EXHIBIT 23.1

                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration
Statement on Form S-8 pertaining to the Genzyme Surgical Products Corporation
Savings and Investment Plan of Genzyme Corporation of our report dated
February 14, 2002 relating to the financial statements and financial
statement schedule of Genzyme Corporation; of our report dated February 14,
2002, relating to the combined financial statements of Genzyme General; of
our report dated February 14, 2002, relating to the combined financial
statements of Genzyme Biosurgery; of our report dated February 14, 2002
relating to the combined financial statements of Genzyme Molecular Oncology,
which appear in Genzyme Corporation's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year
ended December 31, 2001.

We also consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration
Statement of our report dated December 4, 2001 relating to the financial
statements and supplemental schedules of the Genzyme Surgical Products
Corporation Savings and Investment Plan, which appears in the Annual Report
of Genzyme Surgical Products Corporation Savings and Investment Plan on Form
11-K for the year ended December 31, 2000.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Boston, Massachusetts
June 11, 2002