Gamma Knife Perfexion System Supplied by American Shared Hospital Services Begins Treating Patients at Bryan Medical Center i...
August 28 2017 - 8:03AM
Business Wire
American Shared Hospital Services (NYSE American:AMS), a leading
provider of turnkey technology solutions for advanced radiosurgical
and radiation therapy services, announced today that physicians
have begun treating patients with the Gamma Knife® Perfexion™
system AMS supplied to Bryan Medical Center, Lincoln, Nebraska.
AMS Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Ernest A. Bates, M.D.
said, "The initiation of Gamma Knife Perfexion treatments at Bryan
Medical Center brings new hope to brain tumor, trigeminal neuralgia
and vascular malformation patients in the Lincoln, Nebraska area.
This is the eighteenth Gamma Knife in AMS' portfolio, and as
always, we are pleased to make it possible for additional cancer
patients to benefit from this advanced therapeutic technology."
About Bryan Medical Center
Bryan Medical Center is a 640-bed, non-profit, locally owned,
healthcare organization serving patients throughout Nebraska, as
well as parts of Kansas, Iowa, South Dakota and other states in the
region. Bryan Medical Center includes two acute care facilities
(Bryan East Campus and Bryan West Campus) and many outpatient
clinics. Premier services include cardiology, neuroscience,
orthopedics, vascular, a Level II Trauma Center, emergency
departments, intensive care, women’s and children’s health, a Level
III NICU, imaging and mental health. Bryan Medical Center also
offers inpatient rehabilitation, mobile diagnostics and treatment,
gastroenterology, oncology, urology, nephrology, pulmonary and
general medicine, robotic assisted surgery and a comprehensive
bariatrics program.
About AMS
American Shared Hospital Services provides turnkey technology
solutions for advanced radiosurgical and radiation therapy
services. AMS is the world leader in providing Gamma Knife
radiosurgery equipment, a non-invasive treatment for malignant and
benign brain tumors, vascular malformations and trigeminal
neuralgia (facial pain). The Company also offers proton therapy,
and the latest IGRT and IMRT systems. AMS owns a common stock
investment in Mevion Medical Systems, Inc., developer of the
compact MEVION S250 Proton Therapy System.
Safe Harbor Statement
This press release may be deemed to contain certain
forward-looking statements with respect to the financial condition,
results of operations and future plans of American Shared Hospital
Services (including statements regarding the expected continued
growth in volume of the MEVION S250 system, the expansion of the
Company's proton therapy business, and the timing of treatments by
new Gamma Knife systems) which involve risks and uncertainties
including, but not limited to, the risks of variability of
financial results between quarters, the risks of the Gamma Knife
and radiation therapy businesses, the risks of developing The
Operating Room for the 21st Century program, the risks of investing
in Mevion Medical Systems, Inc., and the risks of the timing,
financing, and operations of the Company’s proton therapy business.
Further information on potential factors that could affect the
financial condition, results of operations and future plans of
American Shared Hospital Services is included in the filings of the
Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the
Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December
31, 2016, its Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the three months
ended March 31, 2017 and June 30, 2017, and the definitive Proxy
Statement for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on June 27,
2017.
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American Shared Hospital ServicesErnest A. Bates, M.D.,
(415) 788-5300Chairman and Chief Executive Officereabates@ashs.comorBerkman AssociatesNeil
Berkman, (310) 477-3118Presidentinfo@berkmanassociates.com
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