Bob Duggan is an  devoted  sportsperson and has 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  likewise  delighted in swimming and surfing. 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  delighted in swimming, surfing and  yearly ski trips to Aspen. Bob  took pleasure in playing many tennis matches with Kirk Kerkorian and also developed a friendship with Bobby Riggs, the Triple-Crown Tennis  Champ. <br>An enthusiastic fan of the LA Lakers Basketball Team, Bob Duggan was able to play on weekends in Santa Barbara with Pat Riley and  close friends. A huge soccer fan after  training his  youngsters's soccer team, he was  granted a collegiate  champion ring when UCSB won the national title. He was a  significant supporter of the university's emerging soccer program.<br> Robert Duggan's  biggest life-long athletic passion  nevertheless is surfing. Even today, the  household enjoys an  yearly ten-day surfing  journey together. <br> Robert Duggan has a gift for inspiring his  clients and clients to see  brand-new possibilities. He is the author of  Good sense for the  Recovery Arts (2003). His upcoming book on  neighborhood, wellness and public policy  will certainly be published in 2012. He lectures and  performs workshops  country wide and internationally,  consisting of the highly popular Redefining Health. In 2009, he was a  speaker at the 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  among the  very first acupuncture clinics in the state and the  nation and  has actually  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 organizations on complementary  medication and  <a href="http://aiden985haumblog.beeplog.de">original site</a> health. He has  affirmed  prior to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions and has been a panelist at  conferences sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the White  Residence Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine. He  has actually served on the board of trustees of The Horizon Foundation.<br> Duggan has advanced degrees in philosophy,  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.