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Ted Jack Kaptchuk

Professor of Medicine
617-945-7827

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.

Deception of subjects in neuroscience: an ethical analysis.
Authors: Authors: Miller FG, Kaptchuk TJ.
J Neurosci
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Components of placebo effect: randomised controlled trial in patients with irritable bowel syndrome.
Authors: Authors: Kaptchuk TJ, Kelley JM, Conboy LA, Davis RB, Kerr CE, Jacobson EE, Kirsch I, Schyner RN, Nam BH, Nguyen LT, Park M, Rivers AL, McManus C, Kokkotou E, Drossman DA, Goldman P, Lembo AJ.
BMJ
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Southampton needle sensation questionnaire: development and validation of a measure to gauge acupuncture needle sensation.
Authors: Authors: White P, Bishop F, Hardy H, Abdollahian S, White A, Park J, Kaptchuk TJ, Lewith GT.
J Altern Complement Med
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The power of context: reconceptualizing the placebo effect.
Authors: Authors: Miller FG, Kaptchuk TJ.
J R Soc Med
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Challenges inherent to t'ai chi research: part II-defining the intervention and optimal study design.
Authors: Authors: Wayne PM, Kaptchuk TJ.
J Altern Complement Med
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Effectiveness of recruitment in clinical trials: an analysis of methods used in a trial for irritable bowel syndrome patients.
Authors: Authors: Chin Feman SP, Nguyen LT, Quilty MT, Kerr CE, Nam BH, Conboy LA, Singer JP, Park M, Lembo AJ, Kaptchuk TJ, Davis RB.
Contemp Clin Trials
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William Cullen and a missing mind-body link in the early history of placebos.
Authors: Authors: Kerr CE, Milne I, Kaptchuk TJ.
J R Soc Med
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Patient expectations as predictors of outcome in patients with acute low back pain.
Authors: Authors: Myers SS, Phillips RS, Davis RB, Cherkin DC, Legedza A, Kaptchuk TJ, Hrbek A, Buring JE, Post D, Connelly MT, Eisenberg DM.
J Gen Intern Med
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Challenges inherent to t'ai chi research: part I--t'ai chi as a complex multicomponent intervention.
Authors: Authors: Wayne PM, Kaptchuk TJ.
J Altern Complement Med
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Increasing research capacity at the New England School of Acupuncture: building grants management infrastructure.
Authors: Authors: Wayne PM, Pensack LM, Connors EM, Buring JE, Davis RB, Schachter SC, Hrbek A, Kaptchuk TJ, Andrews SM.
Altern Ther Health Med
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