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  stayed in Malibu where they regularly enjoyed swimming, surfing and annual ski trips to Aspen. They took up running and tennis. Bob enjoyed playing many tennis matches with Kirk Kerkorian  as well as  established a friendship with Bobby Riggs, the Triple-Crown Tennis  Champ. He  likewise entered in the  sloping Palos Verdes Marathon and finished in 2 hours and 49 minutes. <br>An enthusiastic fan of the LA Lakers Basketball Team, Bob Duggan  had the ability to  use weekends in Santa Barbara with Pat Riley and friends. A  big soccer fan after  training his children's soccer team, he was awarded a collegiate championship ring when UCSB won the national title. He was a  significant  fan of the university's  arising soccer program.<br> Robert Duggan's greatest life-long athletic passion  nevertheless is surfing. Starting in Santa Cruz, his favorite surfing  areas include Topanga, Rincon, Hawaii and Costa Rica. He shared this passion with his  household and  exceptionally taught each of his children to surf by the time they were three years old! Even today, the  household enjoys an annual ten-day surfing  journey together. Bob has been a sports  caring  individual all his life. <br> Robert Duggan has a  present for  motivating his patients and clients to see new  opportunities. He is the author of  Good sense for the Healing Arts (2003). His upcoming book on  neighborhood, wellness and public policy will be  released in 2012. He lectures and  performs workshops  country wide and internationally, including the  extremely popular Redefining Health. In 2009, he was a  speaker at the  very first TEDx MidAtlantic Conference. <br>A  pioneer 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  among the  very first acupuncture clinics in the state and the country and  has actually  worked as chairman of the Maryland State Board of Acupuncture.<br>Bob Duggan is a  across the country recognized  idea leader, speaker and advisor to policy makers and  companies on complementary medicine and wellness. He  has actually testified  prior to 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  Residence 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  approach,  faith, human relations, inter-cultural communications, canon law and acupuncture, and  has actually  functioned as a priest in the U.S. and <a href="http://nathan83j9uspblog.wordpress.com/2014/12/13/robert-duggan-podiatrist/">great site</a> abroad. He earned a master's degree in Human Relations and Community Studies from New York University and a master's degree in Moral  Faith from St. Joseph's Seminary. His master's  credentials in Acupuncture is from the College of  Standard Chinese Acupuncture in the United Kingdom. He is a  across the country  accredited Diplomate of Acupuncture and a licensed acupuncturist in the state of Maryland.