 2025 Over the next couple of weeks, NephMadness 2025 will be popping up on some great podcasts.  Keep your eyes and ears o…

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Next #RheumMadness team: Prednisone dosing in lupus nephritis, from the fellows at WUSTL rheum. Full scouting report here: sites.duke.edu/rheummadness... Submit your bracket before March 31 at 11:59pm ET. @washumedrheum.bsky.social @laceyfeigl.bsky.social

Pred Dose in SLE - RheumMadness

Team: Steroid dose in SLE Base article: Figueroa-Parra G, Cuéllar-Gutiérrez MC, González-Treviño M, Sanchez-Rodriguez A, Flores-Gouyonnet J, Meade-Aguilar JA, Prokop LJ, Murad MH, Dall’Era M, Rovin BH...

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Do we really need to screen #Rheumatology patients on #plaquenil as often as we do? Check out this #RheumMadness scouting report by residents from Lankenau. Full report here: sites.duke.edu/rheummadness... Submit your bracket before 3/31 at 11:59pm ET. Free to play.

HCQ Screening Cost - RheumMadness

Team: Plaquenil Pioneers Base article: Quist SW, Dorsthorst ST, Freriks RD, Postma MJ, Hoyng CB, van Asten F. Cost-effectiveness of hydroxychloroquine retinopathy screening: the current guideline vers...

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Next #RheumMadness team: Tyk2 inhibitor for SLE Scouting report by UNC rheumatology fellows Full report here: sites.duke.edu/rheummadness... Submit your bracket before 3/31 at 11:59pm ET!

TYK2 in SLE - RheumMadness

Team: TykTARC Influencers Base article: Morand E, Pike M, Merrill JT, van Vollenhoven R, Werth VP, Hobar C, Delev N, Shah V, Sharkey B, Wegman T, Catlett I, Banerjee S, Singhal S. Deucravacitinib, a T...

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The #RheumMadness countdown continues! Next up: the long-term extension of the TULIP trials, showing long-term safety and efficacy of anifrolumab in #lupus Scouting report by the MUSC fellows More in 🧵👇 1/

Last #RheumMadness podcast before brackets are locked! Submit yours before March 31 at 11:59pm ET! www.buzzsprout.com/1465681/epis...

5.13 Submit Those Brackets! - RheumMadness Podcast

Reminder to Submit your brackets by March 31, 2025 at 11:59pm ET!Link to the RheumMadness OnePager by Dr. Mithu Maheswaranathan (@MithuRheum)To learn more about RheumMadness:https://sites.duke.edu/rhe...

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The #RheumMadness countdown continues. Brackets due March 31 at 11:59pm! Next up, oral biologics! Specifically oral anti-IL23. @larneson.bsky.social @davidleverenz.bsky.social 1/

As the #RheumMadness countdown continues, take a BiTE out of this thread! Introducing BiTE therapy, by Marwin Groener and @maxkonigmd.bsky.social at Hopkins rheum. 1/

Time for another #RheumMadness countdown thread! Introducing Abatacept in pre-RA, aka the "tendon ticklers" from Allegheny Rheum, based on the APIPPRA trial Learn more in 🧵👇 (1/12)

Incredible honor to participate in this year's #NephMadness- the tournament my brother @nephrosparks.bsky.social helped found years ago My commentary about basketball (#Razorbacks), brotherhood, and RheumOnc / CAR-T Also make sure to participate in #RheumMadness- CAR-T team there too

Matthew Sparks@nephrosparks.bsky.social · 2y ago

#NephMadness 2025: CAR-T for Autoimmunity – Driving to the Championship Any my brother getting involved this year !!!! @jeffsparks.bsky.social ajkdblog.org/2025/03/21/n...

Submit your picks before April 1st for #RheumMadness 😎!! I will🙋‍♀️ #Rheumsky #Mededucation @rheumarhyme.bsky.social @rheummadness.bsky.social

Jeffrey Sparks MD MMSc@jeffsparks.bsky.social · 2y ago

Incredible honor to participate in this year's #NephMadness- the tournament my brother @nephrosparks.bsky.social helped found years ago My commentary about basketball (#Razorbacks), brotherhood, and RheumOnc / CAR-T Also make sure to participate in #RheumMadness- CAR-T team there too

Catch up on all the podcasts of the #NephMadness 2025 PodCrawl: bit.ly/NM25Podcrawl - @thecurbsiders.bsky.social - @nkf-professionals.bsky.social - GN in Ten - @rheummadness.bsky.social - @freelyfiltered.bsky.social - The Poison Lab - The Nephron Segment - The Kidney Chronicles

#NephMadness 2025: The PodCrawl

Submit your picks! |  @NephMadness |@nephmadness.bsky.social | NephMadness 2025 Over the next couple of weeks, NephMadness 2025 will be popping up on some great podcasts.  Keep your eyes and ears o…

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As we count down to #RheumMadness brackets closing (March 31!), it's time for some threads about each team. First up? The novel CD40L inhibitor in #Sjogren's. Scouting report by #DukeRheum. More in 🧵👇 (1/15)