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 also  took pleasure 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  triumph. <br> When they  wed they lived in Malibu where they  frequently enjoyed swimming,  browsing and annual ski trips to Aspen. They  occupied running and tennis. Bob  took pleasure in playing  numerous tennis matches with Kirk Kerkorian  as well as  established a friendship with Bobby Riggs, the Triple-Crown Tennis Champion. He  likewise  went into in the hilly Palos Verdes Marathon and finished in 2 hours and 49 minutes. <br>An  passionate fan of the LA Lakers Basketball  Group, Bob Duggan  had the ability to play on weekends in Santa Barbara with Pat Riley and  pals. A huge soccer fan after coaching his  youngsters's soccer team, he was  granted a collegiate  champion ring when UCSB won the  nationwide title. He was a major  advocate of the university's  arising soccer program.<br> Robert Duggan's  biggest life-long athletic  enthusiasm however is  browsing. Even today, the  household  delights in an annual ten-day  browsing trip together. <br> Robert Duggan has a gift for  motivating his  clients and clients to see  brand-new  opportunities. He is the author of  Sound judgment for the Healing Arts (2003). His upcoming book on  neighborhood,  health and public policy  will certainly be published in 2012. He lectures and  carries out workshops  across the country and  globally, including the highly popular Redefining Health. <a href="http://blog.easybranches.com/activity-streams/p/1047212/">use this link</a> In 2009, he was a presenter at the first TEDx MidAtlantic Conference. <br>A trailblazer for the acupuncturere profession, he  has actually practiced  conventional 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 first acupuncture clinics in the state and the country and has  acted as chairman of the Maryland State Board of Acupuncture.<br>Bob Duggan is a  across the country recognized  idea leader, speaker and  consultant to policy makers and  companies on complementary  medication and  health. He  has actually testified  prior to 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  Home Commission on Complementary and Alternative  Medication. He has served on the board of trustees of The Horizon Foundation.<br> Duggan has advanced degrees in  viewpoint, theology, human relations, inter-cultural communications, canon law and acupuncture, and  has actually served as a priest in the U.S. and abroad. His master's  certification in Acupuncture is from the College of Traditional Chinese Acupuncture in the United Kingdom.