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                                  EXHIBIT 23.03

                          CONSENT OF GRANT THORNTON LLP


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                    CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS


        We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration
Statement of American Shared Hospital Services on Form S-8 of our report dated
March 12, 1999, appearing in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2000.





/s/ GRANT THORNTON LLP
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San Francisco, California

January 22, 2002




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