Lakshi Aldredge, MSN, ANP-BC, DCNP, FAANP, FSDNP

Lakshi Aldredge, MSN, ANP-BC, DCNP, FAANP, is an Adult Nurse Practitioner at the VA Portland Healthcare System in the Dermatology Service and is the Director for the Primary Care NP Residency Program. She obtained her Master of Science in Nursing from the University of Portland in 1998 and holds certifications as an Adult Nurse Practitioner and Dermatology Nurse Practitioner.

Ms. Aldredge is a Past President of the Dermatology Nurses’ Association and the Society of Dermatology Nurse Practitioners, and past co-chair of the Dermatology Specialty Practice Group of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. She is a member of the National Psoriasis Foundation APP Advisory Board, served on the Editorial Board for the Journal of the Dermatology Nurses’ Association and is an Associate Editor for Journal of Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis.

She has a special interest in immune-mediated cutaneous disorders,  and has published numerous articles and lectures on the management of 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 as a Fellow of the Society of Dermatology Nurse Practitioners in 2023.