Dr. Marlynn Wei, MD, JD is an interdisciplinary artist, board-certified psychiatrist, certified yoga teacher, and author of the Harvard Medical School Guide to Yoga working at the intersection of psychiatry, law, and philosophy. Her works explore existential questions and our relationship with memory, mortality, and memorialization through the lens of technology.

Mar is the creator of the immersive performance Elixir: Digital Immortality based on a fictional AI startup (www.elixirforever.com) offering digital immortality through AI clones or digital twins. Elixir has been performed at interactive arts festivals and art galleries in New York City and virtually, including global participants. She was a 2020 Pipeline Theatre, 2020 MAX, and 2023 ForgeNYC artist fellow.

An expert contributor to Psychology Today (with over 3.5 million views), UX Magazine, and Harvard Health, she specializes in treating anxiety with combined psychotherapy and is the founder of an boutique integrative psychotherapy and psychiatry private practice. She is the recipient of the Anne Alonso Award for Psychotherapy from Harvard Medical School / Massachusetts General Hospital.

A graduate of Yale College, Yale School of Medicine, and Yale Law School, Mar served as senior editor of the Yale Law Journal and the Yale Journal of Health Policy, Law, and Ethics and as chief resident at Harvard Medical School’s Massachusetts General Hospital psychiatry program.