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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.

Homeopathy Use by US Adults: Results of a National Survey.
Authors: Authors: Dossett ML, Davis RB, Kaptchuk TJ, Yeh GY.
Am J Public Health
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Placebo effects in obesity research.
Authors: Authors: Fontaine KR, Williams MS, Hoenemeyer TW, Kaptchuk TJ, Dutton GR.
Obesity (Silver Spring)
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(336) Investigating the neural circuitry supporting clinical pain perception in chronic low back pain - the importance of cardiorespiratory artifact correction with arterial spin labeling fMRI.
Authors: Authors: Mawla I, Loggia M, Schmithorst V, Ortiz A, Gerber J, Protsenko E, Lee J, Kim J, Kim H, Berna C, Kaptchuk T, Kong J, Gollub R, Rosen B, Edwards R, Wasan A, Napadow V.
J Pain
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The Use of Traditional Vietnamese Medicine Among Vietnamese Immigrants Attending an Urban Community Health Center in the United States.
Authors: Authors: Nguyen LT, Kaptchuk TJ, Davis RB, Nguyen G, Pham V, Tringale SM, Loh YL, Gardiner P.
J Altern Complement Med
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To what extent are surgery and invasive procedures effective beyond a placebo response? A systematic review with meta-analysis of randomised, sham controlled trials.
Authors: Authors: Jonas WB, Crawford C, Colloca L, Kaptchuk TJ, Moseley B, Miller FG, Kriston L, Linde K, Meissner K.
BMJ Open
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The imagined itch: brain circuitry supporting nocebo-induced itch in atopic dermatitis patients.
Authors: Authors: Napadow V, Li A, Loggia ML, Kim J, Mawla I, Desbordes G, Schalock PC, Lerner EA, Tran TN, Ring J, Rosen BR, Kaptchuk TJ, Pfab F.
Allergy
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A Neural Mechanism for Nonconscious Activation of Conditioned Placebo and Nocebo Responses.
Authors: Authors: Jensen KB, Kaptchuk TJ, Chen X, Kirsch I, Ingvar M, Gollub RL, Kong J.
Cereb Cortex
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Online Education for Improving Communication and Documentation of Dietary Supplements Among Health Professionals Practicing in a Hospital Setting.
Authors: Authors: Gardiner P, Filippelli AC, Kabbara K, Lin SC, Sadikova E, Kaptchuk TJ, Kemper K.
J Altern Complement Med
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Placebo Effects in Medicine.
Authors: Authors: Kaptchuk TJ, Miller FG.
N Engl J Med
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Classical conditioning of analgesic and hyperalgesic pain responses without conscious awareness.
Authors: Authors: Jensen K, Kirsch I, Odmalm S, Kaptchuk TJ, Ingvar M.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
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