Worldwide implementation capabilities
GK Financing, LLC (GKF), is a partnership between ASHS and Elekta, with ASHS being the majority shareholder. We are the worldwide leader in Gamma Knife unit ownership. Our Gamma Knife financing model has been expanded to incorporate the financing of other technology solutions.
GKF is a leading global provider of Gamma Knife radiosurgery equipment, a non-invasive treatment for malignant and benign brain tumors, vascular malformations, and trigeminalneuralgia (facial pain). For more information, please click here.
Additionally, Elekta is an active member of GKF’s Product Advisory Board and provides strategic product insights and suggestions. Our relationship with Elekta provides our partners with integration to seminars, lectures and case studies.
GKF is a leading global provider of Gamma Knife radiosurgery equipment, a non-invasive treatment for malignant and benign brain tumors, vascular malformations, and trigeminal neuralgia (facial pain).
Joint sales support
Access to international sites and resources
Combined support for KOLs
Joint marketing support
Our Mission
Our mission is to address and promote health equity globally by increasing access to advanced healthcare technologies that treat cancer in all markets. Through our efforts, we strive to elevate hope and improve health outcomes for all individuals including those in underserved markets, making the latest cancer treatment systems more easily accessible for patients.
Our Purpose
Simply put, we finance medical equipment but not in traditional terms. We make the best medical technology accessible to you via innovative models. We are also doing our fair share of delivering critical equipment in underserved markets and we are very proud of our achievements! We give our clients, hospitals & clinics, the means and the resources to take on and combat deadly diseases and we are looking forward to seeing how we can help you achieve the same.
Key Milestones
1995
GK Financing LLC formed as a partnership between ASHS and Elekta, with ASHS as the majority shareholder
1996-YTD
Twenty -Two GK systems
2016
First proton patient treated at Orlando Health, FL
Note: in 2006 started negotiations with Still River, now Mevion, to enter the PBRT market
2017
Instituto de Gamma Knife del Pacifico SAC, Peru opens
2020
Gamma Knife Center Ecuador facility acquired
Key Clinical Customers & Partners
GKF is the largest provider of Radiosurgery via Gamma Knife in the world. We have worked closely with our current clients who are recognized in the field of neurosurgery and radiation oncology.
Domestic Customers
International Operations
Featured Team
Board Members
Raymond C. Stachowiak
Executive Chairman, ASHS
RAYMOND C. STACHOWIAK is the company’s Executive Chairman as of March 2023. He has served as CEO since October 2020 and earlier served as Interim President and CEO from May 2020. He joined the board in 2009.
Craig K. Tagawa
CEO
CRAIG K. TAGAWA has been CEO of GK Financing since 1995. Mr. Tagawa is the former Chair of the Industrial Policy Advisory Committee of the Engineering Research Center for Computer-Integrated Surgical Systems and Technology at The Johns Hopkins University.
Corporate Officers
Craig K. Tagawa
CEO
CRAIG K. TAGAWA has been CEO of GK Financing since 1995. Mr. Tagawa is the former Chair of the Industrial Policy Advisory Committee of the Engineering Research Center for Computer-Integrated Surgical Systems and Technology at The Johns Hopkins University.
Bob Hiatt
CFO
ROBERT L. HIATT is the Company’s Chief Financial Officer as of April, 2023. Previously Mr. Hiatt has served as Chief Financial Officer of a public wholesale mortgage company and a private financial services company.
Ranjit Pradhan
Head of Marketing & Customer Advocacy
RANJIT PRADHAN is Vice President of Customer Advocacy and Global Marketing effective February 2024. Ranjit has 30 years of experience in Healthcare in a variety of roles that span product management, marketing, technology and general management.