Michelle Au

American anesthesiologist and politician

Michelle Au

Member of the Georgia House of Representatives for the 50th district

Incumbent

Assumed office
January 9, 2023

Preceded by

Angelika Kausche

Member of the Georgia State Senate
from the 48th district

In office
January 11, 2021 – January 9, 2023

Preceded by

Zahra Karinshak

Succeeded by

Shawn Still

Personal details

Born

(1978-06-21) June 21, 1978 (age 45)
New York City, United States

Political party

Democratic

Children

Residence

Duluth, Georgia

Education

Wellesley College (B.A.)
Columbia University (M.D., M.P.H.)

Chinese name

Chinese

欧晓瑜

Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Ōu Xiǎoyú

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]

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

Georgia House of Representatives District 50, 2022^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Michelle Au	11,989	54
	Republican	Narender Reddy	10,198	46
Total votes			22,187	100

Personal life

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

References

^ 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).
^ "Georgia General Assembly".
^ "Georgia General Assembly".
^ "First Asian-American State Senator In Georgia Speaks Out To Colleagues On Shooting". NPR. March 20, 2021.
^ "The Jolt: House Speaker David Ralston's outlook for 2022′s hottest topics". ajc. Retrieved 2022-02-03.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ ^a ^b "MAG member Michelle Au, M.D., running for Georgia Senate seat". Medical Association of Georgia.
^ "Q&A with Dr. Michelle Au". American Society of Anesthesiologists. 2019.
^ "DEM - STATE SENATE DIST 48". Georgia Secretary of State.
^ "STATE SENATE DISTRICT 48". Georgia Secretary of State.
^ "Georgia District 50". Ballotpedia.