Bob Duggan is an  devoted  sportsperson and has been all his life. He  matured in San Jose and  went to St. Francis  Senior high 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  frequently  delighted in swimming, surfing and  yearly ski trips to Aspen. Bob enjoyed playing  lots of tennis matches with Kirk Kerkorian and also developed a friendship with Bobby Riggs, the Triple-Crown Tennis  Champ. <br>An enthusiastic fan of the LA Lakers Basketball  Group, Bob Duggan  had the ability to play on weekends in Santa Barbara with Pat Riley and  good friends. A huge soccer fan after coaching his  youngsters's soccer  group, he was awarded a  college championship ring when UCSB won the  nationwide title. He was a  significant  advocate of the university's  arising soccer program.<br> Robert Duggan's greatest life-long athletic passion however is  browsing.  Beginning in Santa Cruz, his favorite  browsing  areas  consist of Topanga, Rincon, Hawaii and Costa Rica. He shared this passion with his family and  extremely taught each of his children to surf by the time they were three  years of ages! Even today, the family  delights in an  yearly ten-day surfing  journey together. Bob  has actually been a sports loving  individual all his life. <br> Robert Duggan has a  present for inspiring his <a href="http://profitbot36k7iwlblog.wordpress.com/2014/12/21/robert-duggan-determining-a-secondary-education-during-your-primary-college-search/">visite site</a> patients and  customers to see 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 published in 2012. He lectures and  performs workshops  country wide and  worldwide, including the  extremely popular Redefining Health. In 2009, he was a  speaker at the first TEDx MidAtlantic Conference. <br>A  trendsetter for the acupuncturere  occupation, he has practiced  standard acupuncture  given that 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  centers in the state and the country and has  acted 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 organizations on complementary  medication and  health. He  has actually  affirmed before 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  Residence Commission on Complementary and  Natural medicine. He  has actually served on the board of trustees of The Horizon Foundation.<br> Duggan has advanced degrees in philosophy, theology, 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  Faith from St. Joseph's Seminary. His master's qualification in Acupuncture is from the College of Traditional Chinese Acupuncture in the  Uk. He is a  country wide certified Diplomate of Acupuncture and a  certified acupuncturist in the state of Maryland.