Michael Cao

Candidate for City Council Member, Arcadia, District 5 · Arcadia Councilmember/Cardiologist

Michael Cao, M.D., is a physician and U.S. Air Force veteran who has served on the Arcadia City Council since his election in 2022 and was mayor in 2024-2025. He served about ten years as an active-duty Air Force major and deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan as team leader of a Critical Care Airlift Team. He is an assistant professor of medicine at USC's Keck School of Medicine and has a private medical practice. Other roles include president of the League of California Cities Los Angeles County Division, a Cal Cities board member, public member and 2023-2024 chair of the State Bar of California Committee of Bar Examiners, and board member of the Arcadia Police Foundation.

Created the city's Health Committee and first citywide health fair; launched a veterans banner program; co-chairs local America 250 committee; former chair of the Arcadia Senior Citizens Commission.

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