Bob Duggan is an  devoted  sportsperson and  has actually been all his life. He  matured in San Jose and attended St. Francis  Senior high 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  routinely enjoyed swimming,  browsing and  yearly ski trips to Aspen. Bob  took pleasure in playing many tennis matches with Kirk Kerkorian and  likewise developed a  relationship with Bobby Riggs, the Triple-Crown Tennis Champion. <br>An enthusiastic fan of the LA Lakers Basketball Team, Bob Duggan was able to  use weekends in Santa Barbara with Pat Riley and  close friends. A huge soccer fan after coaching his  kids'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  biggest life-long athletic  enthusiasm  nevertheless is surfing. Even today, the family  takes pleasure in an annual ten-day surfing  journey together. <br> Robert Duggan has a  present for  motivating his patients and  customers to see  brand-new possibilities. He lectures and  carries out workshops  across the country and internationally, including the  extremely popular Redefining Health. <br>A  trendsetter for the acupuncturere profession, he has 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 recognized  idea leader, speaker and advisor to policy makers and organizations on complementary  medication and  health. He has 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  Residence 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,  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  Academy. His master's  credentials in Acupuncture is from the College <a href="http://nathan59q8mctblog.soup.io/post/506245463/Dr-Mcrorie-Celebration">visit</a> of  Standard Chinese Acupuncture in the United Kingdom. He is a  country wide  accredited Diplomate of Acupuncture and a  accredited acupuncturist in the state of Maryland.