Dr Elisa Lau was born in Hong Kong and came to the U.S. when she was 15. She graduated from U.C. Berkeley with a major in Molecular Cell Biology. She earned her medical degree at Western University of Health Sciences at Pomona. Dr. Lau completed her Internal Medicine residency training at Alameda County Medical Center, Oakland. She joined Alameda Inpatient Medical in 2011. She specializes in hospital medicine and post-acute care services. She is board certified in Internal Medicine. Currently, Dr. Lau is the medical director at John George Pavillion Psychiatric Hospital. She lives with her husband and two children in the East Bay.