Bob Duggan is an  devoted 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 also  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  success. <br> When they married they  stayed in Malibu where they regularly enjoyed swimming,  browsing and annual ski  journeys to Aspen. They  occupied running and tennis. Bob enjoyed playing  lots of tennis matches with Kirk Kerkorian and  likewise developed a friendship with Bobby Riggs, the Triple-Crown Tennis  Champ. He also  went into in the hilly Palos Verdes Marathon and finished 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  close friends. A huge soccer fan after  training his children's soccer  group, he was awarded a collegiate  champion ring when UCSB won the  nationwide title. He was a  significant supporter of the university's emerging soccer program.<br> Robert Duggan's  biggest life-long athletic  interest however is surfing. Even today, the  household  takes pleasure in an annual ten-day surfing trip together. <br> Robert Duggan has a gift for  motivating his patients and clients to see  brand-new  opportunities. He lectures and  carries out workshops nationally and internationally,  consisting of the  extremely popular Redefining Health. <br>A  pioneer for the acupuncturere profession, he  has actually practiced  conventional acupuncture since 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 actually  worked as chairman of the Maryland State Board of Acupuncture.<br>Bob Duggan is a  country wide  acknowledged  idea leader, speaker and  consultant to policy makers and  companies on complementary  medication and wellness. He has  affirmed  prior to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions and has been a panelist at meetings sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the White  Residence Commission on Complementary and  Natural medicine. He  has actually served on the board of trustees of The Horizon Foundation.<br> Duggan  has actually advanced degrees in philosophy,  faith, human relations, inter-cultural communications, canon law and acupuncture, and has  functioned as a priest in the U.S. and abroad. He earned a master's degree in Human Relations and Community  Researches from New York University and a master's degree in Moral Theology from St. Joseph's  Academy. His master's qualification in Acupuncture is from the College of Traditional Chinese Acupuncture in the United Kingdom. He <a href="http://superkingdombirdaiden25f5bqfblog.tumblr.com/post/105461473148/doctor-robert-duggan">dig this</a> is a nationally certified Diplomate of Acupuncture and a  accredited acupuncturist in the state of Maryland.