Bob Duggan is an avid sportsman and  has actually been all his life. He grew up in San Jose and  went to St. Francis  Secondary school in Mountain View where he played basketball. He  likewise  delighted in 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  period's  success. <br> When they married they  stayed in Malibu where they  routinely  took pleasure in swimming, surfing and  yearly ski trips to Aspen. They  occupied running and tennis. Bob  delighted in playing  lots of tennis matches with Kirk Kerkorian  as well as  established a  relationship with Bobby Riggs, the Triple-Crown Tennis Champion. He  likewise entered in the  sloping Palos Verdes Marathon and finished in 2 hours and 49 minutes. <br>An  passionate fan of the LA Lakers Basketball  Group, Bob Duggan was able to play on weekends in Santa Barbara with Pat Riley and  close friends. A  big soccer fan after coaching his children's soccer  group, he was  granted a collegiate championship ring when UCSB won the  nationwide title. He was a major  advocate of the university's emerging soccer program.<br> Robert Duggan's greatest life-long athletic  interest however is surfing. Even today, the family  delights in an annual ten-day  browsing trip together. <br> Robert Duggan has a  present for  motivating his patients and  customers to see  brand-new possibilities. He is the author of  Good sense for the  Recovery Arts (2003). His upcoming book on  neighborhood,  health and public policy will be published in 2012. He lectures and  carries out workshops nationally and  globally,  consisting of the highly popular Redefining Health. In 2009, he was a presenter at the  very first TEDx MidAtlantic Conference. <br>A  trendsetter for the acupuncturere  career, he has practiced  conventional acupuncture  given that 1973 and is Senior Faculty, Co-founder, and President Emeritus of Tai Sophia Institute in Laurel, Maryland. He co-founded one of the  very first acupuncture  centers in the state and the country and has  worked as chairman of <a href="http://www.23hq.com/profitbot62d7njfblog/story/19001002">website here</a> the Maryland State Board of Acupuncture.<br>Bob Duggan is a  across the country recognized thought leader, speaker and  consultant to policy makers and  companies on complementary  medication and wellness. He has  affirmed  prior to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions and has been a panelist at meetings sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the White  Home Commission on Complementary and Alternative  Medication. He  has actually served on the board of trustees of The Horizon Foundation.<br> Duggan has advanced degrees in  viewpoint,  faith, human relations, inter-cultural communications, canon law and acupuncture, and  has actually  acted as a priest in the U.S. and abroad. He  made a master's degree in Human Relations and Community  Research studies from  New york city University and a master's degree in Moral  Faith from St. Joseph's Seminary. His master's  certification in Acupuncture is from the College of Traditional Chinese Acupuncture in the United Kingdom. He is a  country wide  accredited Diplomate of Acupuncture and a  accredited acupuncturist in the state of Maryland.