Jordan Sikora*
Senior Executive Director,
Golden LivingCenters - Willow Springs
Jordan Sikora is a licensed Nursing Home Administrator/Health Facility Administrator currently working at Golden LivingCenters – Willow Springs in Indianapolis, IN. At this facility, Jordan helped facilitate the opening of an on-site home hemodialysis program. Some other notable achievements throughout his career include increasing average daily census, improving CMS star rating, and enhancing customer satisfaction.
Aside from work, he also has led a two-year missionary service with over 200 missionaries. Jordan has also had experience owning a property management company, in which he led various sales and marketing campaigns.
Jordan holds a Bachelors of Arts degree from Texas Tech University in Public Relations.
Prashanth V. Kumar, MD*
Nephrologist, Medical Director Home Dialysis
Desert Cities Dialysis
Dr. Prashanth V. Kumar is a board certified nephrologist currently working at Desert Cities
Dialysis in Victorville, California. As the Medical Director for home dialysis, Dr. Kumar develops
and refines the policies and procedures for home dialysis programs including on-site Skilled
Nursing Facility dialysis.
In addition to working with Desert Cities Dialysis, Dr. Kumar also is active in medical staff affairs
within the hospitals in his community. He has served as Chairman of Internal Medicine at St.
Mary Medical Center, and has ongoing participation in several committees including peer review
and antibiotic stewardship. He is also a member of various associations including American
Society of Nephrology, San Bernardino County Medical Society, and California Medical
Association.
He completed his residency and fellowship at the University Hospitals of Cleveland, and as a
senior resident, received the Norman Gordon Award for Humanism in Medicine in 2006.
Dawn Edwards*
Experienced Dialysis Patient and Advocate
NxStage Medical
Dawn Edwards is a patient advocate for NxStage Medical, Inc. Her journey on dialysis has led her to help other patients by sharing her incredible story and the success she has had with NxStage home hemodialysis. Dawn is a former nursing home dialysis resident where she was transported from the nursing home to a dialysis center.
Dawn’s passion towards helping others had led to becoming an active Community Leader and Health Care Ambassador.