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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001144204-17-047773
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20170907
ITEM INFORMATION:		Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers: Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
FILED AS OF DATE:		20170913
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20170913

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:		171082188

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2 EMBARCADERO CENTER
		STREET 2:		SUITE 410
		CITY:			SAN FRANCISCO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94111
		BUSINESS PHONE:		415-788-5300

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2 EMBARCADERO CENTER
		STREET 2:		SUITE 410
		CITY:			SAN FRANCISCO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94111
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR>
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>FORM 8-K</B></P>

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REPORT</B></FONT><BR>
<FONT STYLE="font-size: 12pt"><B>Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934</B></FONT></P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="padding-right: 0.05in; padding-left: 0.05in; text-align: center">Date of report (Date of earliest event reported):&nbsp;&nbsp;September 7, 2017</TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="padding-right: 0.05in; padding-left: 0.05in; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 14pt"><B>AMERICAN
    SHARED HOSPITAL SERVICES</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="padding-right: 0.05in; padding-left: 0.05in; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(Exact
name of registrant as specified in charter)</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.05in; padding-left: 0.05in; text-align: center; width: 32%"><B>California</B></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.05in; padding-left: 0.05in; text-align: center; width: 35%"><B>1-08789</B></TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-right: 0.05in; padding-left: 0.05in; text-align: center; width: 33%"><B>94-2918118</B></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="padding-right: 0.05in; padding-left: 0.05in; text-align: center"><B>Two Embarcadero Center, Suite 410, San Francisco, CA 94111</B></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="padding-right: 0.05in; padding-left: 0.05in; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(Address of principal executive offices)</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="padding-right: 0.05in; padding-left: 0.05in; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Registrant&rsquo;s telephone number, including area code <B>415-788-5300</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following
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registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (&sect;230.405 of this chapter)
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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0pt">Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Principal
Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Principal Officers</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">Sandra A.J. Lawrence, Chief Administrative
Officer and Executive Vice President of The Children&rsquo;s Mercy Hospitals and Clinics in Kansas City, Kansas, was appointed
to the Board of Directors of American Shared Hospital Services at the Company&rsquo;s quarterly board meeting on September 7, 2017.
Ms. Lawrence will receive compensation commensurate with other non-employee directors and will receive an initial option to purchase
5,000 shares of the Company&rsquo;s common stock pursuant to the terms of the Company&rsquo;s Automatic Grant Program and 500 restricted
stock units under the Incentive Compensation Plan as described in the Company&rsquo;s Proxy Statement dated May 1, 2017.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">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.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding: 0; text-indent: 0">September 12, 2017</TD>
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    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding: 0; text-indent: 0">/s/ Ernest A. Bates, M.D.</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 5%; padding: 0; text-indent: 0">Name:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 42%; padding: 0; text-indent: 0">Ernest A. Bates, M.D.</TD></TR>
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