American Shared Hospital Services Announces Contract to Supply a Gamma Knife Perfexion System to Bryan Medical Center
March 02 2017 - 8:03AM
Business Wire
AMERICAN SHARED HOSPITAL SERVICES (NYSE MKT:AMS), a
leading provider of turnkey technology solutions for advanced
radiosurgical and radiation therapy services, announced today that
it has entered into a contract to supply a Gamma Knife® Perfexion™
system to Bryan Medical Center, Lincoln, Nebraska. This new
Gamma Knife system, the eighteenth in AMS' portfolio, is expected
to begin treating patients in the second half of 2017.
AMS Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Ernest A. Bates, M.D.,
said, "AMS continues to lead the way in making the Gamma Knife
Perfexion system available to hospitals and their brain tumor,
trigeminal neuralgia and vascular malformation patients throughout
the United States. We are pleased that AMS' creative financing
solutions will make it possible for patients at Bryan Medical
Center to benefit from this advanced therapeutic technology."
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.
About Bryan Medical Center
Bryan Medical Center is a 640-bed, non-profit, locally owned,
health care 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.
Safe Harbor Statement
This press release may be deemed to contain certain
forward-looking statements with respect to the initiation of
patient treatments using the Gamma Knife Perfexion system American
Shared Hospital Services will supply to Bryan Medical Center. These
statements involve risks and uncertainties including, but not
limited to, the risks of the timing, financing, and operations of
the Company’s Gamma Knife 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, 2015, its Form
10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2016, June 30, 2016 and
September 30, 2016, and the definitive Proxy Statement for the
Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on June 21, 2016.
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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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