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                                                 Registration No. 33-_____________
  
                         SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549
  
                                      FORM S-8
  
                               REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                       UNDER
                             THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  
                              Summit Technology, Inc.
               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
  
                                   Massachusetts
           (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)
  
                                     04-2897945
                      (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
  
                                  21 Hickory Drive
                           Waltham, Massachusetts  02154
                      (Address of Principal Executive Offices)
  
                   Summit Technology, Inc. 1987 Stock Option Plan
                              (Full Title of the Plan)
  
                         David F. Muller, Ph.D., President
                              Summit Technology, Inc.
                                  21 Hickory Drive
                                 Waltham, MA  02154
                      (Name and Address of Agent for Service)
  
                                  With a copy to:
  
                               Lauren Jennings, Esq.
                             Goldstein & Manello, P.C.
                                265 Franklin Street
                                 Boston, MA  02110
                                   (617) 439-8900
  
                                   (617) 890-1234
            Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service.
  <TABLE>
                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
  
  <CAPTION>
                                       Proposed   Proposed
             Title of                  Maximum    Maximum
             Securities    Amount      Aggregate  Aggregate    Amount of
             to be         to be       Price Per  Offering     Registration
             Registered    Registered  Unit (1)   Price (1)    Fee
             ------------  ----------  ---------  ----------   ------------
             <S>           <C>         <C>        <C>          <C>
             Common Stock  250,000     $38.75     $9,687,500   $3,340.50
  <FN>
             (1)  Based on the average of the high and low prices reported by the
             National Association of Securities  Dealers Automated Quotation
             National Market System on July 12, 1995.
  </TABLE>
  
  
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  The contents of the registrant's registration statement on Form S-8, No.
  33-25169, filed with the  Commission on November 15, 1988, are hereby
  incorporated by reference.
  
          The opinion of counsel as to the legality of the securities being
  registered and the consent of  such counsel to the inclusion of the opinion in
  this Registration Statement is attached as Exhibit 5  hereto.  The consent of
  the independent auditors to the use of financial statements incorporated by
  reference in this Registration Statement is attached as Exhibit 23(a) hereto.
  
  
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                                     SIGNATURES
  
          Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
  registrant certifies that it has  reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
  all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly  caused this
  registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
  duly  authorized in the City of Waltham, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on the
  18th day of July,  1995.
  
                                                SUMMIT TECHNOLOGY, INC.
  
  
                                                By: /s/ David F. Muller
                                                   -----------------------------
                                                    David F. Muller
                                                    President, Chief Executive
                                                    Officer and Chairman of the
                                                    Board
  
          Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
  registration statement has  been signed below by the following persons in the
  capacities and on the dates indicated:
  
  <TABLE>
  <CAPTION>
                   Signature              Title                        Date
                   ---------              -----                        ----
             <S>                          <C>                       <C>
             /s/ David F. Muller          President, Chief          July 18, 1995
             -------------------------    Executive Officer
             David F. Muller              and Chairman of the
                                          Board
  
             /s/ Rajiv P. Bhatt           Treasurer and             July 18, 1995
             -------------------------    Chief Financial
             Rajiv P. Bhatt               Officer
  
             /s/ Jeffrey A. Bernfeld      Director                  July 18, 1995
             -------------------------
             Jeffrey A. Bernfeld
  
             /s/ Richard F. Miller        Director                  July 18, 1995
             -------------------------
             Richard F. Miller
  
                                          Director                  July ___, 1995
             -------------------------
             John A. Norris
  
             /s/ Richard M. Traskos       Director                  July 18, 1995
             -------------------------
             Richard M. Traskos
  </TABLE>
  
  
  
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  <TABLE>
  
                                   EXHIBIT INDEX
  
  
  <CAPTION>
             Exhibit Number                           Description
             --------------                           -----------
                   <S>                                <C>
                    5                                 Opinion of Counsel
                   23(a)                              Accountants' Counsent
                   23(b)                              Consent of Counsel
                                                      (included in Exhibit 5)
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                                                 Registration No. 33-_____________
  
                         SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549
  
                                      FORM S-8
  
                               REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                       UNDER
                             THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
  
                              Summit Technology, Inc.
               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
  
                                   Massachusetts
           (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)
  
                                     04-2897945
                      (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
  
                                  21 Hickory Drive
                           Waltham, Massachusetts  02154
                      (Address of Principal Executive Offices)
  
                   Summit Technology, Inc. 1987 Stock Option Plan
                              (Full Title of the Plan)
  
                         David F. Muller, Ph.D., President
                              Summit Technology, Inc.
                                  21 Hickory Drive
                                 Waltham, MA  02154
                      (Name and Address of Agent for Service)
  
                                  With a copy to:
  
                               Lauren Jennings, Esq.
                             Goldstein & Manello, P.C.
                                265 Franklin Street
                                 Boston, MA  02110
                                   (617) 439-8900
  
                                   (617) 890-1234
            Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service.
  
                         CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
  Proposed   Proposed
             Title of                  Maximum    Maximum
             Securities    Amount      Aggregate  Aggregate    Amount of
             to be         to be       Price Per  Offering     Registration
             Registered    Registered  Unit (1)   Price (1)    Fee
             ------------  ----------  ---------  ----------   ------------
  Common Stock  250,000     $38.75     $9,687,500   $3,340.50
  (1)  Based on the average of the high and low prices reported by the
             National Association of Securities  Dealers Automated Quotation
             National Market System on July 12, 1995.
  2
  
  The contents of the registrant's registration statement on Form S-8, No.
  33-25169, filed with the  Commission on November 15, 1988, are hereby
  incorporated by reference.
  
          The opinion of counsel as to the legality of the securities being
  registered and the consent of  such counsel to the inclusion of the opinion in
  this Registration Statement is attached as Exhibit 5  hereto.  The consent of
  the independent auditors to the use of financial statements incorporated by
  reference in this Registration Statement is attached as Exhibit 23(a) hereto.
  3
  
                                     SIGNATURES
  
          Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
  registrant certifies that it has  reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
  all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly  caused this
  registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
  duly  authorized in the City of Waltham, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on the
  18th day of July,  1995.
  
                                                SUMMIT TECHNOLOGY, INC.
  
                                                By: /s/ David F. Muller
                                                   -----------------------------
                                                    David F. Muller
                                                    President, Chief Executive
                                                    Officer and Chairman of the
                                                    Board
  
          Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
  registration statement has  been signed below by the following persons in the
  capacities and on the dates indicated:
  Signature              Title                        Date
                   ---------              -----                        ----
  /s/ David F. Muller          President, Chief          July 18, 1995
             -------------------------    Executive Officer
             David F. Muller              and Chairman of the
                                          Board
  
             /s/ Rajiv P. Bhatt           Treasurer and             July 18, 1995
             -------------------------    Chief Financial
             Rajiv P. Bhatt               Officer
  
             /s/ Jeffrey A. Bernfeld      Director                  July 18, 1995
             -------------------------
             Jeffrey A. Bernfeld
  
             /s/ Richard F. Miller        Director                  July 18, 1995
             -------------------------
             Richard F. Miller
  
                                          Director                  July ___, 1995
             -------------------------
             John A. Norris
  
             /s/ Richard M. Traskos       Director                  July 18, 1995
             -------------------------
             Richard M. Traskos
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                                   EXHIBIT INDEX
  Exhibit Number                           Description
             --------------                           -----------
  5                                 Opinion of Counsel
                   23(a)                              Accountants' Counsent
                   23(b)                              Consent of Counsel
                                                      (included in Exhibit 5)