Bob Duggan is an  passionate  sportsperson and  has actually been all his life. He grew up in San Jose and attended St. Francis  Senior high school in Mountain View where he played basketball. He also 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  stayed in Malibu where they regularly  took pleasure in swimming,  browsing and annual ski  journeys to Aspen. They  used up running and tennis. Bob enjoyed playing  lots of tennis matches with Kirk Kerkorian and also  established a  relationship with Bobby Riggs, the Triple-Crown Tennis Champion. He  likewise entered in the  sloping Palos Verdes Marathon and  completed in 2 hours and 49 minutes. <br>An  passionate fan of the LA Lakers Basketball Team, Bob Duggan was able to  use weekends in Santa Barbara with Pat Riley and  buddies. A  big soccer fan after coaching his  youngsters's soccer team, he was awarded a  college championship ring when UCSB won the  nationwide title. He was a major  fan of the university's emerging soccer program.<br> Robert Duggan's greatest life-long athletic  enthusiasm  nevertheless is surfing. Even today, the family  takes pleasure in an annual ten-day surfing trip together. <br> Robert Duggan has a gift for  motivating his patients and  customers to see  brand-new possibilities. He is the author of  Good sense for the Healing Arts <a href="http://john739x5lj9.exteen.com/20141221/bob-duggan-making-a-decision-on-a-varsity-during-some-colleg">get more</a> (2003). His  approaching book on community,  health and public policy will be  released in 2012. He lectures and conducts workshops  country wide and internationally, including the  extremely popular Redefining Health. In 2009, he was a presenter at the  very first TEDx MidAtlantic Conference. <br>A trailblazer for the acupuncturere  occupation, he  has actually practiced traditional acupuncture  considering 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 clinics in the state and the country and  has actually  functioned as chairman of the Maryland State Board of Acupuncture.<br>Bob Duggan is a  across the country recognized  idea leader, speaker and  consultant to policy makers and organizations on complementary  medication and wellness. 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  Home Commission on Complementary and Alternative  Medication. He has 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 served as a priest in the U.S. and abroad. His master's qualification in Acupuncture is from the College of  Conventional Chinese Acupuncture in the United Kingdom.