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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.

Developing a library of authenticated Traditional Chinese Medicinal (TCM) plants for systematic biological evaluation--rationale, methods and preliminary results from a Sino-American collaboration.
Authors: Authors: Eisenberg DM, Harris ES, Littlefield BA, Cao S, Craycroft JA, Scholten R, Bayliss P, Fu Y, Wang W, Qiao Y, Zhao Z, Chen H, Liu Y, Kaptchuk T, Hahn WC, Wang X, Roberts T, Shamu CE, Clardy J.
Fitoterapia
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Placebos without deception: a randomized controlled trial in irritable bowel syndrome.
Authors: Authors: Kaptchuk TJ, Friedlander E, Kelley JM, Sanchez MN, Kokkotou E, Singer JP, Kowalczykowski M, Miller FG, Kirsch I, Lembo AJ.
PLoS One
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Imaging the functional connectivity of the Periaqueductal Gray during genuine and sham electroacupuncture treatment.
Authors: Authors: Zyloney CE, Jensen K, Polich G, Loiotile RE, Cheetham A, LaViolette PS, Tu P, Kaptchuk TJ, Gollub RL, Kong J.
Mol Pain
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Acupuncture for chronic low back pain.
Authors: Authors: Miller FG, Kaptchuk TJ.
N Engl J Med
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Group analysis versus individual response: the inferential limits of randomized controlled trials.
Authors: Authors: Kelley JM, Kaptchuk TJ.
Contemp Clin Trials
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An exploratory study on the effects of an expectancy manipulation on chemotherapy-related nausea.
Authors: Authors: Roscoe JA, O'Neill M, Jean-Pierre P, Heckler CE, Kaptchuk TJ, Bushunow P, Shayne M, Huston A, Qazi R, Smith B.
J Pain Symptom Manage
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Double blinding with a new placebo needle: a further validation study.
Authors: Authors: Takakura N, Takayama M, Kawase A, Kaptchuk TJ, Yajima H.
Acupunct Med
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Prescribing tai chi for fibromyalgia--are we there yet?
Authors: Authors: Yeh GY, Kaptchuk TJ, Shmerling RH.
N Engl J Med
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Electrical impedance of acupuncture meridians: the relevance of subcutaneous collagenous bands.
Authors: Authors: Ahn AC, Park M, Shaw JR, McManus CA, Kaptchuk TJ, Langevin HM.
PLoS One
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Meta-analysis: the effects of placebo treatment on gastro-oesophageal reflux disease.
Authors: Authors: Cremonini F, Ziogas DC, Chang HY, Kokkotou E, Kelley JM, Conboy L, Kaptchuk TJ, Lembo AJ.
Aliment Pharmacol Ther
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