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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.

Improved health outcomes in integrative medicine visits may reflect differences in physician and patient behaviors compared to standard medical visits.
Authors: Authors: Dossett ML, Hall JA, Kaptchuk TJ, Yeh GY, Dossett ML, Hall JA, Kaptchuk TJ, Yeh GY, Dossett ML, Hall JA, Kaptchuk TJ, Yeh GY.
Patient Educ Couns
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Acceptability of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Chinese People Based on 10-Year's Real World Study With Mutiple Big Data Mining.
Authors: Authors: Guo Y, Wang T, Chen W, Kaptchuk TJ, Li X, Gao X, Yao J, Tang X, Xu Z.
Front Public Health
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An Exploratory Analysis of the Association Between Catechol-O-Methyltransferase and Response to a Randomized Open-Label Placebo Treatment for Cancer-Related Fatigue.
Authors: Authors: Hoenemeyer TW, Baidwan NK, Hall K, Kaptchuk TJ, Fontaine KR, Mehta TS.
Front Psychiatry
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Genomic Effects Associated With Response to Placebo Treatment in a Randomized Trial of Irritable Bowel Syndrome.
Authors: Authors: Wang RS, Lembo AJ, Kaptchuk TJ, Cheng V, Nee J, Iturrino J, Rao M, Loscalzo J, Silvester JA, Hall KT.
Front Pain Res (Lausanne)
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Leveraging the Shared Neurobiology of Placebo Effects and Functional Neurological Disorder: A Call for Research.
Authors: Authors: Burke MJ, Faria V, Cappon D, Pascual-Leone A, Kaptchuk TJ, Santarnecchi E.
J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci
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Placebo Effects in Acupuncture.
Authors: Authors: Kaptchuk TJ.
Med Acupunct
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Open-label placebos for menopausal hot flushes: a randomized controlled trial.
Authors: Authors: Pan Y, Meister R, Löwe B, Kaptchuk TJ, Buhling KJ, Nestoriuc Y.
Sci Rep
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Dynamic brain-to-brain concordance and behavioral mirroring as a mechanism of the patient-clinician interaction.
Authors: Authors: Ellingsen DM, Isenburg K, Jung C, Lee J, Gerber J, Mawla I, Sclocco R, Jensen KB, Edwards RR, Kelley JM, Kirsch I, Kaptchuk TJ, Napadow V.
Sci Adv
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Assessment of Placebo Response in Objective and Subjective Outcome Measures in Rheumatoid Arthritis Clinical Trials.
Authors: Authors: Vollert J, Cook NR, Kaptchuk TJ, Sehra ST, Tobias DK, Hall KT.
JAMA Netw Open
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Author Correction: Distinct thalamocortical network dynamics are associated with the pathophysiology of chronic low back pain.
Authors: Authors: Tu Y, Fu Z, Mao C, Falahpour M, Gollub RL, Park J, Wilson G, Napadow V, Gerber J, Chan ST, Edwards RR, Kaptchuk TJ, Liu T, Calhoun V, Rosen B, Kong J.
Nat Commun
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