Bob Duggan is an  devoted  sportsperson and  has actually been all his life. He  matured in San Jose and attended St. Francis High School in Mountain View where he played basketball. He also enjoyed swimming and  browsing. 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  wed they lived in Malibu where they  routinely enjoyed swimming,  browsing and  yearly ski trips to Aspen. Bob enjoyed playing  lots of tennis matches with Kirk Kerkorian and also  established a  relationship with Bobby Riggs, the Triple-Crown Tennis  Champ. <br>An enthusiastic fan of the LA Lakers Basketball Team, Bob Duggan  had the ability to play on weekends in Santa Barbara with Pat Riley and  pals. A  big soccer fan after coaching his  kids's soccer team, he was  granted a  college championship ring when UCSB won the  nationwide title. He was a major supporter of the university's  arising soccer program.<br> Robert Duggan's greatest life-long athletic  interest  nevertheless is surfing.  Beginning in Santa Cruz, his  preferred surfing spots include Topanga, Rincon, Hawaii and Costa Rica. He shared this  enthusiasm with his  household and  extremely taught each of his  kids to  browse by the time they were three  years of ages! Even today, the family enjoys an  yearly ten-day surfing  journey together. Bob has been a sports  caring person all his life. <br> Robert Duggan has a gift for  motivating his patients and  customers to see new  opportunities. He lectures and  performs workshops nationally and internationally, including the highly popular Redefining Health. <br>A trailblazer for the acupuncturere profession, he has practiced traditional 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  acted as chairman of the Maryland State Board of Acupuncture.<br>Bob Duggan is a nationally  acknowledged  idea leader, speaker and advisor to policy makers and organizations on complementary medicine and  health. He has  affirmed before 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 House Commission on Complementary and  Natural medicine. He has served on the board of trustees of The Horizon Foundation.<br> Duggan has advanced degrees in  viewpoint, theology, human relations, inter-cultural communications, canon law and acupuncture, and  has actually served as a priest in the U.S. <a href="http://ourstage.com/profile/fqeszuubqttx/wall_items">browse this site</a> and abroad. He  made a master's degree in Human Relations and Community  Researches from  New york city University and a master's degree in Moral  Faith from St. Joseph's  Academy. His master's  credentials in Acupuncture is from the College of  Standard Chinese Acupuncture in the United Kingdom. He is a nationally  licensed Diplomate of Acupuncture and a licensed acupuncturist in the state of Maryland.