Palo Alto, CA - June 17, 2003 - Elisha W. Finney, CFO of Varian MedicalSystems, Inc., (NYSE:VAR) is scheduled to present at 2:25 p.m. EST on June 24, 2003 at the Morgan Keegan Healthcare Conference in New York, NY. Ms. Finney will talk about advances in radiation therapy for cancer, X-ray imaging technology, the company's market position, and future directions. The conference is being held at The New York Palace Hotel at 455 Madison Avenue. The presentation will be audio webcast live and accessible via the company's investor relations website at http://investor.varian.com. The archived webcast will be available for thirty days following the live presentation.