Bob Duggan is an  passionate sportsman and  has actually been all his life. He grew up in San Jose and  went to St. Francis  Secondary school in Mountain View where he played basketball. He  likewise  delighted in 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 victory. <br> When they married they  resided in Malibu where they  frequently enjoyed swimming,  browsing and annual ski  journeys to Aspen. They took up running and tennis. Bob  took pleasure in playing many tennis matches with Kirk Kerkorian  as well as developed 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  passionate fan of the LA Lakers Basketball  Group, Bob Duggan was able to  use weekends in Santa Barbara with Pat Riley and  pals. A huge soccer fan after coaching his  youngsters's soccer team, he was  granted a  college championship ring when UCSB won the national title. He was a major supporter of the university's emerging soccer program.<br> Robert Duggan's greatest life-long athletic passion  nevertheless is  browsing. Even today, the family  takes pleasure in an  yearly ten-day surfing  journey together. <br> Robert Duggan has a gift for inspiring his  clients and clients to see  brand-new possibilities. He is the author of  Good sense for the Healing Arts (2003). His  approaching book on  neighborhood,  health and public policy will be published in 2012. He lectures and  carries out workshops  country wide and internationally,  consisting of the highly popular Redefining Health. In 2009, he was a  speaker at the first TEDx MidAtlantic Conference. <br>A  trendsetter for the acupuncturere profession, he has practiced  standard acupuncture since 1973 and is Senior Faculty, Co-founder, and President Emeritus of Tai Sophia Institute in Laurel, Maryland. He co-founded  among the  very first acupuncture clinics 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 recognized  idea leader, speaker and  consultant to policy makers and organizations on complementary medicine and wellness. He  has actually  affirmed before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions and has 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 served on the board of trustees of The Horizon Foundation.<br> Duggan  has actually advanced degrees in  approach,  faith, human relations, inter-cultural communications, canon law and acupuncture, and has  functioned as a priest in the U.S. and abroad. He  made a master's degree in Human Relations and  Neighborhood Studies from New York University and a master's degree in Moral Theology from St. <a href="http://ourstage.com/profile/aovboshvmlek/wall_items">these details</a> Joseph's  Academy. His master's  certification in Acupuncture is from the College of  Standard Chinese Acupuncture in the  Uk. He is a nationally certified Diplomate of Acupuncture and a  certified acupuncturist in the state of Maryland.