ADVISORY/Orthopaedic Hospital and UCLA Break Ground for New Research Facility.

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ADVISORY...for Tuesday (July 29)

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WHAT:   To expand its internationally recognized research
        capabilities, Los Angeles Orthopaedic Hospital is joining with
        UCLA to break ground for the construction of a
        95,000-square-foot basic science research facility on the UCLA
        Westwood campus. Focusing on molecular biology and genetics,
        the research has the potential to effectively eliminate many
        of the devastating crippling disorders affecting the thousands
        of children that Orthopaedic Hospital sees each year.

        With state-of-the-art laboratories and support services, the
        Orthopaedic Hospital research center will provide clinical
        care, educate medical students and pursue medical research
        with regard to musculoskeletal disorders. Designed by the
        renowned Cesar Pelli & Associates, the center will support the
        expanded research capacity and collaboration between
        researchers from Orthopaedic Hospital and UCLA's Los Angeles
        campus, while facilitating the discovery of new therapies for
        debilitating injuries and permanent cures of musculoskeletal
        disorders.

        Together, Orthopaedic Hospital and UCLA are developing a world
        class, state-of-the-art comprehensive research program in the
        field of orthopaedic medicine, offering new hope for children
        and adults with crippling disorders. For more than 90 years,
        Orthopaedic Hospital has been a recognized world leader in
        patient care, teaching and research in orthopaedic medicine.

WHEN:   Tuesday, July 29, 2003
        10:30 am

WHERE:  UCLA Campus (southwest corner of Manning Avenue and Charles
        E. Young Drive East)

WHO:    James V. Luck, Jr., MD, president, CEO and medical director,
        Orthopaedic Hospital; Dr. Gerald S. Levey, provost of medical
        sciences and dean of the UCLA School of Medicine; and other
        Orthopaedic Hospital and UCLA executives.

Note to Editors: Post-event photographs and interviews are available
                 upon request.