He grew up in San Jose and  went to 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  stayed in Malibu where they  routinely enjoyed swimming, surfing and annual ski trips to Aspen. They  occupied running and tennis. Bob  delighted in playing  numerous tennis matches with Kirk Kerkorian  as well as  established a  relationship with Bobby Riggs, the Triple-Crown Tennis  Champ. He  likewise entered in the hilly Palos Verdes Marathon and finished in 2 hours and 49 minutes. <br>An  passionate fan of the LA Lakers Basketball Team, 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 team, he was  granted a collegiate  champion ring when UCSB won the  nationwide title. He was a major  fan of the university's emerging soccer program.<br> Robert Duggan's greatest life-long athletic  enthusiasm  nevertheless is  browsing. Even today, the family  delights in an  yearly ten-day surfing trip together. <br> Robert Duggan has a  present for inspiring his patients and  customers to see new possibilities. He is the author of  Sound judgment for the Healing Arts (2003). His  approaching book on  neighborhood,  health and public policy will be published in 2012. He lectures and  carries out workshops <a href="http://michael592w2tg6.exteen.com/20141221/robert-duggan-uc-santa-barbara-gauchos">Our site</a> nationally and  worldwide,  consisting of the highly popular Redefining Health. In 2009, he was a presenter at the  very first TEDx MidAtlantic Conference. <br>A  trendsetter for the acupuncturere profession, he has practiced  conventional acupuncture  given that 1973 and is Senior Faculty, Co-founder, and President Emeritus of Tai Sophia Institute in Laurel, Maryland. He co-founded one of the first acupuncture  centers in the state and the  nation and has  worked as chairman of the Maryland State Board of Acupuncture.<br>Bob Duggan is a  across the country recognized thought leader, speaker and  consultant to policy makers and  companies on complementary  medication and wellness. He has  affirmed  prior to 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  Home Commission on Complementary and Alternative  Medication. He  has actually served on the board of trustees of The Horizon Foundation.<br> Duggan  has actually advanced degrees in  approach, theology, human relations, inter-cultural communications, canon law and acupuncture, and has served as a priest in the U.S. and abroad. His master's  credentials in Acupuncture is from the College of  Standard Chinese Acupuncture in the United Kingdom.