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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.

Can acupuncture treatment be double-blinded? An evaluation of double-blind acupuncture treatment of postoperative pain.
Authors: Authors: Vase L, Baram S, Takakura N, Takayama M, Yajima H, Kawase A, Schuster L, Kaptchuk TJ, Schou S, Jensen TS, Zachariae R, Svensson P.
PLoS One
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Placebo analgesia and reward processing: integrating genetics, personality, and intrinsic brain activity.
Authors: Authors: Yu R, Gollub RL, Vangel M, Kaptchuk T, Smoller JW, Kong J.
Hum Brain Mapp
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Polymorphisms in catechol-O-methyltransferase modify treatment effects of aspirin on risk of cardiovascular disease.
Authors: Authors: Hall KT, Nelson CP, Davis RB, Buring JE, Kirsch I, Mittleman MA, Loscalzo J, Samani NJ, Ridker PM, Kaptchuk TJ, Chasman DI.
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol
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The placebo effect in asthma.
Authors: Authors: Dutile S, Kaptchuk TJ, Wechsler ME.
Curr Allergy Asthma Rep
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Design of a randomised acupuncture trial on functional neck/shoulder stiffness with two placebo controls.
Authors: Authors: Takakura N, Takayama M, Kawase A, Kaptchuk TJ, Kong J, Yajima H.
BMC Complement Altern Med
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A prospective clinical study of a whole systems ayurvedic intervention for breast cancer survivorship.
Authors: Authors: Dhruva A, Adler SR, Miaskowski C, Agarawal S, Lapedis M, Kaptchuk TJ, Lee K, Lad V, Abrams DI, Hecht FM.
J Altern Complement Med
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Qualitative analyses from a prospective clinical study of a whole systems ayurvedic intervention for breast cancer survivorship.
Authors: Authors: Lapedis M, Adler SR, Hecht FM, Miaskowski C, Agarawal S, Kaptchuk TJ, Abrams DI, Lad VD, Dhruva A.
J Altern Complement Med
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Correlating traditional Ayurvedic and modern medical perspectives on cancer: results of a qualitative study.
Authors: Authors: Dhruva A, Hecht FM, Miaskowski C, Kaptchuk TJ, Bodeker G, Abrams D, Lad V, Adler SR.
J Altern Complement Med
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Catechol-O-methyltransferase Associated Risk of Cardiovascular Disease Is Modified by Treatment with Vitamin E.
Authors: Authors: Hall K, Nelson C, Davis R, Buring J, Kirsch I, Mittleman M, Loscalzo J, Samani N, Ridker P, Kaptchuk T, Chasman D.
J Altern Complement Med
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Structural integration for chronic low back pain: a randomized, open label pilot clinical trial.
Authors: Authors: Jacobson E, Meleger A, Bonato P, Kaptchuk T, Davis R.
J Altern Complement Med
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