“The powerful placebo: exploring its role in clinical trials and practice”

Anthony J. Lembo, MD

Director, GI Motility Lab

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Associate Professor of Medicine

Harvard Medical School

8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.

Auditorium E, Rubin Building, Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center 

Co-sponsored by the Section of Gastroenterology and Hepatology and the Department of Medicine

Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth

Objectives – Participants will be able to:

1. Define the components of the placebo response
2. Determine how commonly placebo is used in clinical practice
3. Determine effective ways of harnessing the placebo response in practice

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