American Shared Hospital Services Announces Contract to Supply a Gamma Knife Perfexion System (AMS)

AMERICAN SHARED HOSPITAL SERVICES 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 Lovelace Medical Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The Perfexion system will be an upgrade to the existing Gamma Knife at Lovelace Medical Center that was installed by AMS in 2003. Patients will start being treated on the Perfexion at Lovelace Medical Center in May 2011. This is the tenth Perfexion system AMS has installed to date. "For years, our integrated cancer care program has provided a full range of treatments for cancer and tumor-related illnesses, including radiation therapy and Gamma Knife technology through the only Gamma Knife center in New Mexico," said David Nevill, Chief Executive Officer of Lovelace Medical Center. "The Perfexion system, widely regarded as the most advanced stereotactic radiosurgery system available today, refines and expands the therapeutic potential for radiosurgery procedures in the brain, cervical spine and head and neck regions. We are proud to provide this state-of-the-art technology to better serve our cancer patients."