SUNNYVALE, Calif., Dec. 4 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Accuray Incorporated (Nasdaq: ARAY), a global leader in the field of radiosurgery, announced today that the company has hired Derek Bertocci as its chief financial officer.

Bertocci, who has been serving as the chief financial officer of BioForm Medical, Inc., a publicly-traded medical aesthetics company headquartered in San Mateo, Calif., since October 2006, will begin at Accuray on January 1, 2009.

"We are very pleased to have someone with Derek's experience join the Accuray management team," said Euan S. Thomson, Ph.D., president and CEO of Accuray Incorporated. "His established track record in the financial management of leading medical device and surgical companies will add tremendous value to our business."

Bertocci served as the chief financial officer of BioForm Medical since October 2006 and added the title of corporate secretary in July 2007. From June 2005 to July 2006, he was chief financial officer of Laserscope, a publicly traded provider of lasers and fiber optic devices for urology and aesthetic surgery. From March 2004 to May 2005, Bertocci served as chief financial officer of VISX Incorporated, a publicly traded provider of systems for laser vision correction surgery and from 1998 to March 2004, he served as vice president and controller of VISX.

Bertocci earned his Certified Public Accountant (CPA) certification while working for PricewaterhouseCoopers. He holds a B.A. from Stanford University and an M.B.A. from the University of Southern California.

Holly Grey, who was serving as the company's interim principal financial officer, will return to her role as Accuray's senior vice president of finance.

About the CyberKnife(R) Robotic Radiosurgery System

The CyberKnife Robotic Radiosurgery System is the world's only robotic radiosurgery system designed to treat tumors anywhere in the body non-invasively. Using continual image guidance technology and computer controlled robotic mobility, the CyberKnife System automatically tracks, detects and corrects for tumor and patient movement in real-time throughout the treatment. This enables the CyberKnife System to deliver high-dose radiation with pinpoint precision, which minimizes damage to surrounding healthy tissue and eliminates the need for invasive head or body stabilization frames.

About Accuray

Accuray Incorporated (Nasdaq: ARAY), based in Sunnyvale, Calif., is a global leader in the field of radiosurgery dedicated to providing an improved quality of life and a non-surgical treatment option for those diagnosed with cancer. Accuray develops and markets the CyberKnife Robotic Radiosurgery System, which extends the benefits of radiosurgery to include extracranial tumors, including those in the spine, lung, prostate, liver and pancreas. To date, the CyberKnife System has been used to treat more than 50,000 patients worldwide and currently more than 145 systems have been installed in leading hospitals in the Americas, Europe and Asia. For more information, please visit http://www.accuray.com.

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