After graduating with honors at the University of Michigan, Dr. Au received his medical degree from Jefferson Medical College Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He completed a five year General Surgery Residency at the Polyclinic Medical Center in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and a two year Plastic Surgery Residency at Hershey Medical Center, Pennsylvania State University, Pennsylvania. Dr. Au is a member of The American Society of Plastic Surgeons, Inc, the North Carolina Medical Society and the North Carolina Society of Plastic Surgeons. He was certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery, Inc in 1988.