Education & Outreach
Supporting rural patients, clinicians, and local care teams across Alaska.
Advanced Dermatology of Alaska is committed to expanding dermatology education and specialty-care access across Alaska, especially for rural, frontier, and underserved communities where access to in-person dermatology can be limited. Through community education, clinician support, teledermatology planning, and regional partnerships, our goal is to help patients and local care teams recognize skin disease earlier, navigate care more effectively, and connect with dermatology expertise when it is needed.
This work is rooted in a simple idea: rural access should not mean lower access. Alaska's geography is challenging, but it also creates an opportunity to build a smarter model for specialty care, one that supports local clinicians, strengthens referral pathways, and brings practical dermatology education closer to the communities we serve.
Skin to Summit
Skin to Summit is a rural dermatology education series filmed across Alaska for patients, clinicians, and community care teams. The series uses plain-language education, real Alaska settings, and practical dermatology guidance to improve early recognition of skin disease and make specialty knowledge more accessible outside traditional clinic walls. This program supports community-based education, rural health awareness, and the last-mile access challenges that are unique to Alaska.
Learn more about the Skin to Summit education series.
The Aurora Program
The Aurora Program is a developing hub-and-spoke teledermatology network designed to support rural clinics, local care teams, and Alaska communities that face barriers to specialty dermatology access. The program is being built to help identify patients earlier, support basic dermatology triage and testing, coordinate teledermatology visits, and connect rural communities with dermatology expertise through a structured care pathway. The long-term vision is to strengthen rural referral pathways, improve care coordination, support local clinicians, and create an Alaska-built blueprint for rural specialty-care access that could be adapted beyond the state.
From patient education to hub-and-spoke teledermatology planning, our outreach work is focused on building durable, practical, Alaska-centered solutions for rural specialty-care access.