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MOSS ADAMS LLP
                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.1



                         CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS


We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement, as
amended, (Forms S-8, No. 2-90646; No. 33-21509; No. 33-48980) pertaining to the
1984 Stock Option Plan of American Shared Hospital Services; the Registration
Statement (Form S-8, No. 33-45999) pertaining to the American Shared Hospital
Services 1991 Employee Stock Bonus Plan; the Registration Statement (Form S-8,
No. 333-08009) pertaining to the 1995 Stock Option Plan of American Shared
Hospital Services; the Registration Statement, as amended, (Form S-3, No.
333-12879) pertaining to the registration of 2,679,047 Common Shares of American
Shared Hospital Services; and the Registration Statement, as amended, (Form S-3,
No. 33-63721) pertaining to the registration of 1,290,853 Common Shares of
American Shared Hospital Services and 441,147 Warrants to purchase Common Shares
of American Shared Hospital Services and in the related Prospectuses of our
report dated February 18, 2000, with respect to the consolidated financial
statements and schedule of American Shared Hospital Services included in this
Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended December 31, 1999.


/s/ Moss Adams LLP


March 29, 2000
Stockton, California