Bob Duggan is an  passionate  sportsperson and  has actually been all his life. He grew up in San Jose and  went to St. Francis  Senior 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 team, he led his fraternity to the season's  triumph. <br> When they married they lived in Malibu where they  routinely enjoyed swimming,  browsing and annual ski  journeys to Aspen. Bob  delighted in playing many tennis matches with Kirk Kerkorian and  likewise developed a  relationship with Bobby Riggs, the Triple-Crown Tennis Champion. <br>An  passionate fan of the LA Lakers Basketball Team, Bob Duggan was able to  use weekends in Santa Barbara with Pat Riley and  buddies. A  big soccer fan after coaching his  youngsters's soccer  group, he was awarded a  college championship ring when UCSB won the  nationwide title. He was a major  fan of the university's emerging soccer <a href="http://www.23hq.com/andrew04s1sgwblog/story/18862857">find here</a> program.<br> Robert Duggan's  biggest life-long athletic passion  nevertheless is surfing. Even today, the family  takes pleasure in an annual ten-day  browsing trip together. <br> Robert Duggan has a gift for  motivating his patients and clients to see  brand-new possibilities. He lectures and  carries out workshops nationally and  globally,  consisting of the highly popular Redefining Health. <br>A  trendsetter for the acupuncturere profession, he  has actually practiced  standard acupuncture  because 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 actually  acted as chairman of the Maryland State Board of Acupuncture.<br>Bob Duggan is a nationally  acknowledged thought leader, speaker and advisor to policy makers and  companies on complementary  medication and wellness. He  has actually testified 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  Home Commission on Complementary and  Natural medicine. He has 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 actually served as a priest in the U.S. and abroad. His master's  credentials in Acupuncture is from the College of Traditional Chinese Acupuncture in the United Kingdom.