CONMED Corporation announced that Patrick Beyer, President of International and Global Orthopedics, has been promoted to the newly created role of Chief Operating Officer (COO), effective immediately. In this role, Mr. Beyer will take on additional responsibility for leading the Company?s commercial businesses, as well as Operations, Distribution, Regulatory Affairs /Quality Assurance, and Customer Excellence. Mr. Beyer joined the company in 2014 as President of International.

In October 2020, Mr. Beyer was promoted to President of International and Global Orthopedics, where he took on the added responsibilities for the company?s Global Orthopedics R&D and U.S. Orthopedics commercial business. In 2022, Mr. Beyer led the process of acquiring both In2Bones and BioRez. Prior to the company, Mr. Beyer spent 21 years at Stryker in leadership roles of increasing progression and nearly four years as CEO of ICNet International.

He holds a B.A. in Economics from Kalamazoo College and an M.B. A from Western Michigan University. Mr. Beyer also completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard University.