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  wed they lived in Malibu where they  frequently enjoyed swimming, surfing and annual ski  journeys to Aspen. Bob enjoyed playing many tennis matches with Kirk Kerkorian and also developed a  relationship with Bobby Riggs, the Triple-Crown Tennis Champion. <br>An enthusiastic fan of the LA Lakers Basketball  Group, Bob Duggan  had the ability to  use weekends in Santa Barbara with Pat Riley and  buddies. A huge soccer fan after coaching his  kids's soccer team, he was  granted a  college championship ring when UCSB won the national title. He was a  significant supporter of the university's emerging soccer program.<br> Robert Duggan's greatest life-long athletic  interest  nevertheless is  browsing. Even today, the family  delights in an  yearly ten-day surfing trip together. <br> Robert Duggan has a gift for  motivating his patients and  customers to see  brand-new  opportunities. He is the author of  Usual Sense for the  Recovery Arts (2003). His  approaching book on  neighborhood,  health and public policy will be  released in 2012. He lectures and  performs workshops nationally and  worldwide, including the highly popular Redefining Health. In 2009, he was a  speaker at the  very first TEDx MidAtlantic Conference. <br>A  trendsetter for the acupuncturere profession, he  has actually practiced traditional acupuncture  given that 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 country and has  functioned as chairman of the Maryland State Board of Acupuncture.<br>Bob Duggan is a  country wide recognized thought leader, speaker and advisor to policy makers and organizations on complementary medicine and wellness. He has testified before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions and has been a panelist at  conferences sponsored by the <a href="http://www.kiwibox.com/logan48s1qgvblo/blog">see</a> National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the White House Commission on Complementary and Alternative Medicine. He has 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 actually served as a priest in the U.S. and abroad. His master's  credentials in Acupuncture is from the College of  Conventional Chinese Acupuncture in the United Kingdom.