Bob Duggan is an avid sportsman and  has actually been all his life. He  matured 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  resided in Malibu where they regularly  took pleasure in swimming, surfing and  yearly ski trips to Aspen. They  occupied running and tennis. Bob enjoyed playing  lots of tennis matches with Kirk Kerkorian and also  established a friendship with Bobby Riggs, the Triple-Crown Tennis  Champ. He also  went into in the hilly Palos Verdes Marathon and finished 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  good friends. A huge soccer fan after coaching his  kids's soccer team, he was awarded a collegiate  champion ring when UCSB won the  nationwide title. He was a major  fan of the university's emerging soccer program.<br> Robert Duggan's greatest life-long athletic  interest  nevertheless is surfing. Starting in Santa Cruz, his favorite surfing spots  consist of Topanga, Rincon, Hawaii and Costa Rica. He shared this passion with his  household and  unbelievably taught each of his  youngsters to surf by the time they were  3  years of ages! Even today, the family  delights in an annual ten-day  browsing trip together. Bob  has actually been a sports  caring person all his life. <br> Robert Duggan has a gift for  motivating his patients and  customers to see  brand-new possibilities. He is the author of  Good sense for the Healing Arts (2003). His  approaching book on community, wellness and public policy  will certainly be published in 2012. He lectures and conducts workshops  country wide and  globally, including the <a href="http://ourstage.com/profile/bucpzjeovjiu/wall_items">i was reading this</a> highly popular Redefining Health. In 2009, he was a  speaker at the  very 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, Maryland. He co-founded one of the  very first acupuncture  centers in the state and the country and has  acted as chairman of the Maryland State Board of Acupuncture.<br>Bob Duggan is a nationally recognized thought leader, speaker and  consultant to policy makers and  companies on complementary medicine 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  viewpoint,  faith, human relations, inter-cultural communications, canon law and acupuncture, and has  functioned as a priest in the U.S. and abroad. He earned a master's degree in Human Relations and  Neighborhood  Researches from New York University and a master's degree in Moral Theology from St. Joseph's Seminary. 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.