Legg Calve Perthes Foundation Welcomes Mr.

Cameron Mathison, Actor and

Host, as Honorary Board Member

Washington, DC, July 13, 2018 --(PR.com)-- The Legg Calve Perthes Foundation, dedicated to
improving research, education, and awareness of Perthes, voted in a new Board member this month. Mr.
Cameron Mathison is a well-known TV personality, host, and actor. Mathison has extensive personal
experience with Perthes, living with Perthes as a child himself. “The Board is enthusiastic with the
addition of Cameron to the Legg Calve Perthes Foundation mission. This alliance will serve as a conduit
to new audiences and continued awareness of Perthes,” said Foundation founder Colleen Rathgeber.

Mr. Mathison will serve alongside esteemed surgeons who have dedicated their careers to the rare
childhood disease; Dr. Harry Kim of Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children, Dr. Wudbhav Sankar of
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, and Dr. Jennifer Laine of Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare.

Mr. Cameron Mathison, a Canadian born actor, currently lives in Los Angeles CA with wife and two
children. He spent several years of his career as an actor on ABC's “All My Children.” Mathison
currently works as a co-host on Entertainment Tonight and star of several Hallmark Network movies and
Hallmark's Home and Family series. Cameron is a loving father, proud husband, Emmy winning Host,
Health and Fitness enthusiast, and deeply rooted to philanthropic endeavors. “I am very grateful for the
opportunity to serve as an honoree board member to a cause that is so meaningful and personal to me,”
Cameron said.

Legg-Calvé-Perthes Disease (LCPD) is a childhood hip disorder initiated by a disruption of blood flow to
the ball of the femur called the femoral head. Due to the lack of blood flow, the bone dies (osteonecrosis
or avascular necrosis) and stops growing. LCPD usually occurs in children aged 4-10 years. Perthes
disease is one of the most common hip disorders in young children, occurring in roughly 5.5 of 100,000
children per year. The lifetime risk of a child developing the disease is about one per 1,200 individuals.
Boys are affected about three to five times more often than girls.

For additional information on how to help or donate to the Foundation, contact Colleen Rathgeber at
202-505-9360 via email at colleen@perthes.org.

About Legg Calve Perthes Foundation

The Legg-Calve-Perthes Foundation is a national health and educational organization dedicated to
helping adults living with Perthes, families with children diagnosed with Perthes, and providing support
with associated difficulties that often come with the Perthes diagnosis. The Foundation's mission is to
create a centralized support community to improve the research, education, and awareness of those
diagnosed with Perthes. The Foundation began in 2017, when a group of parents acknowledged that there
was not a single resource dedicated to a disease that would consume most of their children's childhood.
The Board Members today are either impacted directly from a clinical or family perspective.

Further details about Legg Calve Perthes Foundation can be found at Perthes.org

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Legg Calve Perthes Foundation
Colleen Rathgeber
202-505-9360
Contact via Email
perthes.org

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