Bob Duggan is an  devoted sportsman and  has actually been all his life. He  matured in San Jose and attended St. Francis  Senior high school in Mountain View where he played basketball. He  likewise enjoyed swimming and surfing. 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 season's victory. <br> When they  wed they  stayed in Malibu where they  routinely  took pleasure in swimming, surfing and  yearly ski trips to Aspen. They  occupied running and tennis. Bob  delighted in playing  numerous tennis matches with Kirk Kerkorian and  likewise developed a friendship with Bobby Riggs, the Triple-Crown Tennis Champion. He also  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  Group, Bob Duggan  had the ability to play on weekends in Santa Barbara with Pat Riley and  pals. A huge soccer fan after  training his  kids's soccer team, he was awarded a collegiate championship ring when UCSB won the national title. He was a major supporter of the university's emerging soccer program.<br> Robert Duggan's  biggest life-long athletic  interest  nevertheless is surfing. Starting in Santa Cruz, his favorite  browsing  areas include Topanga, Rincon, Hawaii and Costa Rica. He shared this  enthusiasm with his  household and  unbelievably taught each of his children to  browse by the time they were three years old! Even today, the family  delights in an annual ten-day surfing trip together. Bob has been a sports loving  individual all his life. <br> Robert Duggan has a gift for inspiring his patients and clients to see new possibilities. He is the author of  Typical 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  across the country and internationally, including the  extremely popular Redefining Health. In 2009, he was a presenter at the <a href="http://michael60r0pesblog.wordpress.com/2014/12/22/bob-duggan-uc-santa-barbara-gauchos/">Full Article</a> first TEDx MidAtlantic Conference. <br>A  trendsetter for the acupuncturere profession, he has practiced traditional acupuncture  given that 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  centers in the state and the country and has served as chairman of the Maryland State Board of Acupuncture.<br>Bob Duggan is a  country wide  acknowledged thought leader, speaker and  consultant to policy makers and  companies on complementary  medication and wellness. He  has actually  affirmed 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  Residence Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine. He  has actually served on the board of trustees of The Horizon Foundation.<br> Duggan has advanced degrees in  approach,  faith, human relations, inter-cultural communications, canon law and acupuncture, and has  worked as a priest in the U.S. and abroad. He earned a master's degree in Human Relations and Community  Researches from New York 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  Uk. He is a  country wide  licensed Diplomate of Acupuncture and a licensed acupuncturist in the state of Maryland.