Bob Duggan is an  passionate sportsman and  has actually been all his life. He  matured in San Jose and attended St. Francis High School in Mountain View where he played basketball. He  likewise  took pleasure in swimming and  browsing. At the University of California in Santa Barbara, he played intramural sports. As captain of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon basketball team, he led his fraternity to the season's  triumph. <br> When they  wed they lived in Malibu where they  frequently  delighted in swimming,  browsing and  yearly ski trips to Aspen. They  used up running and tennis. Bob  took pleasure in playing many tennis matches with Kirk Kerkorian and  likewise  established a  relationship with Bobby Riggs, the Triple-Crown Tennis  Champ. He also  went into in the  sloping Palos Verdes Marathon and finished in 2 hours and 49 minutes. <br>An enthusiastic fan of the LA Lakers Basketball Team, Bob Duggan  had the ability to  use weekends in Santa Barbara with Pat Riley and  buddies. A  big soccer fan after  training his children's soccer  group, he was  granted a collegiate championship ring when UCSB won the  nationwide title. He was a  significant  fan of the university's  arising soccer program.<br> Robert Duggan's  biggest life-long athletic passion however is  browsing. Starting in Santa Cruz, his favorite  browsing  areas  consist of Topanga, Rincon, Hawaii and Costa Rica. He shared this passion with his  household and incredibly taught each of his  kids to  browse by the time they were three  years of ages! Even today, the  household  delights 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  motivating his patients and clients to see  brand-new possibilities. He is the author of  Good sense for the  Recovery Arts (2003). His upcoming book on community,  health and public policy will be published in 2012. He lectures and  performs workshops nationally and  globally,  consisting of the highly popular Redefining Health. In 2009, he was a presenter at the  very first TEDx MidAtlantic Conference. <br>A  trendsetter for the acupuncturere profession, he  has actually practiced  standard acupuncture since 1973 and 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  acknowledged thought leader, speaker and advisor to policy makers and  companies on complementary  medication and wellness. He has  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 actually 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 <a href="http://heating71v2tiyblog.edublogs.org/2014/12/22/bob-duggan-overview-associated-san-nicolas-dorm-via-uc-santa-barbara/">view website</a> master's degree in Human Relations and Community  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.