Bob Duggan is an  passionate  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  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  period's  success. <br> When they  wed they lived in Malibu where they regularly  delighted in swimming,  browsing and  yearly ski trips to Aspen. Bob enjoyed playing  numerous 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  training his children's soccer  group, he was  granted a collegiate  champion ring when UCSB won the  nationwide title. He was a major  advocate of the university's  arising soccer program.<br> Robert Duggan's  biggest life-long athletic  interest  nevertheless is  browsing. Even today, the family enjoys an  yearly ten-day  browsing trip together. <br> Robert Duggan has a gift for  motivating his patients and  customers to see  brand-new possibilities. He is the author of  Good sense for the Healing Arts (2003). His  approaching book on  neighborhood, wellness and public policy will be published in 2012. He lectures and  carries out workshops  country wide and  globally, including the  extremely popular Redefining Health. In 2009, he was a  speaker at the first TEDx MidAtlantic Conference. <br>A trailblazer for the acupuncturere profession, he has practiced traditional acupuncture  because 1973 and is Senior  Professors, Co-founder, and President Emeritus of Tai Sophia Institute in Laurel, Maryland. He co-founded  among the  very first acupuncture  centers in the state and the  nation and  has actually  worked as chairman of the Maryland State Board of Acupuncture.<br>Bob Duggan is a  country wide recognized thought leader, speaker and advisor to policy makers and organizations on complementary  medication and  health. He has  affirmed before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions and has been <a href="http://daniel71v1shwblog.soup.io/post/506336094/Dugan-Wellness-Center-Phone-Number">read this</a> a panelist at meetings sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the White  Residence Commission on Complementary and Alternative  Medication. He  has actually served on the board of trustees of The Horizon Foundation.<br> Duggan  has actually advanced degrees in  viewpoint,  faith, human relations, inter-cultural communications, canon law and acupuncture, and has served as a priest in the U.S. and abroad. His master's  certification in Acupuncture is from the College of Traditional Chinese Acupuncture in the United Kingdom.