Bob Duggan is an avid  sportsperson and has been all his life. He  matured in San Jose and attended St. Francis  Secondary school in Mountain View where he played basketball. He  likewise enjoyed swimming and  browsing. At the University of California in Santa Barbara, he played intramural sports. As captain of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon basketball team, he led his fraternity to the season's  triumph. <br> When they married they lived in Malibu where they  frequently enjoyed swimming, surfing and  yearly ski trips to Aspen. Bob enjoyed playing  lots of tennis matches with Kirk Kerkorian and  likewise developed a friendship with Bobby Riggs, the Triple-Crown Tennis  Champ. <br>An  passionate fan of the LA Lakers Basketball Team, Bob Duggan was able to play on weekends in Santa Barbara with Pat Riley and  good friends. A  big soccer fan after coaching his  kids's soccer  group, he was  granted a  college championship ring when UCSB won the national title. He was a  significant  fan of the university's  arising soccer program.<br> Robert Duggan's  biggest life-long athletic  interest  nevertheless is  browsing. Even today, the family enjoys an annual ten-day surfing trip together. <br> Robert Duggan has a gift for inspiring his patients and  customers to see  brand-new  opportunities. He lectures and  performs workshops  across the country and  worldwide,  consisting of the  extremely popular Redefining Health. <br>A  trendsetter for the acupuncturere  career, he  has actually practiced  standard acupuncture  given that 1973 and is Senior  Professors, Co-founder, and President Emeritus of Tai Sophia Institute in Laurel, Maryland. He co-founded  among the  very first acupuncture  centers in the state and the  nation and  has actually  worked as chairman of the Maryland State Board of Acupuncture.<br>Bob Duggan is a nationally recognized thought leader, speaker and advisor to policy makers and  companies on complementary  medication and  health. He  has actually testified before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions and  has actually been a panelist at meetings sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the White House Commission <a href="http://joseph15g6dshblog.soup.io/post/506493762/Robert-Duggan-Goalkeeper">read here</a> on Complementary and Alternative  Medication. He  has actually served on the board of trustees of The Horizon Foundation.<br> Duggan  has actually advanced degrees in  approach,  faith, human relations, inter-cultural communications, canon law and acupuncture, and  has actually  worked as a priest in the U.S. and abroad. He  made a master's degree in Human Relations and  Neighborhood Studies from New York University and a master's degree in Moral  Faith from St. Joseph's  Academy. His master's qualification in Acupuncture is from the College of  Conventional Chinese Acupuncture in the  Uk. He is a nationally  accredited Diplomate of Acupuncture and a  accredited acupuncturist in the state of Maryland.