Bob Duggan is an  devoted  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  took pleasure in swimming and surfing. At the University of California in Santa Barbara, he played intramural sports. As captain of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon basketball  group, he led his fraternity to the season's  triumph. <br> When they  wed they  resided in Malibu where they  routinely enjoyed swimming,  browsing and annual ski  journeys to Aspen. They took up running and tennis. Bob  took pleasure in playing many tennis matches with Kirk Kerkorian and also  established a friendship with Bobby Riggs, the Triple-Crown Tennis  Champ. He  likewise entered in the  sloping Palos Verdes Marathon and finished in 2 hours and 49 minutes. <br>An enthusiastic fan of the LA Lakers Basketball  Group, Bob Duggan  had the ability to  use weekends in Santa Barbara with Pat Riley and  buddies. A huge soccer fan after  training his children's soccer  group, he was  granted a collegiate  champion ring when UCSB won the national title. He was a  significant  fan of the university's  arising soccer program.<br> Robert Duggan's greatest life-long athletic  interest however is surfing. Even today, the  household enjoys an annual ten-day  browsing trip together. <br> Robert Duggan has a  present for  motivating his patients and  customers to see new possibilities. He is the author of  Good sense for the  Recovery Arts (2003). His  approaching book on community,  health and public policy  will certainly be published in 2012. He lectures and  carries out workshops  across the country and  globally,  consisting of the  extremely popular <a href="http://nathan83j9uspblog.wordpress.com/2014/12/13/robert-duggan-podiatrist/">this post</a> 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  because 1973 and is Senior  Professors, Co-founder, and President Emeritus of Tai Sophia Institute in Laurel, Maryland. He co-founded one of the first acupuncture  centers in the state and the  nation and has  functioned as chairman of 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 medicine and  health. He  has actually 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  Residence Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine. He has served on the board of trustees of The Horizon Foundation.<br> Duggan has advanced degrees in  approach, theology, human relations, inter-cultural communications, canon law and acupuncture, and  has actually  worked as a priest in the U.S. and abroad. He earned a master's degree in Human Relations and  Neighborhood Studies from  New york city University and a master's degree in Moral Theology from St. Joseph's Seminary. His master's qualification in Acupuncture is from the College of  Standard Chinese Acupuncture in the United Kingdom. He is a nationally  accredited Diplomate of Acupuncture and a  certified acupuncturist in the state of Maryland.