Exhibit 23.1



                        CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANT


The Board of Directors
Celsion Corporation
Columbia, Maryland


                We hereby  consent to the inclusion of our report dated November
18, 2002, except as to Notes 2 and 13 which are dated January 24, 2003, relating
to  the  statements  of  financial   condition  of  Celsion   Corporation   (the
"Corporation")  as of September 30, 2002 and 2001 and the related  statements of
operations, changes in stockholders' equity and cash flows for each of the years
in the  three-year  period ended  September 30, 2002 in the  Corporation's  Form
10-K/A for the year ended September 30, 2002 to be filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission.


                                                       /s/ Stegman & Company


Baltimore, Maryland
January 24, 2003