Michelle Au

Michelle Hsiao Au (Chinese: 欧晓瑜[1]) is an American anesthesiologist and politician from Georgia. Au has served in the Georgia House of Representatives as a Democratic member for District 50 since 2023.[2] Au previously represented the 48th District in the Georgia State Senate and was the first Asian American elected to that body.[3][4] In December 2021, Au announced that she would not be running for re-election in Senate district 48 but instead would run for election in Georgia state House district 50 due to the Republican controlled state legislature re-drawing her district.[5]

Michelle Au
Member of the Georgia House of Representatives for the 50th district
Assumed office
January 9, 2023
Preceded byAngelika Kausche
Member of the Georgia State Senate
from the 48th district
In office
January 11, 2021 – January 9, 2023
Preceded byZahra Karinshak
Succeeded byShawn Still
Personal details
Born (1978-06-21) June 21, 1978
New York City, United States
Political partyDemocratic
Children3
ResidenceDuluth, Georgia
EducationWellesley College (B.A.)
Columbia University (M.D., M.P.H.)
Chinese name
Chinese欧晓瑜

In 2011, Au published her book This Won't Hurt a Bit (and Other White Lies),[6] which according to a review, "exposes the reality of medical education and the irony within the practice of medicine that physicians are human, but our patients want us to be more".[7]

Early life and education

Au was born to Chinese-American immigrants in New York City. She graduated from Wellesley College in 1999 with a B.A. in Psychobiology, M.D. in 2003 and a Master of Public Health in 2019 from Columbia University.[8][9]

Electoral history
Democratic primary for Georgia State Senate District 48, 2020[10]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Michelle Au 16,238 77.64
Democratic Josh Uddin 4,677 22.36
Total votes 20,915 100
General election Georgia State Senate District 48, 2020[11]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Michelle Au 49,184 56.18%
Republican Matt Reeves 38,358 43.82%
Total votes 87,542 100.0%
Democratic hold

Personal life

Au lives in Duluth, Georgia, and has three children.[8]

References
  1. Tavernise, Sabrina (March 18, 2021). "亚特兰大枪击案背后：美国亚裔的崛起和恐惧". The New York Times (in Chinese).
  2. "Georgia General Assembly".
  3. "Georgia General Assembly".
  4. "First Asian-American State Senator In Georgia Speaks Out To Colleagues On Shooting". NPR. March 20, 2021.
  5. "The Jolt: House Speaker David Ralston's outlook for 2022′s hottest topics". ajc. Retrieved 2022-02-03.
  6. Michelle Au (2011). This Won't Hurt a Bit (and Other White Lies). Seattle: Grand Central Publishing. ISBN 978-0-446-53824-4. OL 25219101M. Wikidata Q115153634.
  7. Louanne M. Carabini; Michael J. Avram (1 December 2011). "This Won't Hurt a Bit (and Other White Lies)". Anesthesiology. 115 (6): 1392–1393. doi:10.1097/ALN.0B013E318231FD6D. ISSN 0003-3022. Wikidata Q115153631.
  8. "MAG member Michelle Au, M.D., running for Georgia Senate seat". Medical Association of Georgia.
  9. "Q&A with Dr. Michelle Au". American Society of Anesthesiologists. 2019.
  10. "DEM - STATE SENATE DIST 48". Georgia Secretary of State.
  11. "STATE SENATE DISTRICT 48". Georgia Secretary of State.
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