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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.

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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Dopaminergic tone does not influence pain levels during placebo interventions in patients with chronic neuropathic pain.
Authors: Authors: Skyt I, Moslemi K, Baastrup C, Grosen K, Benedetti F, Petersen GL, Price DD, Hall KT, Kaptchuk TJ, Svensson P, Jensen TS, Vase L.
Pain
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Computerization and the future of primary care: A survey of general practitioners in the UK.
Authors: Authors: Blease C, Bernstein MH, Gaab J, Kaptchuk TJ, Kossowsky J, Mandl KD, Davis RB, DesRoches CM.
PLoS One
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Open-Label Placebo: Reflections on a Research Agenda.
Authors: Authors: Kaptchuk TJ.
Perspect Biol Med
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Enhancing treatment of osteoarthritis knee pain by boosting expectancy: A functional neuroimaging study.
Authors: Authors: Kong J, Wang Z, Leiser J, Minicucci D, Edwards R, Kirsch I, Wasan AD, Lang C, Gerber J, Yu S, Napadow V, Kaptchuk TJ, Gollub RL.
Neuroimage Clin
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Implications of Placebo and Nocebo Effects for Clinical Practice: Expert Consensus.
Authors: Authors: Evers AWM, Colloca L, Blease C, Annoni M, Atlas LY, Benedetti F, Bingel U, Büchel C, Carvalho C, Colagiuri B, Crum AJ, Enck P, Gaab J, Geers AL, Howick J, Jensen KB, Kirsch I, Meissner K, Napadow V, Peerdeman KJ, Raz A, Rief W, Vase L, Wager TD, Wampold BE, Weimer K, Wiech K, Kaptchuk TJ, Klinger R, Kelley JM.
Psychother Psychosom
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