<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001127602-16-043156.txt : 20160224
<SEC-HEADER>0001127602-16-043156.hdr.sgml : 20160224
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20160224161635
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001127602-16-043156
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	3
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20160223
FILED AS OF DATE:		20160224
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20160224

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CONMED CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000816956
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ELECTROMEDICAL & ELECTROTHERAPEUTIC APPARATUS [3845]
		IRS NUMBER:				160977505
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			NY
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		525 FRENCH ROAD
		CITY:			UTICA
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			13502
		BUSINESS PHONE:		315-624-3215

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		525 FRENCH ROAD
		CITY:			UTICA
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			13502

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Aronson Martha Goldberg
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001429832

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		3
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-16093
		FILM NUMBER:		161452170

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		40 WEST HIGHLAND PARK DRIVE NE
		CITY:			HUTCHINSON
		STATE:			MN
		ZIP:			55350
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<DESCRIPTION>PRIMARY DOCUMENT
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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0206</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>3</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2016-02-23</periodOfReport>

    <noSecuritiesOwned>0</noSecuritiesOwned>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000816956</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>CONMED CORP</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>CNMD</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001429832</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Aronson Martha Goldberg</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O CONMED CORPORATION</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>525 FRENCH ROAD</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>UTICA</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NY</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>13502</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeHolding>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>0</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeHolding>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes></footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Sarah M. Oliker for Martha Goldberg Aronson by Power of Attorney</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2016-02-24</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
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<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>EX-24
<SEQUENCE>2
<FILENAME>doc1.txt
<DESCRIPTION>POWER OF ATTORNEY (PUBLIC):
<TEXT>
Exhibit 24

POWER OF ATTORNEY


Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby
constitutes and appoints each of Daniel S. Jonas and
Sarah M. Oliker, signing singly,
the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1)  prepare, execute in the undersigned's name and on the
undersigned's behalf, and submit to the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission (the "SEC") a Form ID, including amendments
thereto, and any other documents necessary or appropriate to
obtain codes and passwords enabling the undersigned to make
electronic filings with the SEC of reports required by
Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934 or any rule or regulation of the SEC;

(2)  execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the
undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of
(the "Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with
Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934 and the rules thereunder,  and any other forms
or reports the undersigned may be required to file in
connection with the undersigned's ownership, acquisition,
or disposition of securities of the Company;

(3) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete
and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5,or other form or report,
and timely file such form or report with the United
States Securities and Exchange Commission  and any
stock exchange or similar authority; and

(4) take any other action of any type whatsoever in
connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of
such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best
interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being
understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact
on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of
Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and
conditions  as such attorney-in-fact may approve
in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full
power and authority to do and perform any and every act and
thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done
in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted,
as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned
might or could do if personally present, with full power of
substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming
all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's
substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or
cause to be done  by virtue  of this power of attorney
and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned
acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving
in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not
assuming,nor is the Company assuming, any of the
undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect
until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4,
and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and
transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless
earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed
writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of
Attorney to be  executed as of this 18th day of February 2016.


						/s/ Martha Goldberg Aronson
						Signature

						Martha Goldberg Aronson
						Print Name
</TEXT>
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