Penn Medicine Provider
Plastic Surgery
Alexander F. Au, MD
Accepting new patients
Sees patients age 18 and up
Penn Plastic Surgery Marlton
Make an appointmentCall 215-662-7300

About me

  • Chief, Section of Plastic Surgery, Virtua Memorial Hospital (Mount Laurel, NJ)
  • Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery

Education and training

  • Medical School: University of Rochester School of Medicine
  • Residency: Yale-New Haven Hospital

Insurance accepted

My Locations

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Penn Medicine hospital privileges

  • Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Pennsylvania Hospital: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
  • Princeton Medical Center: Has privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Dr. Au is a Penn Medicine physician. In New Jersey, providers are affiliated with Penn Medicine through Clinical Health Care Associates of New Jersey or Princeton Healthcare Affiliated Physicians, PC.

Qualifications and experience

Treatments and Conditions

My research

Sawh-Martinez R, Lin A, Timberlake A, Wu RT, Shah A, Chen W, Steinbacher D, Diluna M, Au A Immediate plastic surgery closure at index spinal surgery minimizes complications compared to delayed reconstruction: A retrospective cohort review , Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery, 73(8): 2020,1499-1505

Shah A, Sumpio BJ, Tsay C, Swallow M, Dash B, Thorn SL, Sinusas AJ, Koo A, Hsia HC, Au A Incisional negative pressure wound therapy augments perfusion and improves wound healing in a swine model pilot study , Annals of Plastic Surgery, 82(4S Suppl 3): 2019,S222-S227

Hofstatter EW, Horvath S, Dalela D, Gupta P, Chagpar AB, Wali VB, Bossuyt V, Storniolo AM, Hatzis C, Patwardhan G, Von Wahlde MK, Butler M, Epstein L, Stavris K, Sturrock T, Au A, Kwei S, Pusztai L Increased epigenetic age in normal breast tissue from luminal breast cancer patients , Clinical Epigenetics, 10(1): 2018,112

Nelson JA, Fischer JP, Grover R, Nelson P, Au A, Serletti JM, Wu, LC Intraoperative vasopressors and thrombotic complications in free flap breast reconstruction , Journal of Plastic Surgery & Hand Surgery, 51(5): 2017,336-341

Zhu VZ, Shah A, Lentz R, Sturrock T, Au AF, Kwei SL A comparison of superomedial versus inferior pedicle reduction mammaplasty using three-dimensional analysis , Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, 138(4): 2016,781e-783e

Shah A, Sun A, Sumpio B, Zhu V, Philpotts L, Au A, Melendez M Oncologic imaging in patients undergoing breast reduction , Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Global Open, 4(6): 2016,e756

Zhu VZ, Tuggle CT, Au AF Promise and limitations of big data research in plastic surgery , Annals of Plastic Surgery, 76(4): 2016,453-458

Shah A, Sawh R, Wills A, Walker C, Au A Novel penile splint and its use in microsurgical penile replantation , Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, 135(6): 2015,1082e-1083e

Shah A, Rowlands M, Au A Barbed sutures and tendon repair: A review , Hand (New York, N.Y.), 10(1): 2015,6-15

Nelson JA, Fischer JP, Grover R, Mirzabeigi MN, Nelson P, Wes AM, Au A, Serletti JM, Wu LC Intraoperative perfusion management impacts postoperative outcomes: an analysis of 682 autologous breast reconstruction patients , Journal of Plastic Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery, 68(2): 2015,175-183