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  delighted in swimming, surfing and annual ski  journeys to Aspen. Bob  delighted in playing  numerous tennis matches with Kirk Kerkorian and also developed a  relationship with Bobby Riggs, the Triple-Crown Tennis  Champ. <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  good friends. A  big soccer fan after coaching his children's soccer  group, he was  granted a collegiate championship ring when UCSB won the national title. He was a major  advocate of the university's  arising soccer program.<br> Robert Duggan's greatest life-long athletic  enthusiasm  nevertheless is  browsing.  Beginning in Santa Cruz, his favorite surfing spots include Topanga, Rincon, Hawaii and Costa Rica. He shared this  enthusiasm with his family and  exceptionally taught each of his  youngsters to  browse by the time they were  3  years of ages! Even today, the family  delights in an  yearly ten-day surfing trip together. Bob  has actually been a sports  caring person all his life. <br> Robert Duggan has a gift for  motivating his patients and  customers to see new possibilities. He lectures and  performs workshops  across the country and  worldwide,  consisting of the highly popular Redefining Health. <br>A trailblazer for the acupuncturere  career, he has practiced  conventional acupuncture since 1973 and is Senior  Professors, Co-founder, and President Emeritus of Tai Sophia Institute in Laurel, Maryland. He co-founded  among the first acupuncture  centers in the state and the  nation and has served as chairman of the Maryland State Board of Acupuncture.<br>Bob Duggan is a nationally recognized thought leader, speaker and  consultant to policy makers and  companies on complementary medicine and  health. He has  <a href="http://matthew94b5ctkblog.wordpress.com/2014/12/15/bob-duggan-leadership/">my latest blog post</a> affirmed  prior to 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 House Commission on Complementary and  Natural medicine. He  has actually 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 served as a priest in the U.S. and abroad. His master's qualification in Acupuncture is from the College of  Conventional Chinese Acupuncture in the United Kingdom.