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Ted Jack Kaptchuk

Professor of Medicine
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Ted J. Kaptchuk is a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and director of the Harvard-wide Program in Placebo Studies and the Therapeutic Encounter (PiPS) at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts.  He is also a professor of Global Health and Social Medicine.  

For more information, see his personal website.

Affiliation:

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Address: 
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
330 Brookline Avenue
Boston, MA 02215

As a leading figure in placebo studies, a scholar of East Asian medicine, and an academic authority on medical pluralism, Professor Kaptchuk's career has spanned multiple disciplines, drawing upon concepts, research designs and analytical methods from the humanities and basic and clinical and social sciences.

Catechol-O-Methyltransferase and Cardiovascular Disease: MESA.
Authors: Authors: Hall KT, Battinelli E, Chasman DI, Ridker PM, Psaty BM, Rotter JI, Kaptchuk TJ, Tracy RP, Wassel CL, Mukamal KJ.
J Am Heart Assoc
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Placebo Response in Chronic Idiopathic Constipation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Authors: Authors: Nee J, Sugarman MA, Ballou S, Katon J, Rangan V, Singh P, Zubiago J, Kaptchuk TJ, Lembo A.
Am J Gastroenterol
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Neurofeedback impacts cognition and quality of life in pediatric focal epilepsy: An exploratory randomized double-blinded sham-controlled trial.
Authors: Authors: Morales-Quezada L, Martinez D, El-Hagrassy MM, Kaptchuk TJ, Sterman MB, Yeh GY.
Epilepsy Behav
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Non-concealed placebo treatment for menopausal hot flushes: Study protocol of a randomized-controlled trial.
Authors: Authors: Pan Y, Meister R, Löwe B, Winkelmann A, Kaptchuk TJ, Buhling KJ, Nestoriuc Y.
Trials
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Open-label dose-extending placebos for opioid use disorder: a protocol for a randomised controlled clinical trial with methadone treatment.
Authors: Authors: Belcher AM, Cole TO, Greenblatt AD, Hoag SW, Epstein DH, Wagner M, Billing AS, Massey E, Hamilton KR, Kozak ZK, Welsh CJ, Weintraub E, Wickwire EM, Wish ED, Kaptchuk TJ, Colloca L.
BMJ Open
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Abnormal medial prefrontal cortex functional connectivity and its association with clinical symptoms in chronic low back pain.
Authors: Authors: Tu Y, Jung M, Gollub RL, Napadow V, Gerber J, Ortiz A, Lang C, Mawla I, Shen W, Chan ST, Wasan AD, Edwards RR, Kaptchuk TJ, Rosen B, Kong J.
Pain
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Systems pharmacogenomics - gene, disease, drug and placebo interactions: a case study in COMT.
Authors: Authors: Hall KT, Loscalzo J, Kaptchuk TJ.
Pharmacogenomics
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The relationship between catastrophizing and altered pain sensitivity in patients with chronic low-back pain.
Authors: Authors: Meints SM, Mawla I, Napadow V, Kong J, Gerber J, Chan ST, Wasan AD, Kaptchuk TJ, McDonnell C, Carriere J, Rosen B, Gollub RL, Edwards RR.
Pain
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Identifying brain regions associated with the neuropathology of chronic low back pain: a resting-state amplitude of low-frequency fluctuation study.
Authors: Authors: Zhang B, Jung M, Tu Y, Gollub R, Lang C, Ortiz A, Park J, Wilson G, Gerber J, Mawla I, Chan ST, Wasan A, Edwards R, Lee J, Napadow V, Kaptchuk T, Rosen B, Kong J.
Br J Anaesth
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Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Primary Care: Exploratory Qualitative Study of UK General Practitioners' Views.
Authors: Authors: Blease C, Kaptchuk TJ, Bernstein MH, Mandl KD, Halamka JD, DesRoches CM.
J Med Internet Res
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