Bob Duggan is an avid sportsman and  has actually been all his life. He grew up in San Jose and  went to St. Francis  Secondary school in Mountain View where he played basketball. He  likewise  delighted in 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  success. <br> When they  wed they lived in Malibu where they  routinely enjoyed swimming,  browsing and annual ski  journeys to Aspen. They  occupied running and tennis. Bob  delighted in playing  lots of tennis matches with Kirk Kerkorian and also  established a friendship with Bobby Riggs, the Triple-Crown Tennis  Champ. He also entered in the  sloping Palos Verdes Marathon and finished in 2 hours and 49 minutes. <br>An enthusiastic fan of the LA Lakers Basketball  Group, Bob Duggan  had the ability to play on weekends in Santa Barbara with Pat Riley and  close friends. A huge soccer fan after  training his children's soccer  group, he was  granted a collegiate  champion ring when UCSB won the national title. He was a  significant  fan of the university's emerging soccer program.<br> Robert Duggan's greatest life-long athletic passion however is  browsing. Even today, the  household  delights in an annual ten-day  browsing trip together. <br> Robert Duggan has a gift for inspiring his patients and  customers to see  brand-new possibilities. He is the author of  Good sense for the Healing Arts (2003). His upcoming book on  neighborhood, wellness and public policy  will certainly be published in 2012. He lectures and  performs workshops  country wide and  globally,  consisting of the  extremely popular Redefining Health. In 2009, he was a presenter <a href="http://sophia693zncrblog.drupalgardens.com/content/bob-duggan-overview-using-san-nicolas-dorm-using-uc-santa-barbara">navigate to this site</a> at the first TEDx MidAtlantic Conference. <br>A trailblazer for the acupuncturere  occupation, he  has actually practiced traditional acupuncture  because 1973 and is Senior  Professors, Co-founder, and President Emeritus of Tai Sophia Institute in Laurel, Maryland. He co-founded  among the first acupuncture  centers in the state and the country and has  worked as chairman of the Maryland State Board of Acupuncture.<br>Bob Duggan is a  across the country recognized thought leader, speaker and  consultant to policy makers and  companies on complementary medicine and wellness. He  has actually  affirmed  prior to 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  Home Commission on Complementary and Alternative  Medication. He has served on the board of trustees of The Horizon Foundation.<br> Duggan has advanced degrees in  viewpoint,  faith, human relations, inter-cultural communications, canon law and acupuncture, and  has actually served as a priest in the U.S. and abroad. He earned a master's degree in Human Relations and  Neighborhood  Researches from  New york city University and a master's degree in Moral Theology from St. Joseph's Seminary. His master's  certification in Acupuncture is from the College of  Standard Chinese Acupuncture in the  Uk. He is a nationally certified Diplomate of Acupuncture and a  certified acupuncturist in the state of Maryland.