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 lived in Malibu where they  routinely enjoyed swimming, surfing and annual ski trips to Aspen. Bob  delighted in playing  numerous tennis matches with Kirk Kerkorian and also developed a friendship 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  buddies. A  big soccer fan after coaching his  kids's soccer team, he was awarded a  college championship ring when UCSB won the national 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. Even today, the  household  takes pleasure in an annual ten-day surfing trip together. <br> Robert Duggan has a gift for inspiring his patients and  customers to see  brand-new  opportunities. He lectures and  carries out workshops  country wide and internationally,  consisting of the highly popular Redefining Health. <br>A trailblazer for the acupuncturere profession, he  has actually practiced  conventional acupuncture  because 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 actually  acted 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  companies on complementary  medication and  health. He has testified before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions and has been a panelist <a href="http://www.23hq.com/james37k7hxmblog/story/18925141">Continued</a> at meetings sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the White  Home Commission on Complementary and  Natural medicine. He  has actually served on the board of trustees of The Horizon Foundation.<br> Duggan has advanced degrees in  viewpoint, 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.