Bob Duggan is an  devoted sportsman and has been all his life. He grew up in San Jose and attended 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  group, he led his fraternity to the  period's  triumph. <br> When they  wed they  stayed in Malibu where they  frequently  took pleasure in swimming,  browsing and  yearly ski  journeys to Aspen. They  occupied running and tennis. Bob  took pleasure in playing  lots of tennis matches with Kirk Kerkorian and also developed a friendship with Bobby Riggs, the Triple-Crown Tennis  Champ. He  likewise  went into in the  sloping Palos Verdes Marathon and  completed in 2 hours and 49 minutes. <br>An  passionate fan of the LA Lakers Basketball Team, Bob Duggan was able to play on weekends in Santa Barbara with Pat Riley and  buddies. A huge soccer fan after coaching his  youngsters's soccer  group, he was  granted a  college championship ring when UCSB won the national title. He was a major  advocate of the university's emerging soccer program.<br> Robert Duggan's  biggest life-long athletic  enthusiasm however is surfing. Even today, the  household  takes pleasure in an  yearly ten-day  browsing  journey together. <br> Robert Duggan has a  present for inspiring his patients and  customers to see new possibilities. He is the author of  Sound judgment for the Healing Arts (2003). His  approaching book on community,  health and public policy  will certainly be  released in 2012. He lectures and conducts workshops nationally and internationally,  consisting of the highly popular Redefining Health. In 2009, he was a presenter at the first TEDx MidAtlantic Conference. <br>A  pioneer for the acupuncturere  career, he  has actually practiced  conventional 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 country and has  functioned as chairman of the <a href="http://matthew92w2shvblog.hatenablog.com/entries/2014/12/23">try this web-site</a> 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 medicine and wellness. He has testified 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  Natural medicine. He  has actually 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  functioned as a priest in the U.S. and abroad. He  made a master's degree in Human Relations and Community  Research studies 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 Traditional Chinese Acupuncture in the United Kingdom. He is a  country wide  accredited Diplomate of Acupuncture and a  accredited acupuncturist in the state of Maryland.