He grew up in San Jose and attended St. Francis High School in Mountain View where he played basketball. At the University of California in Santa Barbara, he played intramural sports. <br> When they married they lived in Malibu where they  routinely enjoyed swimming, surfing 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  Champ. <br>An enthusiastic fan of the LA Lakers Basketball  Group, Bob Duggan was able to play on weekends in Santa Barbara with Pat Riley and friends. A  big soccer fan after  training his  kids's soccer  group, he was awarded a  college  champion ring when UCSB won the national title. He was a  significant supporter of the university's  arising soccer program.<br> Robert Duggan's  biggest life-long athletic  enthusiasm  nevertheless is surfing.  Beginning in Santa Cruz, his favorite  browsing  areas  consist of Topanga, Rincon, Hawaii and Costa Rica. He shared this  enthusiasm with his family and  unbelievably taught each of his  kids to surf by the time they were  3  years of ages! Even today, the  household  delights in an annual ten-day surfing  journey together. Bob has been a sports  caring  individual all his life. <br> Robert Duggan has a  present for inspiring his patients and  customers to see  brand-new possibilities. He is the author of  Usual Sense for the Healing Arts (2003). His upcoming book on  neighborhood,  health and public policy will be  released in 2012. He lectures and  performs workshops nationally and  globally,  consisting of the highly popular Redefining Health. In 2009, he was a  speaker at the  very first TEDx MidAtlantic Conference. <br>A trailblazer for the acupuncturere  occupation, he  has actually practiced traditional acupuncture  because 1973 and is Senior  Professors, Co-founder, and President Emeritus of Tai Sophia Institute in Laurel, Maryland. He co-founded  among the first acupuncture clinics in the state and the  nation 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. <a href="http://All4Webs.com/t/f/ibrahimbs047hx">check my blog</a> He has served on the board of trustees of The Horizon Foundation.<br> Duggan  has actually advanced degrees in philosophy, 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  Standard Chinese Acupuncture in the United Kingdom.