Bob Duggan is an  devoted  sportsperson 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  likewise 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 season's  triumph. <br> When they married they lived in Malibu where they  routinely  took pleasure in swimming, surfing and  yearly ski trips to Aspen. They  occupied running and tennis. Bob enjoyed playing  numerous tennis matches with Kirk Kerkorian and  likewise  established a  relationship with Bobby Riggs, the Triple-Crown Tennis Champion. He  likewise  went into in the  uneven Palos Verdes Marathon and  completed in 2 hours and 49 minutes. <br>An enthusiastic fan of the LA Lakers Basketball  Group, Bob Duggan was able to play on weekends in Santa Barbara with Pat Riley and friends. A huge soccer fan after  training his children's soccer  group, he was awarded a collegiate  champion ring when UCSB won the national title. He was a major  fan of the university's emerging soccer program.<br> Robert Duggan's greatest life-long athletic passion however is  browsing. Even today, the family enjoys an  yearly ten-day surfing  journey together. <br> Robert Duggan has a  present for  motivating his patients and clients to see new possibilities. He lectures and conducts workshops  country wide and internationally, including the highly popular Redefining Health. <br>A trailblazer for the acupuncturere profession, he has practiced  standard acupuncture  given that 1973 and is Senior Faculty, Co-founder, and President Emeritus of Tai Sophia Institute in Laurel, Maryland. He co-founded one of the first acupuncture clinics in the state and the  nation and  has actually  acted as chairman of the Maryland State Board of Acupuncture.<br>Bob Duggan is a  across the country  acknowledged thought leader, speaker and advisor to policy makers and organizations on complementary medicine and wellness. He has testified before 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 House Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine. He has served on the board of trustees of The Horizon Foundation.<br> Duggan has advanced degrees in philosophy, 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 <a href="http://www.purevolume.com/listeners/william93x3wkablog/posts/1287576/Bob+Duggan+Getting+A+The+School+During+Your+College+Search">important link</a> and  Neighborhood  Researches from  New york city University and a master's degree in Moral  Faith from St. Joseph's Seminary. His master's  certification in Acupuncture is from the College of  Conventional Chinese Acupuncture in the  Uk. He is a  across the country  accredited Diplomate of Acupuncture and a licensed acupuncturist in the state of Maryland.