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  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  wed they lived in Malibu where they  frequently enjoyed swimming,  browsing and annual ski  journeys to Aspen. They took up running and tennis. Bob  delighted in playing many tennis matches with Kirk Kerkorian and  likewise developed a friendship with Bobby Riggs, the Triple-Crown Tennis  Champ. He also  went into in the hilly 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  buddies. A  big soccer fan after coaching his  kids's soccer  group, he was awarded a  college championship ring when UCSB won the  nationwide title. He was a major  advocate of the university's  arising soccer program.<br> Robert Duggan's greatest life-long athletic  interest however is  browsing.  Beginning in Santa Cruz, his favorite  browsing spots  consist of Topanga, Rincon, Hawaii and Costa Rica. He shared this passion with his family and  extremely taught each of his  youngsters to surf by the time they were three  years of ages! Even today, the family  delights in an annual ten-day surfing  journey together. Bob has been a sports loving  individual all his life. <br> Robert Duggan has a gift for  motivating his patients and clients to see  brand-new possibilities. He is the author of  Usual Sense for the  Recovery Arts (2003). His  approaching book on community,  health and public policy  will certainly be published in 2012. He lectures and  carries out workshops  across the country and internationally,  consisting of the  extremely popular Redefining Health. In 2009, he was a presenter at the first TEDx MidAtlantic Conference. <br>A  trendsetter 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, <a href="http://www.kiwibox.com/noah40a5kgdblog/blog">click this link</a> Maryland. He co-founded  among the  very first acupuncture  centers in the state and the  nation and has  functioned as chairman of the Maryland State Board of Acupuncture.<br>Bob Duggan is a  country wide  acknowledged thought leader, speaker and advisor to policy makers and  companies on complementary  medication and  health. He has testified  prior to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions and  has actually been a panelist at  conferences sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine. He  has actually served on the board of trustees of The Horizon Foundation.<br> Duggan  has actually advanced degrees in philosophy, theology, human relations, inter-cultural communications, canon law and acupuncture, and  has actually  acted 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  Academy. His master's qualification in Acupuncture is from the College of  Conventional Chinese Acupuncture in the  Uk. He is a  across the country certified Diplomate of Acupuncture and a licensed acupuncturist in the state of Maryland.