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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.

Challenges of differential placebo effects in contemporary medicine: The example of brain stimulation.
Authors: Authors: Burke MJ, Kaptchuk TJ, Pascual-Leone A.
Ann Neurol
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Corrigendum to 'Multivariate resting-state functional connectivity predicts responses to real and sham acupuncture treatment in chronic low back pain' Neuroimage Clinical, 23, 2019, 101885.
Authors: Authors: Tu Y, Ortiz A, Gollub RL, Cao J, Gerber J, Lang C, Park J, Wilson G, Shen W, Chan ST, Wasan AD, Edwards RR, Napadow V, Kaptchuk TJ, Rosen B, Kong J.
Neuroimage Clin
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Multivariate resting-state functional connectivity predicts responses to real and sham acupuncture treatment in chronic low back pain.
Authors: Authors: Tu Y, Ortiz A, Gollub RL, Cao J, Gerber J, Lang C, Park J, Wilson G, Shen W, Chan ST, Wasan AD, Edwards RR, Napadow V, Kaptchuk TJ, Rosen B, Kong J.
Neuroimage Clin
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A test of positive suggestions about side effects as a way of enhancing the analgesic response to NSAIDs.
Authors: Authors: Fernandez A, Kirsch I, Noël L, Rodondi PY, Kaptchuk TJ, Suter MR, Décosterd I, Berna C.
PLoS One
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Can Adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment Build Cognitive Reserve and Learn Mindfulness Meditation? Qualitative Theme Analyses from a Small Pilot Study.
Authors: Authors: Wells RE, Kerr C, Dossett ML, Danhauer SC, Sohl SJ, Sachs BC, Feeley JW, Wolkin J, Wall R, Kaptchuk T, Press DZ, Phillips RS, Yeh GY.
J Alzheimers Dis
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Symptom perception, placebo effects, and the Bayesian brain.
Authors: Authors: Ongaro G, Kaptchuk TJ.
Pain
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Visual network alterations in brain functional connectivity in chronic low back pain: A resting state functional connectivity and machine learning study.
Authors: Authors: Shen W, Tu Y, Gollub RL, Ortiz A, Napadow V, Yu S, Wilson G, Park J, Lang C, Jung M, Gerber J, Mawla I, Chan ST, Wasan AD, Edwards RR, Kaptchuk T, Li S, Rosen B, Kong J.
Neuroimage Clin
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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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