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 regularly  took pleasure in swimming,  browsing and annual ski  journeys to Aspen. Bob enjoyed playing  numerous tennis matches with Kirk Kerkorian and  likewise developed a  relationship with Bobby Riggs, the Triple-Crown Tennis  Champ. <br>An  passionate fan of the LA Lakers Basketball  Group, Bob Duggan  had the ability to  use weekends in Santa Barbara with Pat Riley and  buddies. A  big soccer fan after  training his children's soccer  group, he was awarded a  college championship ring when UCSB won the  nationwide title. He was a major supporter of the university's  arising soccer program.<br> Robert Duggan's greatest life-long athletic passion however is surfing.  Beginning in Santa Cruz, his  preferred surfing  areas include Topanga, Rincon, Hawaii and Costa Rica. He shared this  interest with his  household and  unbelievably taught each of his  kids to surf by the time they were  3 years old! Even today, the  household enjoys an  yearly ten-day  browsing trip together. Bob has been a sports loving  individual all his life. <br> Robert Duggan has a  present for  motivating his  clients and clients to see new  opportunities. He is the author of Common Sense for the Healing Arts (2003). His upcoming book on community,  health and public policy  will certainly be  released in 2012. He lectures and conducts workshops  across the country and internationally,  consisting of the  extremely popular Redefining Health. In 2009, he was a presenter at the  very first TEDx MidAtlantic Conference. <br>A  trendsetter for the acupuncturere  occupation, he  has actually practiced  conventional 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  nation and has  functioned as chairman <a href="http://www.23hq.com/profitblog73f8ojdblog/story/19037682">more information</a> of the Maryland State Board of Acupuncture.<br>Bob Duggan is a nationally  acknowledged thought leader, speaker and  consultant to policy makers and organizations on complementary medicine and  health. He has  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  Home Commission on Complementary and Alternative  Medication. He has served on the board of trustees of The Horizon Foundation.<br> Duggan  has actually advanced degrees in  approach,  faith, 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.