SAN FRANCISCO--(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 at the Gamma Knife del Pacífico Institute that AMS has opened at the Air Force Hospital in Lima, Peru.

AMS Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Ernest A. Bates, M.D., said, "We are proud that AMS has made the benefits of the Gamma Knife available to cancer patients in Peru. With a population of more than 9 million in metropolitan Lima alone, and more than 28 million in the country as a whole, we anticipate significant demand for Gamma Knife services at our newest center, the first and only Gamma Knife center in Peru."

Dr. Aldo Berti, an internationally recognized neurosurgeon, is the medical director for the Gamma Knife program at the Gamma Knife del Pacífico Institute.
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, the latest IGRT and IMRT systems, as well as its proprietary Operating Room for the 21st CenturySM concept. AMS owns a common stock investment in Mevion Medical Systems, Inc., developer of the compact MEVION S250TM Proton Therapy System.

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