Attention All Youth Athletes: Improve Your Peak Performance! It's FREE!

Dr. Richard Bowen and Dr. Cindy Bailey of Los Angeles Orthopaedic Hospital will teach young athletes how to prevent sports injuries and the importance of:

- proper nutrition - stretching - hydration - joint care and other health topics

Youth Sports Awareness Day is FREE and takes place on Saturday, March 10, from 10 a.m. to 12 noon at Palos Verdes High School (MPR), 600 Cloyden Road. (Please drive through the front entrance and look for event signs.)

Created and produced by Las Ninas de Las Madrecitas, a support group of Los Angeles Orthopaedic Hospital. For more information, call Barbara Murray, LAOH, at (213) 742-1532.

SAVE THE DATE!

The 11th Annual Combined Pediatric Orthopaedic Visiting Professor Program is scheduled for Friday, March 30. This year's program presents:

Kenneth J. Noonan, M.D., Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine (John C. Wilson Sr. Visiting Professor for Children's Hospital Los Angeles)

James W. Roach, M.D., Professor, Department of Orthopaedics, University of Pittsburgh; Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh (Charles LeRoy Lowman Visiting Professor for Los Angeles Orthopaedic Hospital)

Lori A. Karol, M.D., Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children (G. Wilbur Westin Visiting Professor for Shriners Hospitals for Children, Los Angeles)

This program will take place at Shriner's Hospitals for Children (3160 Geneva Street, 1st floor auditorium in Los Angeles). Additional program information will be available soon. Please check back.

We look forward to your attendance.