Bob Duggan is an  passionate sportsman and has been all his life. He  matured in San Jose and attended St. Francis  Secondary 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  period's  triumph. <br> When they married they lived in Malibu where they  frequently enjoyed swimming, surfing and annual ski  journeys to Aspen. They  used up running and tennis. Bob enjoyed playing  numerous tennis matches with Kirk Kerkorian  as well as developed a  relationship with Bobby Riggs, the Triple-Crown Tennis Champion. He  likewise entered in the  sloping Palos Verdes Marathon and finished in 2 hours and 49 minutes. <br>An  passionate fan of the LA Lakers Basketball Team, Bob Duggan was able to  use weekends in Santa Barbara with Pat Riley and friends. A  big soccer fan after coaching his  kids's soccer  group, he was awarded a  college championship ring when UCSB won the national title. He was a  significant supporter of the university's  arising soccer program.<br> Robert Duggan's greatest life-long athletic  enthusiasm  nevertheless is surfing.  Beginning in Santa Cruz, his  preferred  browsing spots include Topanga, Rincon, Hawaii and Costa Rica. He shared this  interest with his family and  exceptionally taught each of his children to surf by the time they were  3 years old! Even today, the  household  takes pleasure in an annual ten-day  browsing trip together. Bob has been a sports  caring person all his life. <br> Robert Duggan has a gift for  motivating his patients and clients to see  brand-new  opportunities. He is the author of  Sound judgment for the  Recovery Arts (2003). His  approaching book on community, wellness and public policy  will certainly be published in 2012. He lectures and  carries out workshops  <a href="http://blog.easybranches.com/activity-streams/p/1094508/">his response</a> across the country and internationally, including the  extremely popular Redefining Health. In 2009, he was a presenter at the first TEDx MidAtlantic Conference. <br>A trailblazer for the acupuncturere  occupation, he has practiced traditional acupuncture since 1973 and is Senior  Professors, Co-founder, and President Emeritus of Tai Sophia Institute in Laurel, Maryland. He co-founded one of the  very first acupuncture clinics in the state and the country and  has actually  worked as chairman of the Maryland State Board of Acupuncture.<br>Bob Duggan is a nationally  acknowledged thought leader, speaker and  consultant to policy makers and organizations on complementary  medication and wellness. He  has actually testified 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  Medication. He has served on the board of trustees of The Horizon Foundation.<br> Duggan  has actually advanced degrees in  viewpoint, theology, human relations, inter-cultural communications, canon law and acupuncture, and  has actually served as a priest in the U.S. and abroad. His master's  credentials in Acupuncture is from the College of  Conventional Chinese Acupuncture in the United Kingdom.