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  yearly ski trips to Aspen. Bob  delighted in playing  lots of tennis matches with Kirk Kerkorian and  likewise developed a friendship with Bobby Riggs, the Triple-Crown Tennis Champion. <br>An  passionate fan of the LA Lakers Basketball  Group, Bob Duggan was able to play on weekends in Santa Barbara with Pat Riley and  good friends. A  big soccer fan after coaching his  kids's soccer team, he was awarded a collegiate  champion ring when UCSB won the  nationwide title. He was a major  advocate of the university's  arising soccer program.<br> Robert Duggan's  biggest life-long athletic  enthusiasm however is surfing. Even today, the family  takes pleasure in an  yearly ten-day  browsing  journey together. <br> Robert Duggan has a  present for inspiring his  clients and clients to see new  opportunities. He is the author <a href="http://ethan69p9ocrblog.soup.io/post/509854831/">browse this site</a> of  Typical Sense for the Healing Arts (2003). His  approaching book on  neighborhood, wellness and public policy will be published in 2012. He lectures and  carries out workshops nationally and  globally, including the  extremely popular Redefining Health. In 2009, he was a  speaker at the first TEDx MidAtlantic Conference. <br>A trailblazer for the acupuncturere  career, he has practiced  conventional acupuncture since 1973 and is Senior Faculty, Co-founder, and President Emeritus of Tai Sophia Institute in Laurel, Maryland. He co-founded one of the  very 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  country wide recognized thought leader, speaker and advisor to policy makers and organizations on complementary  medication and  health. He  has actually  affirmed before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions and  has actually 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 advanced degrees in  viewpoint,  faith, human relations, inter-cultural communications, canon law and acupuncture, and  has actually  acted as a priest in the U.S. and abroad. He  made a master's degree in Human Relations and  Neighborhood  Researches from  New york city University and a master's degree in Moral Theology from St. Joseph's Seminary. His master's  certification in Acupuncture is from the College of Traditional Chinese Acupuncture in the  Uk. He is a  across the country  licensed Diplomate of Acupuncture and a  certified acupuncturist in the state of Maryland.