MARIETTA, Ga., June 19, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- HealthTronics Surgical Services, Inc. (Nasdaq:HTRN), a leading provider of minimally invasive urologic and orthopaedic services, announced today that members of the company's senior management team will participate in Morgan Keegan's Healthcare Conference on Tuesday, June 24, 2003 in New York City.
Argil Wheelock, Chairman and CEO, and Martin McGahan, CFO, will present the company's business strategy and review financial performance at a session scheduled for 3:00 p.m. (EDT) at The New York Palace Hotel.
The presentation will be broadcast live and can be accessed through the Company's website, http://www.healthtronics.com, by selecting the "Investor Relations" link on the left side of the home page then following the link for the webcast. The webcast will be available for replay for a period of at least thirty days.
About HealthTronics Surgical Services, Inc.
HealthTronics Surgical Services, Inc. is one of the nation's leading providers of non-invasive and minimally invasive surgical services for certain urologic and orthopaedic conditions. The Company provides technical and administrative services to physicians, hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers using extracorporeal shock wave devices. The two primary services offered by the Company are lithotripsy extracorporeal shock wave treatment, which is a procedure for treating kidney stones in a non-invasive manner, and Orthotripsy(r) extracorporeal shock wave surgery utilizing the OssaTron(r) shock wave device, which is a procedure for treating orthopaedic soft tissue disorders in a non-invasive manner. The Company has operations in approximately 45 states in the U.S. More information about HealthTronics Surgical Services can be found at the Company's website, www.healthtronics.com.
This press release may contain "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties or other factors which may cause actual results, performance or achievements of HealthTronics Surgical Services to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements express or implied by such forward-looking statements. Factors that might cause such a difference, include, but are not limited to those discussed in the Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2002, and in subsequent documents filed by HealthTronics Surgical Services with the Securities and Exchange Commission.