LOS ANGELES (June 1, 2006) -- Los Angeles Orthopaedic Hospital announced today that the 17th Annual Paul and Berniece Harbers Runyan Memorial Golf Classic raised a record breaking $150,000 to benefit the Hospital's Pediatric Cast Clinic. The event, held at the Oakmont Country Club in Glendale, honored the contributions of golf legend Paul Runyan, and his wife Berniece Harbers Runyan, long-time supporters of Los Angeles Orthopaedic Hospital. This year's special honoree was legendary golfer Raymond Floyd.

About the Pediatric Cast Clinic: Los Angeles Orthopaedic Hospital's Pediatric Cast Clinic is the largest of the 20 clinics offered at Orthopaedic's Outpatient Medical Center. As many as 200 children a day are seen each time the Cast Clinic is held, and the numbers are escalating dramatically. In 2005, more than 16,000 children's visits were made to this clinic -- an increase of 12% from the 13,027 visits made in 2004.

Over the past two years, support from the Los Angeles Orthopaedic Hospital Foundation for this Cast Clinic has totaled more than $1,125,000. Serving the growing number of children in need is only possible through the generous contributions of donors.

About Los Angeles Orthopaedic Hospital: Los Angeles Orthopaedic Hospital (LAOH) is a recognized world leader in patient care, teaching and research in orthopaedic medicine, resulting in an improved quality of life for children and adults with crippling disorders. For nearly a century, LAOH has been helping children afflicted with crippling conditions lead healthy, active lives, regardless of their families' ability to pay. The Hospital has been, and continues to be, supported by the Los Angeles Orthopaedic Hospital Foundation. LAOH is expanding both its treatment and research facilities. In a partnership with UCLA, a new inpatient hospital and residency program for orthopaedic surgery is being established in Santa Monica (opening 2009) and the new Orthopaedic Hospital Research Center will be the largest and most sophisticated musculoskeletal research facility in the world (opening early 2007 on the UCLA campus). www.orthohospital.org.

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SOURCE: Los Angeles Orthopaedic Hospital