UTICA, N.Y., April 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CONMED Corporation (Nasdaq: CNMD) announced today that it expects to broadcast its first quarter 2003 conference call live over the Internet on Thursday, April 24, 2003 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time. The Company also expects that forward-looking information and additional material details related to first quarter 2003 earnings and the Company's expectations on a prospective basis may be discussed during the call. The broadcast will be accessible from the Company's web site located at www.conmed.com. Replays of the call will be made available until April 30, 2003. The Company plans to report earnings before the market opens on Thursday, April 24, 2003.

CONMED is a medical technology company specializing in instruments, implants, and video equipment for arthroscopic sports medicine, and powered surgical instruments, such as drills and saws, for orthopedic, ENT, neuro-surgery, and other surgical specialties. The Company is also a leading developer, manufacturer and supplier of RF electrosurgery systems used routinely to cut and cauterize tissue in nearly all types of surgical procedures worldwide, endoscopy products such as trocars, clip appliers, scissors, and surgical staplers. The Company offers integrated operating room design and intensive care unit service managers. The Company also manufactures and sells a full line of ECG electrodes for heart monitoring and other patient care products. Headquartered in Utica, New York, the Company's 2,500 employees distribute its products worldwide from ten manufacturing locations.

SOURCE  CONMED Corporation
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    /CONTACT:  Robert Shallish, Chief Financial Officer of CONMED Corporation,
+1-315-624-3206; Investors, Lauren Levine or Lanie Fladell, or Media, Sean
Leous, all of Morgen-Walke Associates, +1-212-850-5600, for CONMED /
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    /Web site:  http://www.conmed.com /
    (CNMD)

CO:  CONMED Corporation
ST:  New York
IN:  MTC CPR
SU:  CCA

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