Bob Duggan is an  passionate sportsman and  has actually been all his life. He grew up in San Jose and  went to St. Francis High 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 lived in Malibu where they  frequently  took pleasure in swimming,  browsing and  yearly ski  journeys to Aspen. Bob  took pleasure in playing many 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  buddies. A  big soccer fan after coaching his  youngsters's soccer team, he was awarded a collegiate championship ring when UCSB won the national title. He was a  significant  advocate of the university's emerging soccer program.<br> Robert Duggan's  biggest life-long athletic  enthusiasm  nevertheless is  browsing.  Beginning in Santa Cruz, his  preferred  browsing  areas  consist of Topanga, Rincon, Hawaii and Costa Rica. He shared this  enthusiasm with his family and incredibly taught each of his  youngsters to  browse by the time they were  3  years of ages! Even today, the  household  delights in an  yearly ten-day  browsing trip together. Bob  has actually been a sports loving person all his life. <br> Robert Duggan has a  present for inspiring his patients and  customers to see  brand-new possibilities. He is the author of  Sound judgment for the  Recovery Arts (2003). His  approaching book on  neighborhood, wellness and public policy  will certainly be  released in 2012. He lectures and  performs workshops  across the country and  globally, including the highly popular Redefining Health. In 2009, he was a presenter at the  very first TEDx MidAtlantic Conference. <br>A  trendsetter for the acupuncturere profession, he has practiced  standard acupuncture  considering that 1973 and is Senior  Professors, 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 served as chairman of the Maryland State Board of Acupuncture.<br>Bob Duggan is a  across the country  acknowledged thought leader, speaker and advisor to policy makers and organizations on complementary  medication and  health. He has testified  prior to 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 actually advanced degrees in  viewpoint,  faith, human relations, inter-cultural communications, canon law and acupuncture, and has served 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 University and a master's degree in Moral  Faith from St. Joseph's Seminary. His master's  credentials in Acupuncture <a href="http://www.purevolume.com/listeners/noah26g6ftiblog/posts/1286695/Robert+Duggan+Uc+Santa+Barbara+Ventura+Center+Pupils+Fight+Closing">click</a> is from the College of Traditional Chinese Acupuncture in the  Uk. He is a  across the country  accredited Diplomate of Acupuncture and a  certified acupuncturist in the state of Maryland.