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 took up running and tennis. Bob  delighted in playing many tennis matches with Kirk Kerkorian  as well as developed a friendship with Bobby Riggs, the Triple-Crown Tennis  Champ. He also  went into in the hilly Palos Verdes Marathon and  completed in 2 hours and 49 minutes. <br>An enthusiastic fan of the LA Lakers Basketball Team, Bob Duggan  had the ability to play on weekends in Santa Barbara with Pat Riley and friends. A huge soccer fan after  training his children's soccer team, he was  granted a collegiate  champion 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  interest however 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 of ages! Even today, the family  takes pleasure in an annual ten-day surfing  journey together. Bob has been a sports  caring  individual all his life. <br> Robert Duggan has a gift for inspiring his patients and  customers to see  brand-new  opportunities. He is the author of  Good sense for the  Recovery Arts (2003). His upcoming book on  neighborhood,  health and public policy will be published in 2012. He lectures and  carries out workshops nationally and  worldwide, including the highly popular Redefining Health. In 2009, he was a  speaker at the first TEDx MidAtlantic Conference. <br>A  trendsetter for the acupuncturere  career, he  has actually practiced  standard acupuncture  because 1973 and is Senior Faculty, Co-founder, and President Emeritus of Tai Sophia Institute in Laurel, Maryland. He co-founded  among the 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  country wide recognized thought leader, speaker and  consultant to policy makers and  companies on complementary  medication and  health. He has  affirmed  prior to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions and  has actually been a panelist at  conferences sponsored by <a href="http://www.kiwibox.com/joshua70r0pdrbl/blog">find more info</a> the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the White  Home Commission on Complementary and  Natural medicine. He has served on the board of trustees of The Horizon Foundation.<br> Duggan has advanced degrees in  approach,  faith, human relations, inter-cultural communications, canon law and acupuncture, and  has actually  acted as a priest in the U.S. and abroad. He  made a master's degree in Human Relations and Community Studies from  New york city 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  Standard Chinese Acupuncture in the  Uk. He is a  across the country  licensed Diplomate of Acupuncture and a licensed acupuncturist in the state of Maryland.