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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.

Reduced tactile acuity in chronic low back pain is linked with structural neuroplasticity in primary somatosensory cortex and is modulated by acupuncture therapy.
Authors: Authors: Kim H, Mawla I, Lee J, Gerber J, Walker K, Kim J, Ortiz A, Chan ST, Loggia ML, Wasan AD, Edwards RR, Kong J, Kaptchuk TJ, Gollub RL, Rosen BR, Napadow V.
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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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Placebos in chronic pain: evidence, theory, ethics, and use in clinical practice.
Authors: Authors: Kaptchuk TJ, Hemond CC, Miller FG.
BMJ
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Double-blinding of an acupuncture randomized controlled trial optimized with clinical translational science award resources.
Authors: Authors: Steffen AD, Burke LA, Pauls HA, Suarez ML, Yao Y, Kobak WH, Takayama M, Yajima H, Kaptchuk TJ, Takakura N, Wilkie DJ, Schlaeger JM.
Clin Trials
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Patient-Clinician Brain Response During Clinical Encounter and Pain Treatment.
Authors: Authors: Anzolin A, Isenburg K, Grahl A, Toppi J, Yucel M, Ellingsen DM, Gerber J, Ciaramidaro A, Astolfi L, Kaptchuk TJ, Napadow V.
Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc
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Historical Controls in Randomized Clinical Trials: Opportunities and Challenges.
Authors: Authors: Hall KT, Vase L, Tobias DK, Dashti HT, Vollert J, Kaptchuk TJ, Cook NR.
Clin Pharmacol Ther
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Acupuncture Treatment Modulates the Connectivity of Key Regions of the Descending Pain Modulation and Reward Systems in Patients with Chronic Low Back Pain.
Authors: Authors: Yu S, Ortiz A, Gollub RL, Wilson G, Gerber J, Park J, Huang Y, Shen W, Chan ST, Wasan AD, Edwards RR, Napadow V, Kaptchuk TJ, Rosen B, Kong J.
J Clin Med
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Impaired mesocorticolimbic connectivity underlies increased pain sensitivity in chronic low back pain.
Authors: Authors: Yu S, Li W, Shen W, Edwards RR, Gollub RL, Wilson G, Park J, Ortiz A, Cao J, Gerber J, Mawla I, Chan ST, Lee J, Wasan AD, Napadow V, Kaptchuk TJ, Rosen B, Kong J.
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Reward and empathy in the treating clinician: the neural correlates of successful doctor-patient interactions.
Authors: Authors: Jensen K, Gollub RL, Kong J, Lamm C, Kaptchuk TJ, Petrovic P.
Transl Psychiatry
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A 4-Month Whole-Systems Ayurvedic Medicine Nutrition and Lifestyle Intervention Is Feasible and Acceptable for Breast Cancer Survivors: Results of a Single-Arm Pilot Clinical Trial.
Authors: Authors: Dhruva A, Wu C, Miaskowski C, Hartogensis W, Rugo HS, Adler SR, Kaptchuk TJ, Kelkar R, Agarawal S, Vadodaria A, Garris E, Hecht FM.
Glob Adv Health Med
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