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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.

Correction: Catechol-O-Methyltransferase moderates effect of stress mindset on affect and cognition.
Authors: Authors: Crum AJ, Akinola M, Turnwald BP, Kaptchuk TJ, Hall KT.
PLoS One
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Are Conditioned Open Placebos Feasible as an Adjunctive Treatment to Opioids? Results from a Single-Group Dose-Extender Pilot Study with Acute Pain Patients.
Authors: Authors: Bernstein MH, Magill M, Weiss AP, Kaptchuk TJ, Blease C, Kirsch I, Rich JD, Becker SJ, Mach S, Beaudoin FL.
Psychother Psychosom
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Factors Associated With Response to Placebo in Patients With Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Constipation.
Authors: Authors: Ballou S, Beath A, Kaptchuk TJ, Hirsch W, Sommers T, Nee J, Iturrino J, Rangan V, Singh P, Jones M, Lembo A.
Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol
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Open label placebo: can honestly prescribed placebos evoke meaningful therapeutic benefits?
Authors: Authors: Kaptchuk TJ, Miller FG.
BMJ
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In Vitro Angiogenesis Effect of Xuefu Zhuyu Decoction () and Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor: A Comparison Study.
Authors: Authors: Lin F, Chen BL, Wang YZ, Gao D, Song J, Kaptchuk TJ, Chen KJ.
Chin J Integr Med
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Placebo Effects in Traumatic Brain Injury.
Authors: Authors: Polich G, Iaccarino MA, Kaptchuk TJ, Morales-Quezada L, Zafonte R.
J Neurotrauma
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A Functional Neuroimaging Study of Expectancy Effects on Pain Response in Patients With Knee Osteoarthritis.
Authors: Authors: Gollub RL, Kirsch I, Maleki N, Wasan AD, Edwards RR, Tu Y, Kaptchuk TJ, Kong J.
J Pain
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Pharmacogenomics and the Placebo Response.
Authors: Authors: Hall KT, Loscalzo J, Kaptchuk T.
ACS Chem Neurosci
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Learned immunosuppressive placebo responses in renal transplant patients.
Authors: Authors: Kirchhof J, Petrakova L, Brinkhoff A, Benson S, Schmidt J, Unteroberdörster M, Wilde B, Kaptchuk TJ, Witzke O, Schedlowski M.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
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Open-Label Placebo Treatment for Cancer-Related Fatigue: A Randomized-Controlled Clinical Trial.
Authors: Authors: Hoenemeyer TW, Kaptchuk TJ, Mehta TS, Fontaine KR.
Sci Rep
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