Dr Uhlig lectures on guideline topics and is a co- instructor of an annual course on meta-analysis in the Master of Science Program at the Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences at Tufts University. Dr Uhlig reported no relevant financial relationships Ashish Upadhyay, MD, is Assistant Professor, Renal Section and Associate Director, Internal Medicine Residency Program at Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA. Dr Upadhyay was previously Assistant Professor at Tufts University School of Medicine and staff physician in the William B Schwartz, MD, Division of Nephrology at Tufts Medical Center. He joined the ERT in July 2009 and served as the Assistant Project Director for the KDIGO Management of Blood Pressure in CKD and Anemia in CKD Guidelines. Dr Upadhyay coordinated and assisted in the collection, evalua- tion, grading, and synthesis of evidence, and played a critical role in the revisions of the final evidence report. He also provided methodological guidance and training of Work Group members on topic refinement, key question formula- tion, data extraction, study assessment, evidence grading, and recommendation formulation. Dr Upadhyay s past research involved studying kidney disease epidemiology in the Framing- ham Heart Study. He has published in areas ranging from arterial stiffness in CKD and inflammation in kidney disease to dialysis complications and epidemiology of hyponatremia. Dr Upadhyay reported no relevant financial relationships biographic and disclosure information Amy Earley, BS, is a project coordinator at the Tufts Center for Kidney Disease Guideline Development and Implementa- tion in Boston, MA, USA. She is key in coordinating the guideline development activities within the ERT, especially in the development of the evidence reports for all guidelines. 