ERNEST A. BATES, M.D.

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AMERICAN SHARED HOSPITAL SERVICES

Filing Date Source Excerpt
2001-04-17 ERNEST A. BATES, M.D., founder of the Company, has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer since the incorporation of the Company... Dr. Bates is 64 years old.
2002-04-29 ERNEST A. BATES, M.D., founder of the Company, has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer since the incorporation of the Company. Dr. Bates is 65 years old. In 2001, non-employee directors were paid an annual retainer of $20,000, payable quarterly. Beginning in 2000, the Company employed Dr. Wilson on a limited part-time basis to assist in the implementation of its two new businesses, Medleader.com, Inc. and OR21, Inc. For these services, Dr. Wilson earned $60,000 during 2001 in addition to his Board of Director fees. The Board determined that this limited role did not affect his Board compensation. The Summary Compensation Table shows Dr. Bates' salary in 2001 was $432,250.
2003-05-05 ERNEST A. BATES, M.D., founder of the Company, has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer since the incorporation of the Company. Dr. Bates is 66 years old.
2004-05-03 ERNEST A. BATES, M.D., founder of the Company, has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer since the incorporation of the Company. Dr. Bates is 67 years old.
2005-04-29 ERNEST A. BATES, M.D., founder of the Company, has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer since the incorporation of the Company. Dr. Bates is 68 years old.
2006-04-28 ERNEST A. BATES, M.D., founder of the Company, has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer since the incorporation of the Company. Dr. Bates is 69 years old.
2007-04-30 ERNEST A. BATES, M.D., founder of the Company, has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer since the incorporation of the Company. Dr. Bates is 70 years old.
2008-04-29 ERNEST A. BATES, M.D., founder of the Company, has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer since the incorporation of the Company. Dr. Bates is 71 years old.
2009-04-30 Ernest A. Bates, M.D., founder of the Company, has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer since the incorporation of the Company. Dr. Bates is 72 years old.
2010-04-30 ERNEST A. BATES, M.D., founder of the Company, has served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer since the Company’s incorporation. ... Dr. Bates is 73 years old. ... The following table provides certain summary information concerning the compensation earned for services rendered ... Ernest A. Bates, M.D. Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer ... 2009 Salary 475,000, Bonus 0, Awards 0, Compensation 33,108, Total 508,108.
2011-05-02 ERNEST A. BATES, M.D., founder of the Company, has served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer since the Company’s incorporation. Dr. Bates is 74 years old.
2012-04-27 ERNEST A. BATES, M.D., founder of the Company, has served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer since the Company’s incorporation. Dr. Bates is 75 years old. Summary Compensation Information for Fiscal Year 2011 shows total compensation of $507,553.
2013-04-30 ERNEST A. BATES, M.D., founder of the Company, has served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer since the Company's incorporation. Dr. Bates is 76 years old. Summary Compensation Information for Fiscal Year 2012 shows total compensation of $505,120.
2014-04-30 ERNEST A. BATES, M.D., founder of the Company, has served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer since the Company’s incorporation. Dr. Bates is 77 years old. The following table provides certain summary information concerning the compensation earned for services rendered in all capacities to the Company and its subsidiaries for the year ended December 31, 2013 by the Company’s Chief Executive Officer... Total ($) 477,230.
2015-04-30 ERNEST A. BATES, M.D., founder of the Company, has served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer since the Company’s incorporation. Dr. Bates is 78 years old. Summary Compensation Information for Fiscal Year 2014 shows total compensation of $640,344.
2016-04-29 ERNEST A. BATES, M.D., founder of the Company, has served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer since the incorporation of the Company. Dr. Bates is 79 years old.
2017-05-01 ERNEST A. BATES, M.D., founder of the Company, has served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer since the incorporation of the Company. Dr. Bates is 80 years old.
2018-04-30 ERNEST A. BATES, M.D., founder of the Company, has served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer since the incorporation of the Company. Dr. Bates is 81 years old.
2019-04-30 ERNEST A. BATES, M.D., founder of the Company, has served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer since the incorporation of the Company. Dr. Bates is 82 years old. The following table sets forth information regarding the compensation earned by or awarded to each non-employee director during the 2018 Fiscal Year. Ernest A. Bates, M.D., Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer total compensation $451,896.
2020-04-29 ERNEST A. BATES, M.D., founder of the Company, has served as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer since the incorporation of the Company, and will continue such service until his retirement from the position as Chief Executive Officer of the Company on May 4, 2020. Dr. Bates is expected to serve as the Company’s Executive Chairman through December 31, 2020. ... Dr. Bates is 83 years old.
2021-04-30 ERNEST A. BATES, M.D., founder of the Company, has served as Chairman of the Board since the incorporation of the Company. Dr. Bates also served as Chief Executive Officer until May 4, 2020 and served as the Company’s Executive Chairman through December 31, 2020. ... Dr. Bates is 84 years old.
2022-04-28 DR. ERNEST A. BATES, the founder of the Company, rejoined the Board in March 2022. Dr. Bates provided consulting services to the Company pursuant to a consulting agreement from December 2021 until March 2022. He previously served as Chairman of the Board since the incorporation of the Company until December 2021. Dr. Bates also served as Chief Executive Officer of the Company since the incorporation of the Company until May 2020 and served as the Company’s Executive Chairman from May 2020 through December 31, 2020. Dr. Bates is 85 years old. The following table sets forth information regarding the compensation earned by or awarded to each non-employee director during 2021. Ernest A. Bates, M.D. Fees Earned or Paid in Cash $50,000 Total $50,000.
2023-05-01 Dr. Bates is 86 years old. He founded American Shared Hospital Services in 1977. Dr. Bates provided consulting services to the Company from Dec 2021 to Mar 2022. He previously served as Chairman until Dec 2021 and CEO until May 2020. Director compensation for 2022 was $37,500.

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2019-04-30 Ernest A. Bates, M.D.(2) Dr. Bates has been a member of the Board since June 2018. ... (2) Member of the nominating and corporate governance committee of the Board (the “Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee”).
2020-04-29 Ernest A. Bates, M.D. Dr. Bates has been a Board member since June 2019. He founded American Shared Hospital Services ("ASHS") in 1977 and has served as its Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board since 1983.
2021-04-29 Ernest A. Bates, M.D. Dr. Bates has been a Board member since June 2019. He founded American Shared Hospital Services in 1977 and served as its Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board from 1983 to May 2020. He then served as Executive Chairman of the Board of ASHS from May 2020 to December 2020 and currently serves as a member of ASHS’s board of directors.
2022-04-29 Ernest A. Bates, M.D. Dr. Bates has been a Board member since June 2018. He founded American Shared Hospital Services (“ASHS”) in 1977 and served as its Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board since 1983. A board-certified neurosurgeon, Dr. Bates is an Emeritus of the Board of Trustees of Johns Hopkins University and served on the Board of Visitors of the Johns Hopkins Medical Center and the Johns Hopkins Neurosurgery Advisory Board. He served on the Boards of the University of Rochester, FasterCures, and the Salzburg Global Seminar. He currently serves on the Board of Shared Imaging, LLC. From 1981 to 1987, he was a member of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, and he served on the California High-Speed Rail Authority from 1997 to 2003. He was also appointed to the Magistrate Judge Merit Selection Panel. Dr. Bates is a member of the Board of Overseers at the University of California, San Francisco School of Nursing. Dr. Bates received his B.A. from Johns Hopkins University and his M.D. degree from the University of Rochester School of Medicine. He completed an internship in surgery at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx Municipal Hospital Center and completed his neurosurgery residency at the University of California, San Francisco Medical Center. Dr. Bates’ qualifications to serve on the Board include his extensive medical expertise and his broad base of experience in leadership capacities with numerous healthcare service providers and health organizations, including his over 45 years of experience as founder and Chief Executive Officer of ASHS, a publicly traded company.

Source material: SEC submissions metadata and DEF 14A proxy filings from EDGAR. Last updated: 2026-03-22