Bob Duggan is an  passionate  sportsperson and  has actually been all his life. He grew up in San Jose and  went to 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 team, he led his fraternity to the season's  success. <br> When they  wed they  stayed in Malibu where they  frequently  took pleasure in swimming,  browsing and annual ski trips to Aspen. They took up running and tennis. Bob enjoyed playing many tennis matches with Kirk Kerkorian  as well as developed a friendship with Bobby Riggs, the Triple-Crown Tennis Champion. He  likewise  went into in the  sloping Palos Verdes Marathon and  completed in 2 hours and 49 minutes. <br>An enthusiastic fan of the LA Lakers Basketball  Group, Bob Duggan  had the ability to  use weekends in Santa Barbara with Pat Riley and friends. A  big soccer fan after  training his  youngsters's soccer  group, he was awarded a  college  champion 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 passion however is surfing. Even today, the family enjoys an annual ten-day  browsing  journey together. <br> Robert Duggan has a  present for inspiring his patients and  customers to see new  opportunities. He is the author of  Good sense for the Healing Arts (2003). His upcoming book on community, wellness and public policy will be  released in 2012. He lectures and conducts workshops  across the country and internationally, including the  extremely popular Redefining Health. In 2009, he was a  speaker at the first TEDx MidAtlantic Conference. <br>A  pioneer for the acupuncturere  career, he  has actually 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 one of the first acupuncture  centers in the state and the  nation and has  functioned as chairman of the Maryland State Board of Acupuncture.<br>Bob <a href="http://william92n0odsblog.wordpress.com/2014/12/15/esi-shooting/">Visit Website</a> Duggan is a  country wide  acknowledged thought leader, speaker and advisor to policy makers and organizations on complementary  medication and wellness. He  has actually  affirmed before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions and has been a panelist at meetings sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the White  Residence Commission on Complementary and Alternative  Medication. He has served on the board of trustees of The Horizon Foundation.<br> Duggan has advanced degrees in  approach, 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  Research 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 United Kingdom. He is a  country wide  licensed Diplomate of Acupuncture and a  accredited acupuncturist in the state of Maryland.