Bob Duggan is an  passionate sportsman 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 also  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  period's victory. <br> When they married they  stayed in Malibu where they  routinely  took pleasure in swimming, surfing and  yearly ski  journeys to Aspen. They took up running and tennis. Bob  took pleasure in playing many tennis matches with Kirk Kerkorian and  likewise developed a  relationship with Bobby Riggs, the Triple-Crown Tennis Champion. He  likewise entered in the  uneven 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  college 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  enthusiasm  nevertheless is surfing.  Beginning in Santa Cruz, his favorite  browsing  areas include Topanga, Rincon, Hawaii and Costa Rica. He shared this  interest with his family and  exceptionally taught each of his  youngsters to surf by the time they were  3 years old! Even today, the family  takes pleasure in an annual ten-day  browsing  journey together. Bob has been a sports  caring  individual all his life. <br> Robert Duggan has a  present for  motivating 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,  health and public policy will be  released in 2012. He lectures and  carries out workshops  across the country and internationally,  consisting of the 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 since 1973 and <a href="http://www.john73h9snfblog.myblog.de/john73h9snfblog">Click Here</a> is Senior Faculty, Co-founder, and President Emeritus of Tai Sophia Institute in Laurel, Maryland. He co-founded  among the  very first acupuncture clinics in the state and the country and  has actually  acted as chairman of the Maryland State Board of Acupuncture.<br>Bob Duggan is a nationally recognized  idea leader, speaker and  consultant to policy makers and organizations on complementary medicine and  health. He  has actually 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  Residence Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine. He has served on the board of trustees of The Horizon Foundation.<br> Duggan  has actually 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  Neighborhood Studies from New York University and a master's degree in Moral  Faith from St. Joseph's  Academy. His master's  credentials 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.