Bob Duggan is an  devoted 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  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 team, he led his fraternity to the season's victory. <br> When they married they  stayed in Malibu where they  frequently enjoyed swimming, surfing and  yearly ski  journeys to Aspen. They took up 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  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  close friends. A huge soccer fan after  training his children's soccer  group, he was  granted a collegiate  champion ring when UCSB won the national title. He was a  significant  fan of the university's emerging soccer program.<br> Robert Duggan's  biggest life-long athletic passion  nevertheless is  browsing. Starting in Santa Cruz, his  preferred surfing spots  consist of Topanga, Rincon, Hawaii and Costa Rica. He shared this passion with his  household and  unbelievably taught each of his  kids to  browse by the time they were three years old! Even today, the  household enjoys an  yearly ten-day surfing trip together. Bob  has actually been a sports loving  individual all his life. <br> Robert Duggan has a  present for inspiring his  clients and  customers to see new  opportunities. He is the author <a href="http://www.23hq.com/david38q1voiblog/story/19038260">his comment is here</a> of  Good sense for the Healing Arts (2003). His upcoming book on  neighborhood, wellness and public policy will be  released in 2012. He lectures and conducts workshops  country wide and  worldwide, including the highly popular Redefining Health. In 2009, he was a  speaker at the  very first TEDx MidAtlantic Conference. <br>A  pioneer for the acupuncturere  career, he  has actually practiced traditional acupuncture  considering that 1973 and is Senior  Professors, Co-founder, and President Emeritus of Tai Sophia Institute in Laurel, Maryland. He co-founded one of the first acupuncture  centers 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  affirmed before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions and has 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 advanced degrees in  approach,  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  certification in Acupuncture is from the College of  Standard Chinese Acupuncture in the  Uk. He is a nationally  accredited Diplomate of Acupuncture and a  certified acupuncturist in the state of Maryland.