Bob Duggan is an avid  sportsperson and  has actually been all his life. He  matured in San Jose and  went to St. Francis High 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  period's  success. <br> When they married they  resided in Malibu where they  routinely  took pleasure in swimming,  browsing and annual ski  journeys to Aspen. They  occupied running and tennis. Bob  delighted in playing  numerous tennis matches with Kirk Kerkorian  as well as  established a friendship with Bobby Riggs, the Triple-Crown Tennis  Champ. He also entered in the hilly Palos Verdes Marathon and finished in 2 hours and 49 minutes. <br>An  passionate fan of the LA Lakers Basketball Team, Bob Duggan  had the ability to play on weekends in Santa Barbara with Pat Riley and  pals. A  big soccer fan after coaching his  youngsters's soccer team, he was  granted a collegiate championship ring when UCSB won the  nationwide title. He was a major  advocate of the university's emerging soccer program.<br> Robert Duggan's greatest life-long athletic  interest however is surfing. Even today, <a href="waiting for link from Web 2.0 Blogs (10)">my review here</a> the  household enjoys an annual ten-day  browsing trip together. <br> Robert Duggan has a gift for  motivating his patients and clients to see  brand-new possibilities. He is the author of  Good sense for the  Recovery Arts (2003). His upcoming book on community,  health and public policy  will certainly be published in 2012. He lectures and  carries out workshops nationally and internationally,  consisting of the  extremely popular Redefining Health. In 2009, he was a presenter at the first TEDx MidAtlantic Conference. <br>A  pioneer for the acupuncturere  career, he has practiced traditional acupuncture  considering that 1973 and is Senior  Professors, Co-founder, and President Emeritus of Tai Sophia Institute in Laurel, Maryland. He co-founded  among the first acupuncture clinics in the state and the  nation and  has actually served as chairman of the Maryland State Board of Acupuncture.<br>Bob Duggan is a  country wide  acknowledged  idea leader, speaker and advisor to policy makers and organizations on complementary  medication and  health. He has testified before 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  worked as a priest in the U.S. and abroad. He  made a master's degree in Human Relations and Community Studies from New York 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 Traditional Chinese Acupuncture in the  Uk. He is a nationally  accredited Diplomate of Acupuncture and a  certified acupuncturist in the state of Maryland.