Bob Duggan is an  passionate sportsman and has been all his life. He grew up in San Jose and attended St. Francis High School in Mountain View where he played basketball. He also enjoyed 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  period's  success. <br> When they married they lived in Malibu where they  frequently  took pleasure in swimming, surfing and annual ski  journeys to Aspen. They  occupied running and tennis. Bob  took pleasure in playing  numerous tennis matches with Kirk Kerkorian and  likewise  established a  relationship with Bobby Riggs, the Triple-Crown Tennis  Champ. He  likewise entered in the  uneven Palos Verdes Marathon and  completed 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  good friends. A  big soccer fan after  training his children's soccer  group, he was  granted a  college  champion ring when UCSB won the national title. He was a major  advocate of the university's emerging soccer program.<br> Robert Duggan's greatest life-long athletic  enthusiasm  nevertheless is surfing. Even today, the  household enjoys an  yearly ten-day surfing  journey together. <br> Robert Duggan has a  present for  motivating his patients and clients to see  brand-new possibilities. He is the author of  Good sense for the  Recovery Arts (2003). His  approaching book on  neighborhood,  health and public policy  will certainly be published in 2012. He lectures and conducts workshops  across the country and  worldwide,  consisting of the highly popular Redefining Health. In 2009, he was a presenter at the  very first TEDx MidAtlantic Conference. <br>A trailblazer for the acupuncturere profession, he  has actually practiced traditional acupuncture  given that 1973 and is Senior  Professors, Co-founder, and President Emeritus of Tai Sophia Institute in Laurel, Maryland. He co-founded  among the first acupuncture  centers in the state and the country and has  acted as chairman of the Maryland State Board of Acupuncture.<br>Bob Duggan is a  across the country recognized thought leader, speaker and advisor to policy makers and organizations on complementary  medication and  health. He  has actually  affirmed  prior to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions and  has actually 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 <a href="http://joshua70r0rfvblog.soup.io/post/504985507/Bob-Duggan-Wisdom-Well">you could try here</a> in  approach,  faith, 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  Research studies from New York University and a master's degree in Moral Theology from St. Joseph's  Academy. His master's  certification in Acupuncture is from the College of  Conventional Chinese Acupuncture in the United Kingdom. He is a nationally  licensed Diplomate of Acupuncture and a  accredited acupuncturist in the state of Maryland.