HealthTronics Announces Appointment of James Whittenburg as CEO

  
    
  
  
    
      HealthTronics, Inc. (NASDAQ:HTRN), a leading provider of urology 
      services and products, today announced that the Board of Directors 
      appointed James S.B. Whittenburg as President and Chief Executive 
      Officer and as a director of HealthTronics. Mr. Whittenburg has been 
      serving as acting President and Chief Executive Officer since late May. 
      Mr. Whittenburg has also been serving as President – 
      Urology Services since June 2006. Mr. Whittenburg served as President – 
      Specialty Vehicle Manufacturing from December 2005 until the sale of the 
      division in July 2006 and as Senior Vice President – 
      Development and General Counsel from March 2004 until June 2006.
    
    
      R. Steven Hicks, Chairman of the Board, said, “We 
      are very pleased to appoint James as CEO. In each of his senior 
      management roles at HealthTronics, James has demonstrated a strong 
      ability to identify opportunities, define strategy, and shape and lead 
      an organization to deliver results. James contributes a great deal to 
      the compelling vision we share at HealthTronics, and we believe his 
      energy and skills will continue to create additional value for our 
      shareholders and partners.”
    
    
      Mr. Whittenburg said, “I am honored to lead 
      HealthTronics. Our entire organization remains committed to the core 
      HealthTronics’ mission: delivering to our 
      physician partners new technologies and services that improve both 
      patient care and practice economics. A relentless focus in executing our 
      mission should drive our long-term growth in shareholder value. I look 
      forward to the opportunities and challenges ahead.”
    
    
      About HealthTronics, Inc.
    
    
      HealthTronics, Inc. is a premier urology company providing an exclusive 
      suite of healthcare services and technology including urologist 
      partnership opportunities, surgical and capital imaging equipment, 
      maintenance services offerings, and clinical and anatomical pathology 
      services. For more information, visit www.healthtronics.com.
    
    
      Statements in this press release that are not strictly historical, 
      including statements regarding plans, objectives and future financial 
      performance, are “forward-looking” 
      statements that are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the 
      Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Although 
      HealthTronics believes that the expectations reflected in such 
      forward-looking statements are reasonable, no assurance can be given 
      that the expectations will prove to be correct. Factors that 
      could cause actual results to differ materially from HealthTronics’ 
      expectations include, among others, the existence of demand for and 
      acceptance of HealthTronics’ services, 
      regulatory approvals, economic conditions, the impact of competition and 
      pricing, financing efforts and other factors described from time to time 
      in HealthTronics’ periodic filings with the 
      Securities and Exchange Commission.