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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.

Acupuncture for treatment of persistent arm pain due to repetitive use: a randomized controlled clinical trial.
Authors: Authors: Goldman RH, Stason WB, Park SK, Kim R, Schnyer RN, Davis RB, Legedza AT, Kaptchuk TJ.
Clin J Pain
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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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Acupuncture de qi, from qualitative history to quantitative measurement.
Authors: Authors: Kong J, Gollub R, Huang T, Polich G, Napadow V, Hui K, Vangel M, Rosen B, Kaptchuk TJ.
J Altern Complement Med
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Neural activities in human somatosensory cortical areas evoked by acupuncture stimulation.
Authors: Authors: Yoo SS, Kerr CE, Park M, Im DM, Blinder RA, Park H, Kaptchuk TJ.
Complement Ther Med
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The relationship between social factors and attitudes toward conventional and CAM practitioners.
Authors: Authors: Conboy L, Kaptchuk TJ, Eisenberg DM, Gottlieb B, Acevedo-Garcia D.
Complement Ther Clin Pract
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A meta-analysis of the placebo response in complementary and alternative medicine trials of irritable bowel syndrome.
Authors: Authors: Dorn SD, Kaptchuk TJ, Park JB, Nguyen LT, Canenguez K, Nam BH, Woods KB, Conboy LA, Stason WB, Lembo AJ.
Neurogastroenterol Motil
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Two styles of acupuncture for treating painful diabetic neuropathy--a pilot randomised control trial.
Authors: Authors: Ahn AC, Bennani T, Freeman R, Hamdy O, Kaptchuk TJ.
Acupunct Med
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Correlated change in upper limb function and motor cortex activation after verum and sham acupuncture in patients with chronic stroke.
Authors: Authors: Schaechter JD, Connell BD, Stason WB, Kaptchuk TJ, Krebs DE, Macklin EA, Schnyer RN, Stein J, Scarborough DM, Parker SW, McGibbon CA, Wayne PM.
J Altern Complement Med
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Experiences of acupuncturists in a placebo-controlled, randomized clinical trial.
Authors: Authors: McManus CA, Kaptchuk TJ, Schnyer RN, Goldman R, Kerr CE, Nguyen LT, Stason WB.
J Altern Complement Med
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Sham acupuncture devices--practical advice for researchers.
Authors: Authors: McManus CA, Schnyer RN, Kong J, Nguyen LT, Hyun Nam B, Goldman R, Stason WB, Kaptchuk TJ.
Acupunct Med
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