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CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20080331
ITEM INFORMATION:		Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
ITEM INFORMATION:		Financial Statements and Exhibits
FILED AS OF DATE:		20080331
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20080331

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			AMERICAN SHARED HOSPITAL SERVICES
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000744825
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SERVICES-MEDICAL LABORATORIES [8071]
		IRS NUMBER:				942918118
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			CA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-08789
		FILM NUMBER:		08722424

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		FOUR EMBARCADERO CENTER
		STREET 2:		SUITE 3700
		CITY:			SAN FRANCISCO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94111-4107
		BUSINESS PHONE:		415-788-5300

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		FOUR EMBARCADERO CENTER
		STREET 2:		SUITE 3700
		CITY:			SAN FRANCISCO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94111-4107
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, DC 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM 8-K</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>CURRENT REPORT<BR>
Pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 OR 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Date of Report (Date of earliest reported) March&nbsp;31, 2008</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>AMERICAN SHARED HOSPITAL SERVICES</B>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>California</B>
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filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">On March&nbsp;31, 2008, the Company issued a press release announcing it has entered into an agreement
to provide a Leksell Gamma Knife Perfexion unit to USC University Hospital. The full text of the
press release is attached hereto as Exhibit&nbsp;99.1. The Company does not intend for this exhibit to
be incorporated by reference into future filings under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused
this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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    <TD valign="top" align="left">Date:  March 31, 2008      &nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><b>American Shared Hospital
Services</b><BR>
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&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Ernest A. Bates, M.D.&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Exhibit&nbsp;99.1</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>AMERICAN SHARED HOSPITAL SERVICES<BR>
CONTRACTS TO SUPPLY A LEKSELL GAMMA KNIFE PERFEXION SYSTEM<BR>
TO USC UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>San Francisco, CA, March&nbsp;31, 2008 &#151; AMERICAN SHARED HOSPITAL SERVICES (AMEX:AMS)</B>, a leading
provider of turnkey technology solutions for advanced radiosurgical and radiation therapy services,
announced today that it has entered into a 10-year contract to supply a Leksell Gamma Knife<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">&#174;</SUP>
Perfexion&#153; system to USC University Hospital, Los Angeles. This new Perfexion system, the fifth
placed by AMS to date, is expected to begin treating patients in the second half of 2008.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&#147;The Leksell Gamma Knife Perfexion is a new advanced system that takes stereotactic radiosurgery to
the next level, and provides a platform for further refinement and expansion of radiosurgery
procedures related to the brain and upper cervical regions,&#148; said Michael L.J. Apuzzo, M.D., Edwin
M. Todd/Trent H. Wells, Jr. Professor, Neurological Surgery and Radiation Oncology, Biology and
Physics. &#147;We are proud to be among the first cancer centers in the United States to make this
exceptional treatment modality available to our patients.&#148;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">AMS Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Ernest A. Bates, M.D., said, &#147;USC University Hospital was
among our earliest Gamma Knife customers, and ultimately bought the device from us outright at the
end of the lease term in 1999. We welcome them back as a customer for the advanced Perfexion
system. Our new agreement with one of the country&#146;s leading cancer centers clearly demonstrates
the value of AMS&#146; creative financing solutions in making next-generation radiosurgery devices
available and affordable to our clinical partners across the country.&#148;
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>About Leksell Gamma Knife<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">&#174;</SUP> Perfexion&#153;</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Leksell Gamma Knife Perfexion maintains full clinical compatibility with the classic Leksell Gamma
Knife and is supported by efficacy and outcome data from 400,000 treated patients worldwide and
thousands of peer-reviewed scientific articles, making it a proven choice for radiosurgery of the
brain. According to Elekta, Leksell Gamma Knife Perfexion reduces unwanted body dose to the
patient by up to 100 times compared with competing technologies, which is particularly important
for treatment of children and women of childbearing age, and allows for a dramatically increased
treatable volume, which is expected to increase the number of patients that can benefit from Gamma
Knife surgery. Elekta estimates that the fully automated and efficient single push-button approach
can save 3-5 working weeks of physician time per year at an average Gamma Knife center.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>About AMS</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">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
services, a non-invasive treatment for malignant and benign brain tumors, vascular malformations
and trigeminal neuralgia (facial pain). The Company also offers the latest IGRT and IMRT systems,
as well as its proprietary Operating Room for the 21st Century<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">&#174;</SUP> concept. Through its equity
investment in Still River Systems, AMS also plans to complement these services with the Monarch
250<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">TM</SUP> proton beam radiation therapy (PBRT)&nbsp;system, which has not yet been approved by
the FDA.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Safe Harbor Statement</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><I>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,
which involve risks and uncertainties including, but not limited to, the risks of the Gamma Knife
business, the risks of developing its IMRT and The Operating Room for the 21</I><SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"><I>st</I></SUP><I> Century
programs, and the risks of investing in a development-stage company, Still River Systems, Inc.,
without a proven product. 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&#146;s
Annual Report on </I><I>Form 10-K</I><I> and 10-K/A for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2006, </I><I>Form 10-Q</I><I> for the three
months ended March&nbsp;31, 2007, June&nbsp;30, 2007, and September&nbsp;30, 2007 and the definitive Proxy
Statement for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders held on June&nbsp;14, 2007.</I>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Ernest A. Bates, M.D., (415)&nbsp;788-5300</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Neil Berkman, (310)&nbsp;826-5051</TD>
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