For Patients
AURORA helps you reach a dermatologist through a local clinic, so people in rural and remote Alaska can get answers and a treatment plan without a long journey away from home.
What this means for you
In much of Alaska, seeing a skin specialist can mean a flight, a ferry, and time away from home and work. AURORA brings that expertise to you through a participating local clinic, and keeps your own care team involved.
AURORA is reached through participating local clinics. If your clinic is part of AURORA, your local team can help prepare your case and connect with a dermatology hub. If your clinic is not yet participating, you can still ask us for general information.
How it works
You are seen by the local care team you already know. They listen to your concern, examine your skin, and begin the documentation needed for a specialty-supported visit.
Your clinic records the skin concern, captures clear photos, and gathers the key details needed for dermatology review. This helps the hub understand your condition, history, symptoms, and goals.
The patient, local care team, and AURORA dermatology hub work together. The dermatologist reviews the case, discusses appropriate treatment options, answers questions when possible, and makes recommendations tailored to the patient and the rural care setting.
Your local team carries out the plan with support from the dermatology hub. The plan may include diagnosis, monitoring guidance, treatment recommendations, documentation support, and follow-up discussion when needed.
AURORA is designed to keep patients connected to their local care team while bringing dermatology input into the visit. The goal is practical, personalized specialty support that fits the patient, the clinic, and the community.
What we help with
AURORA helps with the full range of skin concerns, from common conditions like eczema, acne, and rosacea, to long-term diseases like psoriasis and hidradenitis suppurativa, to urgent reactions and spots you are worried about.
Good to know
AURORA supports your local clinic. It does not replace the people who care for you.
AURORA is reached through a participating clinic, not by booking directly. If your clinic is not yet part of the network, you are welcome to ask us for information.
If you have a severe or rapidly changing skin problem, contact your local clinic or emergency services right away.
Be prepared
Please note
This website is for general questions only. Please do not send photos or personal health details here.
Your local participating clinic is the right place to share medical details and images, through their secure, private system.
Common questions
No. AURORA is reached through a participating local clinic, not by booking directly. If your clinic takes part, your local team connects you to a dermatology hub.
No. AURORA supports your local team. They stay involved and carry out your plan close to home.
You can still ask us for general information, and you can let your clinic know AURORA is recruiting participating sites.
AURORA works through participating clinics rather than direct-to-home visits, so your local site helps capture what the specialist needs.
Often not, but some situations still need an in-person visit. AURORA reduces unnecessary travel; it does not promise to remove it entirely.
Questions
We are happy to answer general questions about AURORA and help you understand how to reach care. Please do not include personal medical details in your message.
Already a patient of Advanced Dermatology of Alaska? Reach the practice directly at alaskadermatologist.com.