American Shared Hospital Services Announces Boston Gamma Knife Center Opening.SAN FRANCISCO--(BW HealthWire)--Aug. 19, 1999-- AMERICAN SHARED HOSPITAL SERVICES (AMEX AMEX See: American Stock Exchange :AMS)(PCX:AMS) for Common Stock, the world leader in providing Gamma Knife radiosurgery services, Thursday said that the Boston Gamma Knife Center, American Shared's seventh operational Gamma Knife unit, commenced operation on August 16, 1999. The Boston Gamma Knife Center is located at New England Medical Center, the principal teaching hospital for Tufts University School of Medicine The Tufts University School of Medicine is one of the eight schools that comprise Tufts University. Located on the university's health sciences campus in the Chinatown district of Boston, Massachusetts, the medical school has clinical affiliations with thousands of doctors and in Boston. Ernest A. Bates, M.D., Chairman and CEO of American Shared, said, "This newest Gamma Knife is our first in Massachusetts and our seventh in operation. We have additional Gamma Knife units scheduled to open in September in Little Rock, Arkansas Little Rock, Arkansas required military intervention to desegregate schools (1957–1958). [Am. Hist.: Van Doren, 556–557] See : Bigotry and in December in Edison, NJ, followed by three more units in Milwaukee, Las Vegas and Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro, city, Brazil Rio de Janeiro (rē`ō də zhänā`rō, Port. rē`  thĭ zhənĕē`r in 2000." The Gamma Knife is a stereotactic stereotactic /ster·eo·tac·tic/ (-tak´tik) 1. characterized by precise positioning in space; said especially of discrete areas of the brain that control specific functions. 2. pertaining to stereotactic surgery. radiosurgical device manufactured by Elekta AB of Sweden (Stockholm Stock Exchange The Stockholm Stock Exchange (Swedish: Stockholmsbörsen) is a stock exchange located in Stockholm, Sweden. Founded in 1863 [1] it is the primary securities exchange of the Nordic Countries. :"ETKA"). The Gamma Knife treats certain vascular malformations and brain tumors without invasive surgery. It uses three dimensional computer modeling to target a high dose of radiation at abnormal tissue. More than 100,000 patients worldwide already have been treated with Gamma Knife units. American Shared Hospital Services is a medical services company, with interests in radiosurgery services (through its 81% interest in GK Financing, LLC) and its program for The Operating Room for the 21st Century(SM). Headquarters are in San Francisco. |
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