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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.

Sham procedures and the ethics of clinical trials.
Authors: Authors: Miller FG, Kaptchuk TJ.
J R Soc Med
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Patient characteristics for outpatient acupuncture in Beijing, China.
Authors: Authors: Napadow V, Kaptchuk TJ.
J Altern Complement Med
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Ethical issues in research in complementary and alternative medicine.
Authors: Authors: Kaptchuk TJ, Lembo A.
JAMA
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Commentary: unbiased divination, unbiased evidence, and the patulin clinical trial.
Authors: Authors: Kaptchuk TJ, Kerr CE.
Int J Epidemiol
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Yin scores and yang scores: A new method for quantitative diagnostic evaluation in traditional Chinese medicine research.
Authors: Authors: Langevin HM, Badger GJ, Povolny BK, Davis RT, Johnston AC, Sherman KJ, Kahn JR, Kaptchuk TJ.
J Altern Complement Med
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Double-blind placebo-controlled trial of static magnets for the treatment of osteoarthritis of the knee: results of a pilot study.
Authors: Authors: Wolsko PM, Eisenberg DM, Simon LS, Davis RB, Walleczek J, Mayo-Smith M, Kaptchuk TJ, Phillips RS.
Altern Ther Health Med
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Can Tai Chi improve vestibulopathic postural control?
Authors: Authors: Wayne PM, Krebs DE, Wolf SL, Gill-Body KM, Scarborough DM, McGibbon CA, Kaptchuk TJ, Parker SW.
Arch Phys Med Rehabil
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Availability of acupuncture in the hospitals of a major academic medical center: a pilot study.
Authors: Authors: Highfield ES, Kaptchuk TJ, Ott MJ, Barnes L, Kemper KJ.
Complement Ther Med
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Effect of interpretive bias on research evidence.
Authors: Authors: Kaptchuk TJ.
BMJ
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Systematic review of herbs and dietary supplements for glycemic control in diabetes.
Authors: Authors: Yeh GY, Eisenberg DM, Kaptchuk TJ, Phillips RS.
Diabetes Care
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