Bob Duggan is an avid sportsman and  has actually been all his life. He  matured 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 victory. <br> When they married they lived in Malibu where they  frequently  took pleasure in swimming, surfing and  yearly ski trips to Aspen. Bob enjoyed playing  numerous tennis matches with Kirk Kerkorian and  likewise developed a  relationship with Bobby Riggs, the Triple-Crown Tennis Champion. <br>An  passionate fan of the LA Lakers Basketball Team, Bob Duggan  had the ability to  use weekends in Santa Barbara with Pat Riley and  pals. A  big soccer fan after coaching his  kids's soccer  group, he was awarded a  college championship ring when UCSB won the national title. He was a  significant supporter of the university's  arising <a href="http://www.kiwibox.com/james344ykvhblo/blog">link</a> soccer program.<br> Robert Duggan's greatest life-long athletic  enthusiasm however is surfing. Even today, the  household enjoys an  yearly ten-day  browsing trip together. <br> Robert Duggan has a gift for inspiring his  clients and  customers to see new  opportunities. He lectures and  performs workshops nationally and  globally,  consisting of the highly popular Redefining Health. <br>A  pioneer for the acupuncturere  career, he has practiced  conventional acupuncture  considering that 1973 and is Senior Faculty, 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 nationally recognized  idea leader, speaker and  consultant to policy makers and organizations on complementary medicine and  health. He  has actually testified before 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 House Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine. He  has actually served on the board of trustees of The Horizon Foundation.<br> Duggan has advanced degrees in philosophy,  faith, human relations, inter-cultural communications, canon law and acupuncture, and has served as a priest in the U.S. and abroad. His master's  certification in Acupuncture is from the College of  Standard Chinese Acupuncture in the United Kingdom.