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! 🤞

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 🤣

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

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

#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? 🏀🌟🎱

⏳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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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.

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!

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...

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

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

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

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)

Feeling behind in your #RheumMadness bracket? Never fear! @mithurheum.bsky.social is here with another incredible #RheumOnePagers creation! Submit your brackets here: www.tourneytopia.com/RheumMadness...

New #RheumMadness podcast is out! Hear our leadership team's approach to bracketology, including: -Our favorites -Dark horses -Our read on the blue ribbon panel -What we learned @larneson.bsky.social Listen and subscribe on all major podcast apps! www.buzzsprout.com/1465681/epis...

#NephMadness 2025: The PodCrawl bit.ly/NM25Podcrawl Podcasts: - @thecurbsiders.bsky.social - Life as a Nephrology Professional @nkf-professionals.bsky.social - GN in Ten - @rheummadness.bsky.social - @freelyfiltered.bsky.social - The Poison Lab - The Nephron Segment - The Kidney Chronicles

#RheumMadness + #NephMadness podcast is up! CAR-T discussion starts at min 22:30 Find it here 👇 rheummadness.buzzsprout.com/1465681/epis... @jeffsparks.bsky.social @nephmadness.bsky.social

Reposting to tag @mmeltz.bsky.social (Michele Meltzer) who is now on Bluesky!

So fun!!! #DukeRheum just put together theirs (divisional bracket during grand rounds). Thanks for playing!!! #RheumMadness

New #RheumMadness podcast episode is out! In this one, we meet two of our fantastic Blue Ribbon Panelists, @rheumarhyme.bsky.social and Michele Meltzer. Listen to hear their thoughts on the topics! You might even get some tips for your brackets... rheummadness.buzzsprout.com/1465681/epis...

#NephMadness 2025: The PodCrawl bit.ly/NM25Podcrawl Podcasts: - @thecurbsiders.bsky.social - Life as a Nephrology Professional @nkf-professionals.bsky.social - GN in Ten - @rheummadness.bsky.social - @freelyfiltered.bsky.social - The Poison Lab - The Nephron Segment - The Kidney Chronicles

If you’ve ever felt like you can’t keep up with all the latest rheumatology research - #RheumMadness, ironically despite the name - can help you sort out the priority information! This is what you need ;)

Introducing the 2025 #RheumMadness Blue Ribbon Panel! @profbeckyg.bsky.social @rheumarhyme.bsky.social Bracket submissions open until April 1. Learn more 👇 sites.duke.edu/rheummadness/

#NephMadness 2025: The PodCrawl buff.ly/p3xR3cg Podcasts: - @thecurbsiders.bsky.social - Life as a Nephrology Professional @nkf-professionals.bsky.social - GN in Ten - @rheummadness.bsky.social - @freelyfiltered.bsky.social - Poison Lab - Nephron Segment - Kidney Chronicles

Brackets are open for #RheumMadness 2025! 👇Submit before April 1, 2025 👇 www.tourneytopia.com/RheumMadness...

Make sure to follow Lisa for her #RheumMadness reviews!

What's your #RheumMadness Prednisone game plan, coach? 🎶 Insert OST of Slam Dunk 🎵 🏀 https://buff.ly/4hPfBOv 📝 Study paper here: https://buff.ly/41szs0u

🎶 Insert TWICE Playlist...🎶 Do you have an HCQ screening strategy? This study proposes if HCQ < 5 / kg / day, can do HCQ screening q 10 yrs. If 5-6 or >6, 5 yrs interval. #RheumMadness 👀 https://buff.ly/4i7KyND 📝 Study:

Will the great NOBILITY Princess #Obinutizumab ascend to Queen REGENCY? Or will it be consumed by #RheumMadness? https://buff.ly/4basQac Trial Links: 👑 https://buff.ly/4kcWoYE 👑 https://buff.ly/4hPACIW

Thrilled to release another #RheumMadness podcast, this one reviewing the STRAP trials with the #RheumNavigators from EMEUNET! Brackets open in 3 days... www.buzzsprout.com/1465681/epis...

The final region of #RheumMadness 2025 is out! Check out the scouting reports for the B-Cell Breakaway Region, including: -Obinutuzumab for #Lupus nephritis -CD19 CAR T cells in #Rheumatology -STRAP Trials on biopsy-guided Rx Scouting reports 👇 sites.duke.edu/rheummadness/

Introducing the #RheumMadness to AYR #APLAR ambassadors for curious rheumies who may or may not have heard of it since Twitter/X isnt (or wasnt?) commonly used (academically) in our side of the planet. @rheummadness.bsky.social

Thanks so much for having us! Make sure you listen to part 2 of the Full Court Care Champions podcast episode at the link below! Our #rheumfellow @sambhawanabhandari.bsky.social does an amazing job dunking our scouting report! 🏀 @rheummadness.bsky.social #RheumMadness #rheumatology