Lakshi Aldredge

Lakshi Aldredge, MSN, ANP-BC, DCNP, FAANP, is an adult nurse practitioner who practices at the VA Portland Health Care System in the Dermatology Service and is the director of the Primary Care NP Residency Program. She obtained her master of science in nursing from the University of Portland in 1998 and received national certification as an adult nurse practitioner that same year. She obtained her dermatology nurse practitioner certification in 2018. 

Ms Aldredge is a past chair of the Nurse Practitioner Society of the Dermatology Nurses’ Association (DNA) and is also a past president of the DNA. She is cofounder and past president of the Society of Dermatology Nurse Practitioners, and past cochair of the Dermatology Specialty Practice Group of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. 

Ms Aldredge is a member of the National Psoriasis Foundation Emeritus Medical Advisory Board and served on the editorial board for the Journal of the Dermatology Nurses’ Association and is an associate editor for the Journal of Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis. She has a special interest in psoriasis and atopic dermatitis, as well as in educating health care providers about the role of nurse practitioners in the field of dermatology. 

Ms Aldredge has published numerous articles on the management of patients with psoriasis and atopic dermatitis. She received the VA’s Nursing Excellence Award in 2008 and the President’s Award from the DNA in 2015. She received the 2016-17 Outstanding Allied Health Award from the National Psoriasis Foundation. In March 2021, she was selected as a fellow of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners and in 2023, as a fellow of the Society of Dermatology Nurse Practitioners.